Does anyone remember the Ascetic Mage Feat from the old days of 3.5?
[General]
You practice an unusual martial art that mixes self-taught spellcasting and melee attacks to great effect.
Prerequisite
Improved Unarmed Strike (PH) , ability to spontaneously cast 2nd-level arcane spells,
Benefit
As a swift action that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, you can sacrifice one of your daily allotment of spells to add a bonus to your unarmed strike attack rolls and damage rolls for 1 round. The bonus is equal to the level of the spell sacrificed. The spell is lost as if you had cast it. If you have levels in sorcerer and monk, those levels stack for the purpose of determining your AC bonus. For example, a human 4th-level sorcerer/1st-level monk would have a +1 bonus to AC as if she were a 5th-level monk. If you would normally be allowed to add your Wisdom bonus to AC (such as for a unarmored, unencumbered monk), you instead add your Charisma bonus (if any) to your AC. In addition, you can multiclass freely between the sorcerer and monk classes. You must still remain lawful in order to continue advancing as a monk. You still face the normal XP penalties for having multiple classes more than one level apart.
Well, I want to build a prestige class based around that. In Roleplay terms, the Sorcerer powers are an extension of Ki Power. Why not play a Qinggong monk? I feel the powers are a little too limited for what I'm going for. So, I'm looking for some advice to make this happen. Particular advice I'm looking for is balancing it as opposed to other prestige classes/Straight up Multiclassing sorcerer and monk. Also, maybe a special ability that will help make this class more than "Sorcerer and Monk squashed together"
Here's what I got so far:
Prerequisites: Ki Pool, Ability to spontaneously cast 2nd level Arcane spells (So, 4th Monk/4th Sorcerer without archetypes figuring in)
HP: d6
Skills: 4 + INT
Class Skills?: I'm not sure there are many more that aren't covered by combining Monk and Sorcerer to begin with.
BAB: 3/4
Main Saves: Reflex and Will
Spells per Day would probably increase per the "Dragon Disciple" Prestige class progression
(Potential)Special abilities:
You get Monastic Legacy as a bonus feat, but it also applies to your Flurry of Blows and AC
Your Ki Pool and Spell casting are determined by Wisdom or Charisma: Whichever is greater.
A pool of bonus feats which can be drawn from the Sorcerer bloodline or Monk Bonus feats. (Pre-reqs required)
Trade Sorcerer Spell slots for Ki Pool Points and vice versa. Can spend Ki Points instead of Spell Slots for Metamagic
Level determination for Monk "Soul type abilities" (I.e. Wholeness of Body, Diamond body, etc) and Sorcerer bloodline powers. (Probably not full levels, more likely 1/2)
Ki/Arcane blast (Similar to the Elemental Ray bloodline powers)