The Noctuary (D&D 3.5e, Level 20+ Adventure)

[Feathersnow]

Ah, I see the problem. Hm. I think the closest thing to a rules legal interpretation is that you gain a virtual age category for each four meldshaping advancements, purely for the purposes of meldshaping. As you suggest.

Hm. Go with this for now, and let me know if any progression winds up severely stunted as a result.

That's actually one virtual age category per two bumps, because only the odd categories get extra soulmelds. This would put me at effective Meldshaper level 9 with two soulmelds at character creation, because Witchborn Binder is a half-progression class. However, it makes up for that with custom incarnum-like abilities and bonus essentia, capacity for which is still tied to HD, not level.


[EDIT]Wait- I might only get one soulmeld, depending on your ruling? I was going based on Shaper level/4.

So... I'm not terribly stunted, I think(?), and Incarnum dragons get UMD as a class skill, so I synergize with AvatarVecna.