I did a search of the forums and I could not find out the answer for this quandary. I checked the information on the PRD and it did not have an answer, and since I am playing a Hideously Multiclassed Half-elf(TM), I could use an answer to this question.
Do Multiclass Oracles get any benefit from the Haunted Curse as their total levels get to the appropriate HD for curse advancement?
I.e. If I have one level of Oracle, and a total of 8 levels in other classes (say another spontaneous charisma caster type), I would have 5 effective HD of Oracle, entitling me to the spells Levitate and Minor Image.
Since I couldn't cast 2nd level spells in the Oracle class in this example and I'm pretty sure I would not add them to another spellcasting class that CAN cast spells of that level, do I:
I get them added as 1st level spells, since they are the highest spell level I can currently cast as an oracle?
Get them as phantom 2nd level spells for if I ever find a way to cast a 2nd level spell, unlikely as it might be?
Not get them at all, and have no effect from the curse's eventual mitigating features?
Only get them in terms of activating wands and such?
Or is it something else that I haven't thought of?
So I turn these questions over to you, forum. What gurus are out there who can answer this question?
From what I can tell based on how it's written, you'd "learn" the spells but because you didn't have slots to cast them with it they'd just sit there and look pretty.
It is my understanding that you are still considered a first level oracle with regards to everything applicable to your curse. However, there is a race or more that has a level bonus that ups your effective curse level.
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I think you'd only get them for item activation - you can't cast spells of the appropriate level and they shouldn't be added as 1st level spells, but putting them on your "spells known" list should also put them on your class spells list for spell trigger and spell completion items.
It is my understanding that you are still considered a first level oracle with regards to everything applicable to your curse. However, there is a race or more that has a level bonus that ups your effective curse level.
No, curse benefits advance at a reduced rate for non-oracle levels. That's why a dip in Oracle with the Lame curse is popular among barbarians - immunity to fatigue at level 9.
"Each oracle is cursed, but this curse comes with a benefit as well as a hindrance. This choice is made at 1st level, and once made, it cannot be changed. The oracle’s curse cannot be removed or dispelled without the aid of a deity. An oracle’s curse is based on her oracle level plus one for every two levels or Hit Dice other than oracle."
To me that seems to imply you get the spells but not the ability to cast them, although it doesnt specify that they go to the oracles spell list so there is wiggle room for adding them to a different class (unless ive missed something)
Wow I totally missed that. I read those rules long ago when I had a non-multi classes oracle and must have ignored them. My current character has one level of oracle and 10 sorc...which I just realized I get more powers! Thanks guys! :)