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Archade
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion Subscriber)
Hey all -- after the long long discussion on multiclassing spellcasters, I came up with the following moderate solution to helping 'gish' out there. Thoughts?
SPELLCASTING DABBLER [GENERAL]
You continue to pursue your study of spellcasting in your spare time, although your primary interests lie elsewhere.
Prerequisites: Spellcaster level 1st, Spellcraft 5 ranks.
Benefit: Choose one spellcasting class that you wish to improve. That class advances one level for the purposes of caster level and spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) for every three levels you have in another class. This advancement is limited to a maximum of one level per three ranks you possess in Spellcraft.
For example, a 1st-level wizard / 9th-level fighter could be considered up to a 4th-level wizard for the purposes of spells per day and caster level, as long as they possessed 9 ranks in Spellcraft.
A character with two or more spellcasting classes (such as a bard/sorcerer or a ranger/druid) must choose which class gains the feat's effect.
Special: You may only choose this feat once, as your available spare time to study and pursue magic is limited.
Why would a fighter contribute +1 caster level per three class levels while a cleric also contributes +1 per three class levels?
And why should your cleric levels contribute to your wizard levels, for example, but not vice versa?
You do not need a feat for your wizard levels to contribute to your fighter's BAB. And note that the wizard's contribution is +1 to BAB per every two class levels. If a wizard level contributes +0.5 per level to fighting, then a fighter level should contribute +0.5 to casting.
This is the essence of my proposal -- not a feat that arbitrarily boosts one class's casting. Rather, that all classes contribute to caster level, the same way that all levels contribute to fighting and to making saves.
See my blog post for more.