Serpents and Sepelchers, DnD discussion topic

Well, my plan consumes five (useful) feats up to level twelve, leaving me with one extra feat which I'm going to use to increase my offensive capabilities while maintaining a large amount of support and control spells. I could delay my plan by three levels, but then I would be unable to get the epic feats in the Prestige Class I'm aiming for until thre levels later, which once you reach the epic levels, is a huge drawback.

Nah, I'll be the random Psuedodragon following y'all. Perhaps I can relay your tale to a future writer/poet?

I can make a bogun for him to be at level 7.

I can think of two ways that he could be my character's familiar (without the feat) and thus gain amazing bonuses (more health, well, less health at early levels, Improved Evasion, Spell Resistance, Increased Intelligence, etc.).

One, he switches to a Raven or Raven Variant (since they are the only basic familiars who can speak).

Two, just ignore the feat entirely since he's a separate playable character or whatever.

Well, the only downside of being a familiar would be reduced health until my character is about level 8 or so, but you'd get increased natural armor, spell resistance, and all sorts of bonuses. I don't really care, since I'd probably use a viper to boost my Bluff skill, so this is up to you and for your sake.

Ask Os, so that you aren't left completely defenseless all the time.

Just so you know, without those familiar bonuses, you'll be incredibly weakened. Though, you wouldn't gain anything past level twelve, at least for a while.

If worse comes to worse you can be the wise cracking talking black cat king. You can have snarly remarks.

So my Sorcerer level does not go up. The description though says that if you have to different casting classes, you just choose one to gain the caster level in, so I'm just a little confused.

Here's the link: www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/prestigeClassProgressions.htm#epicLoremaster

I believe so, but I've found a lot of sources using Caster Level and Class Level near-synonymously.

Wait, do I get Familiar benefits from the caster level (assuming I have a familiar).