i recall some posts a while back where eew was testing the effects of damage spells relative to caster level, powercast level, and monster resistance and monster level. i think he mentioned that the relative level of caster to monster was a strong determinant of spell efficacy, more so than powercast relative to monster resistance.
the point being that, if you switch classes to a hybrid, your effective caster level will be lower due to being considered a non-spellcaster for those levels, which may impact the overall effectiveness of the caster offensively. more so, you would only continue to develop effective casting levels for those spells available in the book the hybrid has access to.
now i dont know if anyone's tested this stuff out, and if you're level 18+ there's not much game left to be falling behind that it might matter anyway. but it's worth consideration.
and if you were to see such effects, i'd like to hear about it! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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