Aldhissla
2013-05-26, 06:47 PM
Hello all. I am building a very un-optimized Monster PC out of boredom, and I came across a slight snag.
The Redspawn Arcaniss (Monster Manual IV/4, p 152-3) cites sorcerer as the favored class for the monster, but also as its "associated class." If this is an official rule or mechanic that's been around in 3.5E this whole time, I must have missed it. But at any rate, I believe that the point of it is that the racial spell casting should stack with sorcerer caster levels.
What I am wondering about is if it is like taking a PrC with casting progression, in that no other class features are advanced unless stated to (i.e. a sorcerer's Summon Familiar.)
My hunch which I'm almost certain of is that a 8RA/1Sorc would have the Familiar of a 1st-Level Sorcerer and not that of a 9th-Level one. But, I figured I would ask around here and make sure.
As a side note, would anyone happen to know the name of a (subjectively) good PrC for a pyromancer? Besides Elemental Savant or Pyrokineticist (or re-fluffing Divination spells, as the joke goes.)
The Redspawn Arcaniss (Monster Manual IV/4, p 152-3) cites sorcerer as the favored class for the monster, but also as its "associated class." If this is an official rule or mechanic that's been around in 3.5E this whole time, I must have missed it. But at any rate, I believe that the point of it is that the racial spell casting should stack with sorcerer caster levels.
What I am wondering about is if it is like taking a PrC with casting progression, in that no other class features are advanced unless stated to (i.e. a sorcerer's Summon Familiar.)
My hunch which I'm almost certain of is that a 8RA/1Sorc would have the Familiar of a 1st-Level Sorcerer and not that of a 9th-Level one. But, I figured I would ask around here and make sure.
As a side note, would anyone happen to know the name of a (subjectively) good PrC for a pyromancer? Besides Elemental Savant or Pyrokineticist (or re-fluffing Divination spells, as the joke goes.)