[3.5] Base question on archmage spell power high arcana

[Hades]

Can the archmage take the high arcana "spell power" more than once to pump his CL?

And if he's a sorcerer/wizard/ultimate magus, can he at least take "spell power" once for every arcane caster class he possesses?

Thanks in advance.

[IlPazzo]

1)No he can't, it's the same bonus from the same source and it doesn't stack if not so explicitely ruled.

2)I think it already applies to each, and it would even apply to divine classes. You only take it once, you get +1 caster level on both sorcerer and wizard spell.

[Hades]

Spell power says "This ability increases the archmage’s effective caster level by +1", so you're right. Theoretically a Wizard/Sorcerer/Warlock/Ur Priest*insert theurgic classes*/Archmage 1 would gain a +1CL for all his spellcasting classes XD

Hierophant's "spell power" ability, on the other hand, explicitely stack with itself (and even here it applies with all classes)... That could be very useful at epic levels.

[nijineko]

interesting twist on the divine side.

I wonder if that "arch" psion class gets that too....

[Hades]

AFAIK arch psion wasn't updated for 3.5, so he's got an high psionic that boost save DCs like 3.0 Acrhmage.

And luckilly for us it was called "greater psionic focus", since "power power" is quite dumb XD

However, after the Hierophant great CL boost, I'm tempted to try to stat an epic Ultimate Magus/Ur Priest/Eldritch Theurge and try to give him max casting class at least in both prepared & spontaneous arcane spellcasting classes, and divine class (quite easy since UP full its casting with only 10 levels) and CL = HD in all his spellcasting & invocation classes XD

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

Theoretically a Wizard/Sorcerer/Warlock/Ur Priest*insert theurgic classes*/Archmage 1 would gain a +1CL for all his spellcasting classes

Still not too special for a PrC requiring 7th level spells. Even on my arcane dilettante, it's nothing to get too excited about.