Level 18 mystic Theurge only has 7th level spells

[TamTroll]

So i'm just noticing this now, after completing Ember's quest under the Lawful path.

The reward you get from that is a 9th level spell, but my Ember is 4 levels in Witch, 4 levels in Oracle, and 10 levels in Mystic Theurge. With all of this, she only has 7th level spells as her highest.

Two more levels in either class would unlock 3rd level spells from that one specific class, but i don't know if that'd bump up her highest spell levels at all.

Did i slightly screw myself over by making her not able to cast her most powerful spell? or is there some way i can salvage this?

[TaKo]

thats why you dont pick mysthic theurge, its a trap investment

lie in your bed or respec/retrain

[knowthyself2]

With the right mythic path you can get higher level spells.
But I'm confused as to why Pathfinder did Mystic Theurge so dirty. In DnD 3.5 they realized that having two sets of spellbooks didn't give you much of an advantage, so they created prestige classes like the True Necromancer in the Libris Mortis supplement that gave a bunch of class progression bonuses such as spell-like abilities and a Zone of Desecration in addition to both divine and arcane caster progression

[TaKo]

Originally posted by knowthyself2:

With the right mythic path you can get higher level spells.

doesnt apply to ember, no merging spellbooks for companions

[TamTroll]

ahh, well darn. Guess this'll be the second playthrough where i don't get to play with her new spell then.

Don't knock on Theurge too much! i've made her one twice now and she's a really good blaster, lots of variety in spells, and a lot of spell slots. Just not the higher level spells it seems.

[Moo]

I am playing a legend mystic theurge build right now and it's working out very well. You go 15 levels in each spellbook and then 10 in mystic thuerge and now you have both spellbooks at caster level 25. You pretty much have almost every spell at your disposal and with every buff at 24 hr durations. With 40 levels to play with, you'll also never run into the problem of not having enough feats. You basically have a mega blaster, CC, and super buffer all rolled into one.

[Duder]

When I went MT I could cast level 9 spells with arcane and level 13 caster with divine. (6th level spells I believe)
Just about how you level after once you have the 10 levels of MT

[Steffan]

By level 20, your Ember should be able to cast 8th level spells in one of her classes (caster levels of mystic theurge do stack on her base classes). And then you break the action economy with the 10th level mystic theurge ability. Personally I find the hellfire ray and the stormbolts/horrid wilting to be the most powerful spells of Ember. As mystic theurge she will also have a lot more spells. Mystic theurge is a late bloomer prestige class.

P.S. If you get her a class that has the true strike ability and you can quicken spells, you almost guarantee a hit with at least one of her attacks.