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Take Skill Focus: Knowledge:Arcana from the Half Elf at creation.
At level 3 take Eldritch Heritage: Arcane. (Bonded Item for a floating extra spell slot)
With this, at level 6 I can cast Paragon Surge, and select the feat "Expanded Arcana" and open up a choice of any of the Cleric/Oracle on the fly.
At level 11 when I cast Paragon Surge again and instead of Expanded Arcana, I opt for Improved Eldritch Heritage. Which lets me choose one spell from the Sorcerer / Wizard spell list and put it on mine.
Have I found a back door into Arcane & Divine casting or does it not work?
Haha, I contemplated that combo for an Oracle character of mine, but opted for an Aasimar Oracle instead. (Really like their favored class bonus)
Given the Expanded Arcana/Paragon Surge combo works in your group, I can't see why not this. Indeed, access to almost any divine or arcane spell on the fly. A little slow and takes multiple spells, but who cares when you have that much massive flexibility?
EDIT: Also also, I was building Oracle of Life GMNPC, and I didn't want it to have abilities too flashy. For a PC? Go all out.
Yeah, this trick works--it was a ton of fun when I did it. It's even more versatile than a Wizard with Fast Study.
Side note: Take the Familiar, not the bonded object. Oracles don't need more spontaneous slots, but everyone could use a Familiar.
Improved Eldritch Heritage gives you a 3rd or 9th level bloodline power, not a spell.
The 9th level Arcane Bloodline power is adding Sorcerer/Wizard spells to your list of spells known.
It refers to the ability to cast a spell of that level. An Oracle needs to be level 12 to cast 6th level spells, for example.
See, this is where I disagree. A 12th level Oracle has the ability to 6th level divine spells, not 6th level spells in general.
For purposes of using that power, treat your sorcerer level as equal to your character level – 2, even if you have levels in sorcerer.
New Arcana (Ex): At 9th level, you can add any one spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to your list of spells known. This spell must be of a level that you are capable of casting. You can also add one additional spell at 13th level and 17th level.
The strictest interpretation of this feat gives you the ability to add a power that you treat as having a sorcerer level -2 to use. Good so far.
The New Arcana bloodline power gives you a free sorcerer/wizard spell, which for the purposes of level eligibility you treat your class level as a Sorcerer with 2 less levels. Great.
My argument is that the "New Arcana" power doesn't give you any special ability to cast said spell, only to add it to your list of arcane spells known. It doesn't magically become divine, and IEH doesn't extend to your spell list.
By that logic a Fire Oracle would not be allowed to cast Fireball because its not a divine spell.
and there's this little line in her Spell rules
"She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time."
See, this is where I disagree. A 12th level Oracle has the ability to 6th level divine spells, not 6th level spells in general.
For purposes of using that power, treat your sorcerer level as equal to your character level – 2, even if you have levels in sorcerer.
New Arcana (Ex): At 9th level, you can add any one spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to your list of spells known. This spell must be of a level that you are capable of casting. You can also add one additional spell at 13th level and 17th level.
The strictest interpretation of this feat gives you the ability to add a power that you treat as having a sorcerer level -2 to use. Good so far.
The New Arcana bloodline power gives you a free sorcerer/wizard spell, which for the purposes of level eligibility you treat your class level as a Sorcerer with 2 less levels. Great.
My argument is that the "New Arcana" power doesn't give you any special ability to cast said spell, only to add it to your list of arcane spells known. It doesn't magically become divine, and IEH doesn't extend to your spell list.
The feat says to add a spell from the sorc/wiz list to your list. It doesn't say from the sorc/wiz list to your arcane spell list. Such a thing does not exist AFAIK, you simply have a list of spells for each spell-casting class you have.
It does raise the interesting question of what happens if you have spell lists from two classes when you take the feat.
It does raise the interesting question of what happens if you have spell lists from two classes when you take the feat.
It would only apply to one class as in all other instances of 2 spell lists you have to choose which one is affected. The same way you can't mix the spell lists if you have two caster classes
Because no spell is "arcane" or "divine," only caster classes are "arcane" or "divine."
Bards casting Cure Light Wounds are still casting arcane spells. Flame Oracles casting Fireballs are casting divine spells.