Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jeffcole1 11-01-07, 10:50 PM	I have a few questions about a character I created for a local game. It's a human sorcerer 4/monk 1/enlightened fist 5 with the Ascetic Mage feat (taken at level 6, which was my first level of enlightened fist). Anyway, my questions are as follows: 1. Would my sorcerer caster level (for purposes of duration, damage, etc.) count all my levels of enlightened fist (4 sorc+5 EnF=9) or only the levels that give additional spellcasting levels (4+4 spellcasting levels=8)? I don't have the Practiced Spellcaster feat, and either way, my caster level would be capped at 10 if I did. 2. Would both Ascetic Mage and Enlightened Fist add to my AC bonus? For example: Ascetic Mage gives 4 sorc+1 monk=5 total, giving +1 AC, while Enlightened Fist gives 5 EnF+1 monk=6 total, giving another +1 AC. My question is, would these two effects stack to give a total of +2 AC? Or would I only get +1? Information: Ascetic Mage (feat): Complete Adventurer, pgs. 105-106. Enlightened Fist (PrC): Complete Arcane, pgs. 34-36.
dman11235 11-01-07, 11:01 PM	Since the enlightened fist says that it stacks with monk levels for AC, and Ascetic Mage does too, the class levels all stack, giving you the AC of a 10th level monk. Your caster level only goes up when it says it does, which is every level except 1 and 6. You also add those levels to your sorcerer levels to determine spells per day and spells known.
Jeffcole1 11-01-07, 11:11 PM	In other words, caster level=8 (10 if I were to take Practiced Spellcaster), and AC bonus=+2. Thanks for that.