Help me figure this out, please

[Ral' Yareth]

Hey

I am a long time fan of the old Dark Sun setting and I love the idea of meshing arcane magic and mental powers together.

The best way to replicate what I have in mind, seems to be an arcanist with the blood arcanist archetype and a draconic bloodline related to one of the esoteric dragons. The problem is I am unsure on how this specific interaction works out.

esoteric dragon bloodline arcana says: wrote:

When selecting spells known, you can choose spells from the psychic class spell list. The psychic spells you select must normally be unavailable to your class. You can know only a number of psychic spells equal to the highest level spell you can cast from your class spell list, based on your current class level. When you’re casting these spells, they function as psychic magic instead of arcane. You use thought and emotion components (Occult Adventures 144) instead of verbal and somatic components when casting these spells.

but then again the arcanist class descriptions says

arcanist spellcasting class feature wrote:

Feats and other effects that modify the number of spells known by a spellcaster instead affect the number of spells an arcanist can prepare.

Am I restricted to knowing a number of psychic spells equal to the highest level spell I can cast,

or

Am I restricted to PREPARING a number of psychic spells equal to the highest spell I can cast?

Thanks!

[toastedamphibian]

No. The two have no interaction. The quote from Arcanist is speaking specifically about effects that "modify the number of spells known". The bloodline arcana is changing what spells you may learn, it has no effect upon quantity.

I would suggest you treat it as adding them to your class list and spell book.