So I've recently heard about the Esoteric Training & Eclectic Training traits from Inner Sea Magic and that they actually increases caster level and grants spells as such. So I was curious what's everyone's opinion on how it works with say, prestige classes?
I wanted to build a Wizard 10 / Rift Warden 10, playing in such a game with these guild fame & traits in play. Since Rift Warden is only a 7/10ths casting class, by using Esoteric Training I would once again be a full caster(makes prestiging look much more appealing as a caster).
However, assuming one actually earned the fame, could one select their prestige class as the secondary class to give you a caster boost? The "You may select a second spell casting class to gain a +1 bonus to effective caster level" line makes me wonder if one could select a prestige class, and thus boost their casting level even further. This line also doesn't expressly say that they are limited by hit die like the +3 portion, so I'm curious could I say effectively gain +4 caster level.
Now my gut says, no, that's not how it's supposed to work, or it's at least limited by HD still. Thoughts?
Could make things simple and just not apply the extra casting level of course, just curious on how it would work.