Arcane Spells?

Eamilius · Post by **Eamilius** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:02 am

Hi all you NWN 2... people. I have a question about arcane spells. What is arcane spells? I hope someone will answer because i really want to try and have some characters that has one of the arcane prestige classes.
Hope you'll answer.

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:00 am

Arcane spells are magic spells as opposed to holy/divine spells. Clerics and paladins use divine spells, as their spells are gifts from their god, where as classes such as mages/wizards or sorcerors, for example, use arcane magic/spells.

japeder · Post by **japeder** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:29 am

i need help pretty much about the same problem...
i just started playing and all... anyway, i want to cr8 an arcane archer, is it possible to cr8 one if playing with a ranger on the beginning? if y, u said that wizards and other spellcasters can cast arcane spells, do i have to multiclass both ranger and a spellcaster??
plz answer soon

GoldDragon · Post by **GoldDragon** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:04 pm

If the prerequisite for a PrC says something like: Ability to cast Arcane Spells, then you need only ONE(1) level of either Wizard or Sorcerer.

If the PrC Says something like: Ability to cast Third level Arcane Spells, then you need 5 levels of Wizard (Third level available) OR 6-7 Levels in Sorcerer (Sorcerer gets The levels slower than does Wizard).

Yes, you would need to multiclass, but not totally.

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:36 pm

If it's not clear, rangers can cast spells, but their spells are divine spells. The manual lists what kind of spells each class gets, if they get spells at all.

If you want to be an arcane archer, then a level of bard should work as well, and that might be more useful.

SWC

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:57 am

japeder wrote:i just started playing and all... anyway, i want to cr8 an arcane archer, is it possible to cr8 one if playing with a ranger on the beginning? if y, u said that wizards and other spellcasters can cast arcane spells, do i have to multiclass both ranger and a spellcaster??
plz answer soon

If you are playing MotB, and able to go to epic, then I suggest going Wizard/Ranger/Arcane Archer. This can be a pretty powerful build.

Just a note, the main difference which separates Arcane spells from Divine ones, is that the Arcane spells are disrupted by armor and shields, whilst a divine caster can get away with being a tanker at the same time.