Ironworks Gaming Forum - Am I Screwed? (Chp2 plot spoilers)

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Originally posted by White Lancer:
EDIT: as an aside, ive just bought SoU and HotU and im looking at the pale master and wondering... should i add some paleness into my wizard? Just a few questions about the palemaster:

is it there just to boost your melee powers?

Does it continue to get spells? how fast? how many per level?

If you are a level 9 wizard (can cast level 5 spells) if you become a 9wiz/2palemaster will you get access to level 6 spells?

Thanks guys.

I am just recently looking into the palemaster class as well.

The class gives more than just melee bonuses (improved AC and hitpoints). You gain spell slots and level (albeit slowly), undead summons (in case you need a meat shield), a paralysation/death touch, and immunity to critical hits/sneak attacks at 10th level.
Spell advancement is hard to describe but here goes:
You gain (palemaster level + 1)/2 spell levels and slots added to your highest arcane spellcaster ability. Thus you would gain spells and slots at palemaster levels 1,3,5,7…
You have a 9th level wizard and you start taking palemaster levels.

At the first palemaster level you would gain 9 + (PM+1) / 2 = 9 + (1+1)/2 = 9 + 1 = 10 Therefore you get tenth level wizard spells and slots (ie. 2 fifth level spells…)

At the second palemaster level you would gain 9 + (PM+1) / 2 = 9 + (2+1)/2 = 9 + 1.5 (rounded down) = 10 Therefore you still get only tenth level wizard spells and slots (ie. Still only 2 fifth level spells…)

At the third palemaster level you would gain 9 + (PM+1) / 2 = 9 + (3+1)/2 = 9 + 2 = 11 Thus you get eleventh level wizard spells and slots (ie. 1 sixth level spell, 2 fifth level…)

I hope this explains things for you [img]graemlins/1dizzy.gif[/img] ;)

<edit: corrected the math to make the explination more clear>

[ 09-29-2005, 05:31 PM: Message edited by: javan ]