Eldritch Heritage Feat tree

[Dynn The BeastMaster]

My question seems simple but I can not find the definitive answer. If I take Eldritch Heritage and Improved Eldritch Heritage, does the ability I choose with the Improved feat advance as I gain effective Sorcerer levels or would I have to take it a second time to get "Step 2" of the ability?

[Lucent]

You are considered to be a sorcerer of equal level to your total character level (the combined total of all your classes) -2. So any ability that scales with level does improve, but it does not allow you to take higher-level abilities without taking the appropriate Eldritch Heritage feat.

[Dynn The BeastMaster]

Having to go through the feat tree always made sense, I was more concerned about the scaling for the higher abilities. If I have to use 3 feats to get full use of certain abilities, it makes it less enjoyable to want to take the Improved or Greater. As a Fighter doing it, I know I can find the room to get those feats and not fall too far behind everywhere else.

[L. A. Paladin]

You do have plenty of feats to spend as a fighter.

Just remember, you can't use your bonus fighter feats on Eldritch Heritage -- only your normal feats gained at 1st, 3rd, 5th, and so on.

[Booksy]

The feat gives you access to the ability, your class level - converted to Sorcerer - is what the power of that ability scales to.

So if you took Elderitch Heritage Abyssal you would gain Claws and their power would scale per your effective sorcerer level. If you followed that with Improved Elderitch Heritage you could choose Demon Resistances or Strength of the Abyss. Finally if you took Greater Elderitch Heratige you could take Added Summonings or a previous unchosen power. The big difference now is that all of these would scale with your effective sorcerer level, which is now your character level.

Additionally, if you're willing to invest the feats, you could gain a Heritage from an additional bloodline (ofcourse assuming you have the necessary Skill Focus, and aren't part of that bloodline from another source), being careful because its powers all scale with a different effective sorcerere level (character level -2) unless you take that bloodline also to Greater Elderitch Heritage.

[Aioran]

Dynn The BeastMaster wrote:

My question seems simple but I can not find the definitive answer. If I take Eldritch Heritage and Improved Eldritch Heritage, does the ability I choose with the Improved feat advance as I gain effective Sorcerer levels.

Yes, it does improve as your character level increases.

The reason you can take Improved Eldritch Heritage twice is because it lets you select either the 3rd or 9th level bloodline abilities so that you can get both of them, if you so wish.

Also, robe of arcane heritage increases your sorcerer level for the purposes of bloodline abilities from eldritch heritage and is a body slot item.

[Dynn The BeastMaster]

Thank you everyone for taking time to respond to my question and for the input.