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Here is the final version of the picture I posted earlier for my new Mystic Theurge. When I discovered that Aodha is pronounced "ay" I decided to change her last name to MacAodha since one syllable is too short for a last name. I changed her outfit going with a longer skirt and longer fur coat rather than vest. I had debated wings, since she is an Aasimar, but decided not to include them.
Morrigan is the child of a Taldan nobleman Wizard and an Elven Priestess of Calistria. She grew up in the temple of Calistria with limited contact with her father but it was a fairly open secret that she was born a noble bastard. Then again, in a temple of Calistria there is no shortage of those. Being the child of two highly talented casters, she quickly picked up both divine and arcane spells. Later, spurred on by the dreams of a halfling girl named Aliyns (whom she grew up with), Morrigan joined the Pathfinder Society.
Since all my other female characters in society are low Charisma combat builds, Morrigan is the first character with, "significant assets." And being an Enchantress/Priestess of Calistria she uses all the tools at her disposal to manipulate and control others (hence the lack of shirt and strategically held coat trim). She's as mercurial as her deity, more than a bit catty, and views her companions as her pawns, but she is neither cynical nor ill-intentioned, more playful. It is probably due to growing up with a Halfling as a best friend that she is unusually positive and idealistic despite her abilities and circumstances. It's also why inane chattering does not give her migraines. Despite the facade of hedonistic noble, she is both highly intelligent and surprisingly sage. She sees herself as a battlefield conductor who directs her ensemble for maximum efficiency and provides them with opportunities to make beautiful music.
With her Aasimar racial spell like ability and her divine domain she gets to Mystic Theurge at 4th level rather than 7th. With Magical Knack when she hits 12th level she will have a Cleric caster level of 12 with access to spells as a 10th level Cleric and Wizard caster level 11 with access to spells like an 11th level Wizard. This gives her a very diverse range of support spells. Add to that the fact that she will be carrying various wands, potions, and scrolls for less common utility spells and you have a lot of ability to throw out game changing spells in combat. Her favorite spells, though, are enchantments and she loves spells like Command, Sleep, and Unnatural Lust (i.e. "you must caress that vaguely breast-shaped rock at the bottom of the well.").
She has other useful abilities in addition to her spell list. In place of a second domain she has the Tactics Inquisition which allows her to forgo her actions to grant haste to an ally and she can do this for several rounds per day. Let's put it this way, when you haste a power attacking barbarian at first level you have pretty much ended the encounter. She also has the trait that causes her to grant +4 with aid another checks, since she has a high intelligence and access to a wide variety of skills including all knowledge skills she helps a lot (like salvaging several identification rolls from the wizard in her first module). She may not be able to fight for jack but she can go pretty far in making sure her allies can fight for her effectively, whether she can cast or not.
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I have a question about the choice of your classes and abilities, how do you get the needed Spells for the mystic Theurg?
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The requirement is to be able to cast 2nd level arcane and divine spells and to have 3 ranks in arcana and religion. According to Paizo, you are considered to be able to cast 2nd level spells if you can cast even a single 2nd level spell for any reason. So, if you take a 2nd level arcane spell as a racial ability you meet the arcane requirement and there are several domains that give you a 2nd level spell (which automatically now counts as divine even if the spell itself is arcane) so all you need is 3 levels to get your 3 ranks in arcana and religion and then you are golden. I picked Emberkin Aasimar with 1 level Cleric with the Trickery Domain and 2 levels Wizard to meet the requirements.
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Thats right. But you must be able to cast these spells and even with a domain you have to be a 3rd level cleric to cast the 2nd level spells from your domain,
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No. Paizo specifically addressed meeting prerequisites for the Mystic Theurge prestige class on their boards. The game's creators have confirmed that the only prerequisite you cannot meet by first level is the 3 ranks in religion and arcana and that is because there are no feats/traits/etc to let you take more ranks in a skill than your hit die. This is because the initial prestige classes are OGL content. 3rd Ed races with high level spells had level adjustments but comparable races in Pathfinder do not. Prestige classes are all but invalidated by the progression of class features in base classes, especially when you take into account classes that can either cast divine spells as arcane or the newer hybrid base classes. The only reason I didn't use a new base class is that I was willing to trade effectiveness for flexibility.
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I do know about early access to prestige classes with spell-like abilities, but that doesn't answer my question.
The question was what exactly you had in mind for that character of yours. From your description, it looks as if you are going to take at least one level of wizard and cleric each before going into Mystic Theurge at 4th level, but I can't figure out how the character will be able to cast both 2nd level arcane spells and 2nd level divine spells at that point. Especially, you mentioned Divine domain, but I have no clue in what way that will do anything about the prestige class's prerequisites.
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I did answer it in detail. Let me word it differently. The prestige class requires you to have 3 ranks in Religion and Arcana and the ability to cast 2nd level Arcane and Divine spells. Again, Paizo clarified that if you can cast a single spell that is a 2nd level Arcane or Divine spell, you are considered to be able to cast 2nd level Arcane or Divine spells, respectively. Paizo specifically stated that it does not matter how you got that ability and what spell list the spell was originally from. Thus, if you get a boon to cast a 2nd Level Arcane spell as a Divine spell you are considered to be able to cast 2nd level Divine spells.
Almost every Aasimar variation gets to cast a 2nd level spell once a day as a racial feature. Paizo has specifically stated that these racial powers count as being able to cast 2nd or 3rd level arcane spells. Several divine domains give you a second level spell as a domain spell at first level. Paizo has stated that these domain spells aquired at first level count as the ability to cast 2nd level divine spells. This is how you quality for 2nd level divine and 2nd level arcane spellcaster at first level. The rest is taking 2 more levels (presumably of a caster class to minimize the number of caster levels you are short later), to meet the 3 rank requirements. There is a trait which allows you to treat your caster level as being 2 levels higher up to your character level. Thus (assuming you take the trait for Cleric), if you take 1 level of Cleric and two levels or Wizard before taking Mystic Theurge; at 4th level you will be a 4th level divine caster with access to spells like a 2nd level Cleric and a 3rd level arcane caster with access to spells like a 3rd level wizard. If you still do not understand, either read the thread on Paizo's site for yourself or take my word for it because I did and ran the build by the local venture captains who approved it based on Paizo's official ruling.
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