Casting Questions - Hexblade

[TCArknight]

I'm working on the Hexblade, and am having trouble with a couple of things for it's spellcasting:

1) As a caster, he casts 0 spells at a particular level. Which, would mean he'd only be able to cast a spell if he gains bonus spells from a high Charisma score. How do I define this? If I try putting 0 in the Spells Cast Per Level on the Class tab of the editor, they disappear.

2) He only begins being able to cast spells at 4th level. From that point forward, his caster level is 1/2 his Hexblade level. Where do I define that?

Thanks!
TC

 

[Lawful_g]

Look at Bard which does something similar for 1. I believe they put .1 in the fields that should be 0.

For 2, I believe caster level is measured by the cMagLevel field on the class helper. Try writing an Eval script there that says if below 4th level, the field = 0, otherwise it equals class level/2 rounded down.

 

[Lawful_g]

I'd urge you to test #2 by adding prestige classes that add magic levels and see how that interacts with your class.

 

[TCArknight]

Many thanks again.

I'll try these and see how it works out.

 

[Mathias]

Actually, #2 is identical to the caster level progression for the Ranger, and I need to handle that properly - I'll add a tag (a checkbox in the editor) for half caster level, and have Hero Lab make sure that the hero can cast spells before generating a caster level (to handle the no caster level until we get to 4th level part). So, hold off on writing that script yourself.