Swiftblade 9's

[Gazzien]

With the Swiftblade prestige class (found at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20070327 ), is there any way to get 9th-level spells, and all ten levels of the class, at or before level 20?

[Jackinthegreen]

Some sort of Sublime Chord twist might work, were it not for the skill requirements.  The only way to get 9's with Swiftblade is to get a fast progression class like the SC.

[Gazzien]

Some sort of Sublime Chord twist might work, were it not for the skill requirements.  The only way to get 9's with Swiftblade is to get a fast progression class like the SC.

So Sublime Chord, Ur-Priest... are there any others?

Any other method someone can think of? Are there no other ways to get +spell levels without taking levels in such a class?

[linklord231]

Beholder Mage is the only Arcane fast progression class I know of other than Sublime Chord. 

[Demelain]

If you can decipher it, the Darklight Wizard from the Kingdoms of Kalamar Villain Design Handbook would work.

EDIT: I think, anyway. I still can't make heads-or-tails of the damn thing.

[Gazzien]

I keep feeling like I heard about something... maybe in the Theurge handbook, I'll go look.

[Gazzien]

Hm. Can't find it. Can anyone think of what I'm talking about? Could've sworn it was an affiliation benefit, intended for theurges, gave +3 levels of casting to one class and +1 level to another class?

[Nunkuruji]

You can do it with Dark Sun's Shadow Templar

Templar 1 / X 4 / Shadow Templar 3 (3/3) / Swiftblade 10 (6/10) / X 2
Feats: Great Fortitude, Dodge, Mobility
Skills: Knowledge (the planes) 2 ranks, Spellcraft 8 ranks, Concentration 6 ranks
9/10 Shadow Templar spellcasting advancement will get you 9th level spells with bonus spells from intelligence

There are perhaps more creative options to have haste earlier and/or to PrC earlier than taking 3 levels of Shadow Templar.

[Gazzien]

That works perfectly, though. Thank you very much ^__^

[MirddinEmris]

Also, kobolds