Summoner and dragon disciple prestige class mix


Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion


I love the summoner class and am currently playing one at lvl 6. I'm thinking about branching into prestige classes but all of them halt my eidolon's progression due to him being based on my summoner level instead of character level.

Would it be too much to ask my GM to wave the summoner class ruling and allow the eidolon to progress based on my character lvl? This would allow me to take a prestige class I'm really interested in which is the dragon disciple.

I like the RP flavor of it because I plan to make my eidolon dragon like too. I would try to do a two handed melee flanking buddy build with this set up.

Silver Crusade

Yes it would be. You're not really giving up anything going into Dragon Disciple, then, so your character would get way too powerful. Perhaps a couple of feats to bump it up, similar to the ones that bump an animal companion for a non-druid up to full character level, but not for free.


Hmm, I figured the loss of evolution points due to me not being able to use my half elf favored class bonus, the loss of a spell per day lvl and having the dragon disciple be weaker cause I'm not a sorcerer would be enough but alright I see your point.

Does that feat allow the eidolon to progress as if i were gaining summoner lvls?


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Most people think the summoner is already too powerful and are unwilling to give it anything else for free. Not certain I agree, but there it is.

I might allow a feat like boon companion. Just replace every mention of the companion with eidolon. And then drop it from 4 level max to 3 max.


hmm I don't know if it's worth it then since my eidolon would stop progressing 4 lvls after I make my switch. I wish the summoner could prestige and multiclass better lol


It seems like there was some 3rd party book that had a PrC for the summoner, but I don't know for sure.

Silver Crusade

The thing is that paizo has taken a design stance that multiclassing, even into prestige classes, is generally not as effective as sticking with a single class.

Besides, while the parts of the Dragon Disciple that enhances the dragon bloodline of sorcerers is weaker, you'll likely be stronger due to the summoner's greater focus on buffing spells.

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