Talk:Arcane Disciple

This is pretty cool. --Msallen

As you can imagine, I fell in love with it at first sight. I look forward to a AD/Sorc/DD monster spellcaster build. -gm

So, trades the domain spell for a lower-level Arcane spell, and turn/rebuke for bonus feats? I'm not very familiar with clerics. -Slitherrr

There are some subtle comparisons to be made here.

• Pros:
  • You get bonus metamagic/item feats (5 of them total)
  • Much better spell choice: You get access to 9 spells from Magic domain + 20 arcane top-picks (instead of 18 pre-chosen spells from 2 domains).
    • Minor diff for L9 spells: No 9th level arcane spells means you have one less 9th level spell choice than a cleric with two carefully-chosen domains (traded for a few extra 8th-level arcane picks). Magic domain does give you Mage's Disjunction, though.
  • 4+INT for skill points each level (versus 2+INT)
  • UMD as class skill
• Cons:
  • No domain abilities
  • No turn/rebuke
  • Lowered hitdice from d8 to d6
  • ?? Spell per day reduction? I'm not sure if you can still use Magic domain spells (or arcane spells) in a cleric's normal domain spell memorization slot. If not, that's a pretty big ding to have fewer spells you can memorize a day.

Anything else? -Mattie