Spellslinger Fiddling

[TheWhiteRaven]

Was recently looking at info about the spellslinger archtype for wizards, and saw some other people mentioning using it as a 1 level dip class before moving on to other casting classes. What they didn't answer for me though was this. If you take the Spellslinger class, you get School of Gun instead of Arcane school, which restricts you by taking 4 opposition schools. From what I know/remember, even if you jump ship to another casting class (sorcerer/oracle/cleric etc), the restriction from the School of Gun applies to those classes casting as well. I could be wrong but I'm not sure on this one, anyone know?

[SOLDIER-1st]

As far as I know it solely applies to whatever spells you learn/prepare as a wizard. So if you multiclass into whatever other caster, the spells that you prepare/cast for them will be unaffected.

[KrispyXIV]

SOLDIER-1st wrote:

As far as I know it solely applies to whatever spells you learn/prepare as a wizard. So if you multiclass into whatever other caster, the spells that you prepare/cast for them will be unaffected.

My understanding based on the FAQ ruling which stated that modifications to spellcasting which are not class specific (I believe the specific example is sorcerer bloodlines) is that such modifications affect all spellcasting of which you are capable.

So you can use Cleric spells to power Mage Bullets, but your schools are limited by School of the Gun.

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

SOLDIER-1st wrote:

As far as I know it solely applies to whatever spells you learn/prepare as a wizard. So if you multiclass into whatever other caster, the spells that you prepare/cast for them will be unaffected.

I'm reasonably certain that this is correct.

[KrispyXIV]

Tiny Coffee Golem wrote:

SOLDIER-1st wrote:

As far as I know it solely applies to whatever spells you learn/prepare as a wizard. So if you multiclass into whatever other caster, the spells that you prepare/cast for them will be unaffected.

I'm reasonably certain that this is correct.

From the FAQ:

"Sorcerer: Do the bonuses granted from Bloodline Arcana apply to all of the spells cast by the sorcerer, or just those cast from the sorcerer's spell list? (page 72 of the Core Rulebook)
The Bloodline Arcana powers apply to all of the spells cast by characters of that bloodline, not just those cast using the sorcerer's spell slots.

General rule: If a class ability modifies your spellcasting, it applies to your spells from all classes, not just spells from the class that grants the ability. (The exception is if the class ability specifically says it only applies to spells from that class.)"

Per the general rule, since School of the Gun does not specify preparing wizard spells, any class he has which prepares spells is modified by it.

Correct?

[SOLDIER-1st]

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/wizard/archetypes/paizo---wiza rd-archetypes/spellslinger wrote:

School of the Gun

The rigor and care required by arcane guns is so great that a spellslinger forsakes four schools of magic. These opposition schools are chosen at 1st level and cannot be changed later. A spellslinger who prepares a spell from his opposition school must use two spell slots of that level to prepare the spell. In addition, the spellslinger takes a –4 penalty on any skill checks made when crafting a magic item that has a spell from one of his opposition schools as a prerequisite.

This ability replaces arcane school.

I'm assuming that since it says "prepares a spell", it is specifing spells prepared by the character. And it seems reasonable to me that it would discriminate between class (wiz vs everybody else) rather than discriminating between spontanious vs prepared.

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

Magus clarifies this a lot better with spellstrike. I tend to think of these two abilites as having similar rules in regard to cross classing. However, if your dm lets you take a one level dip then max out sorcerer he deserves what he gets. ;-)