Yosharian
Arcane
Dude it was a joke...Chink - An narrow opening and vunerable area in one's armor that the opponent will usually aim for. This term relies on "chink" in the sense of "a crack or gap," a meaning dating from about 1400 and used figuratively since the mid-1600s.
As for the rest of your arguments
How on earth will I be a lvl 14 spellcaster? 1 scion spellcasting (second lvl) + 9 DD + 5 lvls of ES or EK. this makes 15 lvls. To cast transfomation I need to be what, lvl 12 spellcaster, no?
As for the rest:
"BAB loss" - First of all, even if I were to continue ES, I d still get medium BABs, second - transformation and other transmutation spells will come to my rescue.
"Spellcasting loss" - only spellcasting I need with this build (I'm wielding twohanders) is a couple of good touch spells for melee opponents (more susceptible to spells than a duelling mage would be) and couple of transmutation cantrips.
"Int and Con useless to Scion" - And? I have minimum int and wisdom and 10 con. So far so good. Pal charisma saves help.
AC doesn't stack with Draconic bloodline AC (or shouldn't) - it does stack alright, and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't - one bonus comes from bloodline, another from being a disciple to a dragon, no? :armenian accent:
"Useless Kn. Arcana requirements" - that much is true. although so far the only useful skill for my dude has been persuasion. happy with that.
"Loss of Scion ability progression" (this alone is huge) - I had a look at those and think there is not much to write home about. by far the most important ability - cast spell & melee hit you get on lvl second and there is no progression for that one. sure, upgrading your weapon is nice but there are other ways of doing that.
2 scion levels, 7 spellcasting levels from DD, 5 levels of scion, that's 14th level scion. You don't get access to Transformation until 16th level of scion. EK would be even worse.
Yes it's the same BAB as Magus, my point is, that's not better.
Actually, you could be right. They might stack. I have to check that.
Losing Arcana progression and bonus feats is terrible in my opinion, but oh well. Also Arcane Pool does scale with scion level.
The loss of spellcasting levels is by far the worst thing about DD. It's almost never worth it for that reason. EK is a little better, but you said yourself that you don't need BAB that badly. It's far better to finish out the Scion levels.
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