Any classes that gain spells/powers the way an Ardent does?

[gabrion]

I'm looking for any sort of spellcaster/psionic (or similar) class that has a mechanic similar to Ardent when it comes to learning new spells/powers.

To explain a bit, when an Ardent learns a power, it isn't a power of a set level. It's only limited by how high of a level of power the ardent could manifest (which in turn is limited by his manifester level, which governs how many points he can spend on a power).

So for instance an ardent with 4 levels in another class, but who has the practiced manifester feat, can learn higher level powers than for instance a psion, whose maximum power level is stipulated by class levels.

So ya, is there any other class (or prc) in 3.5 that has a similar mechanic to the ardent in this regard? Thanks to anyone who can help.

[ATHATH]

With some finagling, Beguilers, Dread Necromancers, and Warmages might be able to pull of something like that.

[ZamielVanWeber]

At the simple, no. Ardent's is unique which IMHO is part of its charm. Also, IIRC, the designers had not meant for the Ardent to be that cool, but what do I care? It is that cool.

[Malimar]

Tome of Battle's initiators work sort of like that -- every non-initiator class level gives you +0.5 to your initiator level, and it's your initiator level that determines what level maneuvers you can choose. That's not exactly spellcasting though.