papr_weezl8472
2012-10-10, 10:51 PM
I have created a horrible abomination of spellcasting. The character itself is a Bard 1/Spellthief 1/Wu Jen 3/Ultimate Magus 1/Ur-Priest 3/Sublime Chord 1/Mystic Theurge 7/Ultimate Magus +1 (total character level 18).
The character has the feats Master Spellthief and Alternative Source Spell.
The first level of UM progresses bard, the second progresses Wu Jen/Sublime Chord. Sublime Chord keys off Wu Jen level to determine caster level (unless there's a better option available).
This abomination casts spells as a 2nd-level bard, a 4th-level Wu Jen, a 9th-level Sublime Chord and a 10th-level Ur-Priest.
Its caster level for all of these classes is a complex web of interconnected cross-referencing; Ur-Priest CL receives a bonus of half my levels in other spellcasting classes, Sublime Chord treats my caster levels in both Sublime Chord and Wu Jen as the sum of my class levels in both. Ultimate Magus 1 applies a global +1 to the caster level of my arcane spells. And on top of that I have Master Spellthief, which means my levels of Spellthief and my levels of all my arcane spellcasting classes stack to determine my caster level for all arcane spells.
So I put it to you, Playground: what the hell is this character's caster level? Or perhaps I should say caster levels; I think I have many, possibly different.
And finally, is there anything you'd suggest I change in the build?
The character has the feats Master Spellthief and Alternative Source Spell.
The first level of UM progresses bard, the second progresses Wu Jen/Sublime Chord. Sublime Chord keys off Wu Jen level to determine caster level (unless there's a better option available).
This abomination casts spells as a 2nd-level bard, a 4th-level Wu Jen, a 9th-level Sublime Chord and a 10th-level Ur-Priest.
Its caster level for all of these classes is a complex web of interconnected cross-referencing; Ur-Priest CL receives a bonus of half my levels in other spellcasting classes, Sublime Chord treats my caster levels in both Sublime Chord and Wu Jen as the sum of my class levels in both. Ultimate Magus 1 applies a global +1 to the caster level of my arcane spells. And on top of that I have Master Spellthief, which means my levels of Spellthief and my levels of all my arcane spellcasting classes stack to determine my caster level for all arcane spells.
So I put it to you, Playground: what the hell is this character's caster level? Or perhaps I should say caster levels; I think I have many, possibly different.
And finally, is there anything you'd suggest I change in the build?