So one of the prerequisites of the Arcane Trickster is the ability to cast at least one second-level arcane spell. A drow has the ability to cast darkness once per day, with a caster level equal to her total character level.
So my plan has been to put my drow rogue/sorcerer through three levels of rogue (to get the 2d6 sneak attack bonus), and two levels of sorcerer (to get the skill ranks up to snuff), and then to take Arcane Trickster as her next level following, citing the Darkness spell that she can use once per day, which she would be casting as if she were a 5th level arcane caster.
Seems a lot more convenient than slogging through the 4 levels of Sorcerer required to get one 2nd-level spell, but is it legal?
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So one of the prerequisites of the Arcane Trickster is the ability to cast at least one second-level arcane spell. A drow has the ability to cast darkness once per day, with a caster level equal to her total character level.
So my plan has been to put my drow rogue/sorcerer through three levels of rogue (to get the 2d6 sneak attack bonus), and two levels of sorcerer (to get the skill ranks up to snuff), and then to take Arcane Trickster as her next level following, citing the Darkness spell that she can use once per day, which she would be casting as if she were a 5th level arcane caster.
Seems a lot more convenient than slogging through the 4 levels of Sorcerer required to get one 2nd-level spell, but is it legal?
Darkness is an SLA, not an arcane spell.
This is akin to the (3.5 legal, Pathfinder illegal) Tiefling/Aasimar Eldrich Knight exploit.
Using a spell-like ability is like using a flashlight. You flip the switch, you get power (light). Actual spellcasting is knowing how the flashlight works, from the chemical reactions of the battery to how to take that energy to the bulb. Spellcasters build their flashlights themselves (or its granted by the gods, etc.); SLAs are people just being given flashlights and just being told to flip the switch.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks, guys.
(turns and stomps away, making grumbling, muttering noises...)