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There are a few rogue talents you can pick up that improve as you gain rogue levels, for example, Shadow Duplicate, which lets you do it 1/day when you first get it, and an additional time per day for every 5 levels of rogue you have.
Shadowdancers have the ability to buy a rogue talent like this. How does that translate for 'rogue levels'? If 'shadowdancer levels' replaces rogue levels, what if you're leveling rogue levels AND shadowdancer levels? Does it matter which class you pick it up as, in that case?
Someone MUST know the answer to this question. Anyone?
Once per day as an immediate action when the rogue is hit, the rogue can create a single shadow duplicate of herself, as per mirror image. The GM randomly determines whether the attack hit the rogue or the shadow duplicate. The shadow duplicate lasts for a number of rounds equal to the rogue’s level, or until the shadow duplicate is dispelled or destroyed. This ability does not stack with the mirror image spell. The caster level for this ability is equal to the rogue’s level. A rogue can use this ability one additional time per day for every 5 rogue levels she has.
My call is that rogue and shadowdancer levels stack for the purpose of calculating 'rogue levels' when determining the power of the selected rogue talent.
Only 1 image unstackable with other mirror image effects, 4/day max at lvl 20, and fits the character flavor. Can't find any reason against it.
Hope it helps.
That was kind of what I was thinking as well. I've heard others agree with that. It's just not clear. Also, technically, 5 times per day max, as you can do it once per day upon buying it, and you get additional uses every 5 levels.
By strict RAW, Shadowdancer levels do not count. If you don't have levels in Rogue, you can't make use of talents that are based on your rogue level. With that said, I agree with William Werminster that it is completely reasonable to rule that Shadowdancer class levels should stack with Rogue levels (if any) for the purpose of talents given the context, and I would rule that way at my table.