Hi,
One of my players wants to use a heavens Oracle but with Arcane magic.
He doesn't want to take a lvl in Oracle, and the rest in sorceror as he feels this is abusing the system , and isn't fitting the character's fluff. I reviewed the heaven's spell list, and saw they get arcane spells, so i don't see any large scale problems. But I admit, I have limited experience with Arcane spells, so I don't know if they are noticably more powerful than divine.
I was thinking about the conversion, and do not know if a straight swap of divine for arcane is equal. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
p.s. He wants Arcane so he can focus his spells on Illusion and Enchantment, which are seriously lacking in the divine list.
Yes, he is trying to take more advantage of the Awesome Display Revelation, I assume. The "standard" awesome display build involves one level of Oracle and the rest Sorcerer. If you just give his Oracle arcane spells, he's saving an entire level.
You'd also have to decide what's up with spell failure in armor, since Oracles wear medium and never have to worry about spell failure. They also get more BAB, skills, and a better Hit Die than any other full 9 level arcane spell caster.
In other words, yeah, don't do this.