Arcane hierophants’ levels + druid levels for wild shape only

[James43]

I do not know it this will work or how to write in code

Let’s say you wound to have Arcane hierophants’ levels add to Druid level just for Wild shape and you must have at least one level in druid first

Wild Shape: Levels in arcane hierophant stack with druid levels to determine the limits of wild shape ability. You must have at least one level in druid to take advantage of this ability.

I think it might look something like this:
Arcane hierophants’ levels + druid levels for wild shape only = wild shape
4 lvl Druid + 2lvl Arcane hierophant = 6 total LVLs so effective 6 lvl in druid for wild shape just for wild shape.

Now how do you do this in the editor for pathfinder 1e in hero lab classic

[Dami]

Sorry James, I can't help you on this one... you need someone with a better level of HL coding than mine.
You've chosen something complicated to start using the editor with!
You would first check that there are already Druid levels or WildShape class ability, then add the AH levels to the Druid levels.
Normally I'd say look at how an existing Druid Prestige Class has been coded in the editor to do this, but that may not be easy for you to understand what's happening.

[James43]

I just had a through
class special abilities are boot straps is/or can it be done adding or combining a boot strap from one class to other on the same character, if so how ?

[Mathias]

Think about other things that raise the effective levels of class abilities - monk's robes, for example, add effective levels to some monk abilities.

And yes, check out prestige classes - some of those combo with existing classes, improving the effective level of abilities.

So go into Archives of Nethys - do your research, and find existing examples.