Creating a dual caster arcane divine ?

Paul,

I asked Pedro about it when we worked on the original rules because it didn’t seem to fit and he was fine leaving it in.

If this is true, then Peter made an error.

It definitely isn’t fine. The rules were designed to compliment the setting and the setting dictates that those who can cast Divine spells CANNOT cast Arcane and vice-versa.

I don’t know how I can be clearer than that.

Henry,

Glad to hear it. Thanks for the clarification.

With a sweep of his…

Hat

Technically, he’s not trying to get Divine power. He’s trying to become a god in his own right, at least as far as we know. And there’s already one god out there who messes things up (Sarish, god of everything!), so it’s not out of the question (presumably). That said… we know the gods have messed around with timetravel before. What if the Sorcerer King is the pre-god version of Sarish?

Tony may have hit upon a very interesting point, I’ve always wondered why Sarish and the SK havent really duked it out in earnest

Figured I would put this into an existing thread instead of starting a new one. I seem to recall that you can be both a divine caster and a psion (the only exception to the rule that you can’t be arcane and divine). I was tossing around an idea for a character, and I just wanted to run it by the forums to make sure I’m not missing a rule somewhere.

Val character
Martial (a) with Undisciplined Psion (b)
Sword Saint (p) or Templar Itinerant (p) to gain access to Divine Spell Casting (ta)

I realize that this isn’t the fastest way to get spell casting, but I was thinking about a primarily martial character who has access to a couple of self-buffing spells (Inertial Shield and Body of the Warrior, for a start).

Is there anything inherently problematic with this? I’m not terribly interested by arguments over whether it is ‘optimal’, just want to make sure it is rules compliant.

Thanks

Works for me. Without being an Expert (or one of the casting archetypes) I found it is difficult to stay “up to speed” in two types of casting (good ranks in skills, taking Divine and Arcane Spell Casting every tier), but if all you want is a few spells–or to specialize in one and have a few spells for the other–this is a perfectly viable build.

I thought that Psionic Priest was a story Archetype and Psionics + Divine was allowed? There is even a Path based on this.

You’re correct. It is. The issue was that with the way Paths were configured it was possible to be a non-Psionic Arcane Caster and take a path that provided Rudimentary prayers for example. There was a restriction on the Spellcasting Talents, but not on the Talents that provided access to a single spell which also in turn opened up the option for adding additional spells through the Learn Spell talent.

With a sweep of his hat,

Paul