Hi all,
I love the Tome Dragon, from Dragon #331. In particular, I'm excited by the prospect of knowing every single Sorcerer Divination and Conjuration spell in existence. My only problem with the Dragon has to be that damned LA. +5 for a Wyrmling or Very Young Dragon means a Tome Dragon is going to be massively behind a standard Sorcerer in spell levels, even if you use Loredrake. Is there any way of further boosting the Tome Dragon's spellcasting capabilities? So far, my only solution has been to kill the Dragon several times, casting Raise Dead on it each time to lose a level. This would work best with the Juvenile tome Dragon, which has +7 LA, 12HD and a caster level of 9. Taking it down to 1HD, and taking Loredrake, would result in a ECL 8 creature, with 1 HD, and a caster level of 11.
Is there any better way of improving the Tome Dragon's spellcasting, or is this basically the only option?