cartejos
2018-08-22, 07:36 AM
For the purpose of this post, assume DWK's qualify for Loredrake and that Spellhoarding will shift the 3 (Loredrake - 2... Greater Rite - 1) "free" sorcerer levels for Wizard Levels.
How would you build it?
In my eyes:
The class itself loses 3 "lower level" caster levels.
I think I would go for Sorcerer 2/Wizard 3/Ultimate Magus 10
So at level 15 that would leave me with 13th level Wizard Casting and 10th level Sorcerer casting.
Continuing to advance just Wizard Casting will result in 9th level wizard spells and 5th level sorcerer spells.
With a metamagic reducer (Such as Easy Metamagic on Persist) you can persist 3, or more, spells per day by sacrificing sorcerer spell slots. You can use the metamagic reduction ability 8 times per day. To be able to persist 8 times per day with Sorcerer level 10 casting you'd need either more MM Reducers, or a 44 Charisma. Or some other way to get extra spell slots.
Two Metamagic Reducers, such as Practical and Easy Metamagic, along with a Ring of Wizardry IV or Legacy Item with the Wizardry IV ability would persist everything you ever wanted.
I know I focus on persist in the post, but I think it is one of the most interesting metamagic abilities.
What else can you do with Ultimate Magus? What are the nastiest tricks you can pull with a Spellhoarding Loredrake (1 flaw)? Is the answer to the best thing you can do with a Spellhoarding Loredrake still just be a standard Wizard/Incantatrix/Archamage? Or is there something that would be more powerful if it just didn't lose those 3 caster levels??
How would you build it?
In my eyes:
The class itself loses 3 "lower level" caster levels.
I think I would go for Sorcerer 2/Wizard 3/Ultimate Magus 10
So at level 15 that would leave me with 13th level Wizard Casting and 10th level Sorcerer casting.
Continuing to advance just Wizard Casting will result in 9th level wizard spells and 5th level sorcerer spells.
With a metamagic reducer (Such as Easy Metamagic on Persist) you can persist 3, or more, spells per day by sacrificing sorcerer spell slots. You can use the metamagic reduction ability 8 times per day. To be able to persist 8 times per day with Sorcerer level 10 casting you'd need either more MM Reducers, or a 44 Charisma. Or some other way to get extra spell slots.
Two Metamagic Reducers, such as Practical and Easy Metamagic, along with a Ring of Wizardry IV or Legacy Item with the Wizardry IV ability would persist everything you ever wanted.
I know I focus on persist in the post, but I think it is one of the most interesting metamagic abilities.
What else can you do with Ultimate Magus? What are the nastiest tricks you can pull with a Spellhoarding Loredrake (1 flaw)? Is the answer to the best thing you can do with a Spellhoarding Loredrake still just be a standard Wizard/Incantatrix/Archamage? Or is there something that would be more powerful if it just didn't lose those 3 caster levels??