I'm pretty sure that first line you quoted qualifies them to take Expanded Arcana.
As for Dimensional Slide, the teleport replaces 5 feet of movement, so you have to be moving at least 5 feet. You cannot do it while standing from prone, drawing a weapon, opening a door, or escaping a grapple, because none of those things involve you moving 5 feet.
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Well, Dimensional Slide states that it is used as part of a move action, so it couldn't be a 5 ft step since that isn't an action. However, from my reading, it says that the teleportation is part of a move action and replaces 5 ft of movement, which seems to me that you still get the rest of the movement from that move action, ie. a 5th level character with 30ft base speed would teleport 50 feet and then move the remaining 25 feet. Or, teleport at any other point in the movement by spending that 5 feet of movement. Not sure if that's what was intended, but that's how it's written, at least to my eyes. That would also mean that you could still draw a weapon in that movement, provided you have BAB +1.
If that is indeed how this ability works and does not get rewritten, then this is my new favorite ability ever
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I have a couple of rules questions about Arcanists around spells prepared and exploits.
Their spells their entry says that:
Feats and other effects that modify the number of spells known by a spellcaster affect the number of spells the arcanist can prepare.The Expanded Arcana Feat says:
Add one spell from your class's spell list to your list of spells known. This is in addition to the number of spells normally gained at each new level in your class. You may instead add two spells from your class's spell list to your list of spells known, but both of these spells must be at least one level lower than the highest level spell you can cast in that class. Once made, these choices cannot be changed.This would suggest that you could gain extra spells prepared using the Feat. However it also says:
Special: You can only take this feat if you possess levels in a class whose spellcasting relies on a limited list of spells known, such as the bard, oracle, and sorcerer.You can gain Expanded Arcana multiple times.Obviously the Arcanist did not exist at the time the feat was created. A very strict RAW interpretation would probably say you cannot benefit from Expanded Arcana however given then text in their spells entry it seems like the intention was that they could do so, given the feat is the main was to get extra spells known. If it does work then obviously retraining opens up further options to keep the spells relevant.
I suspect that you can take Expanded Arcana. Don't forget the following language found in the Spells section of the Arcanist:
Feats and other effects that modify the number of spells known by a spellcaster affect the number of spells the arcanist can prepare.
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Let's look at it from another perspective. The Arcanist is going off of Spells Known just like a Sorcerer, the difference is that he can change those spells around from the spellbook. The feat would add known spells for the Arcanist, just as it would the Sorcerer, while leaving the spells cast per day the same.
Other feats for the Wizard that envolves replenishing spells spent (Forgotten) would most likely not be worth getting, a feat tax that is avoided.
As much as I want the Wizard to be made obsolete, the limits and overall structure of the Arcanist doesn't do that. It is a credit to the developers that they can do a wizardly sorcerer without invalidating one or the other.
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Bloodline Development: The arcanist can select one
bloodline from any of those available to bloodline
sorcerer class feature. The arcanist gains that bloodline’s
bloodline arcana and 1st-level bloodline power, as though
she were a 1st-level sorcerer. As a swift action, the arcanist
can expend one point from her arcane reservoir to bolster
her latent nature, allowing her to treat here arcanist level
as her sorcerer level for these abilities for 1 minute for the
purposes of the bloodline arcana and 1st-level bloodline
power. (For example, a 7th-level arcanist with the
destined bloodline normally can only bestow an insight
bonus of +1 from the touch of destiny bloodline power,
but by expending one point from her arcane reservoir,
the insight bonus is instead +3.) She does not gain any
new abilities from this use, such as those gained at 3rd
level. This exploit cannot be used to gain an arcane bond
through the arcane bloodline; if the arcane bloodline is
selected, the arcanist gains the hand of the apprentice
ability from the universal school instead (see the arcane
bond wizard class feature), using her Charisma modifier
in place of her Intelligence modifier.
Sylvan
Your ties to nature have more to do with creatures than with capriciousness.
Associated Bloodline: Fey.
Bloodline Arcana: See bloodline powers.
Bloodline Powers: Your magic shows a kinship to that of the beast-talkers and shapechanger fey.
Animal Companion (Ex): You gain an animal companion. Your effective druid level for this ability is equal to your sorcerer level – 3 (minimum 1st). This bloodline power counts as your bloodline arcana and also replaces laughing touch.
I let a player in a home game take the sylvan sorcerer bloodline for the animal companion. Since you're always treated as a first level sorcerer for purposes of the exploit, I would rule that it doesn't level up without the expenditure of arcane reservoir. Is this a correct interpretation?
Bloodline Development: The arcanist can select one
bloodline from any of those available to bloodline
sorcerer class feature. The arcanist gains that bloodline’s
bloodline arcana and 1st-level bloodline power, as though
she were a 1st-level sorcerer. As a swift action, the arcanist
can expend one point from her arcane reservoir to bolster
her latent nature, allowing her to treat here arcanist level
as her sorcerer level for these abilities for 1 minute for the
purposes of the bloodline arcana and 1st-level bloodline
power. (For example, a 7th-level arcanist with the
destined bloodline normally can only bestow an insight
bonus of +1 from the touch of destiny bloodline power,
but by expending one point from her arcane reservoir,
the insight bonus is instead +3.) She does not gain any
new abilities from this use, such as those gained at 3rd
level. This exploit cannot be used to gain an arcane bond
through the arcane bloodline; if the arcane bloodline is
selected, the arcanist gains the hand of the apprentice
ability from the universal school instead (see the arcane
bond wizard class feature), using her Charisma modifier
in place of her Intelligence modifier.I let a player in a home game take the sylvan sorcerer bloodline for the animal companion. Since you're always treated as a first level sorcerer for purposes of the exploit, I would rule that it doesn't level up without the expenditure of arcane reservoir. Is this a correct interpretation?Sylvan
Your ties to nature have more to do with creatures than with capriciousness.
Associated Bloodline: Fey.
Bloodline Arcana: See bloodline powers.
Bloodline Powers: Your magic shows a kinship to that of the beast-talkers and shapechanger fey.
Animal Companion (Ex): You gain an animal companion. Your effective druid level for this ability is equal to your sorcerer level – 3 (minimum 1st). This bloodline power counts as your bloodline arcana and also replaces laughing touch.
You may want to have them look at the Blood Arcanist.