Spellcaster question

[HereBeMonsters]

Well ok so I have a friend who is making a character who is 1 level Rogue and the rest is going Bard or Sorcerer he has yet to decide. But I know that is breaking the cardinal rule of building a character by giving up a spellcaster level.

Is there anything such as a feat to give him back the equivalency of that spellcasting level?

[Agincourt]

The closest I know of is Practiced Spellcaster in Complete Arcane. It increases caster level, but does not affect spells known or spells per day.

[herrhauptmann]

Practiced spell caster boosts your CL.

Bard doesn't care much. Sorc will survive 1 level lost.
It only matters at high optimization levels, which I bet won't be needed.

Ioun stones can give a +1 too.

[HereBeMonsters]

Ok I thank you both

[gorfnab]

You may want to have your friend look into the Unseen Seer prestige class as well as material presented in this handbook: Sneak Attacking Spellcasters (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=1240)