Hey all,
The Diabolist gets an imp companion. About the class level that you use to lookup abilities in the animal companion table the rules say:
Class Level
This is the diabolist's class level plus her highest caster level.
This does not stack with class levels that grant an animal companion.
I think this is miswritten. Taking this literally, you would get +2 table class level per level of diabolist:
1) Take a level 5 cleric
2) Add a level of Diabolist, this increases the cleric caster level to 6.
3) Highestcaster level is now 6 + Diabolist level of 1 => lookup 7 in the table.
I think the intent must have been to write a rule for multiclass casters, so we take the highest caster level, namely 6.
Am I correct?
Best,
Henk
In general you don't add something twice unless special ability specifically said you add the same source twice. So in the case of Clr 5/Diabolist 1, the total companion level should be 6.
Yes, it is clumsily worded. Probably the intent was that you take your highest CL before adding diabolist levels and then add diabolist levels (which might be important if CL increase from diabolist levels was added to the caster class that wasn't the highest). Anyway, I think it should be capped at the character level like other sources of companion levels.
