Q214
I can buy off the 2 ECL for a Mercury dragon wyrmling at lvl 6 and lvl 9. If I pick up more dragon HD to advance to the next category (young category increases the ECL from 2 to 3), at what level can I buy off this new ECL?
A214
No .... you can Buy off LA, not HD or ECL ...... LA+HD+class levels = ECL
Q216
Sorcerer levels stack with the spell casting ability of Dragons. As Sublime Chord spellcasting work like sorcerers', do dragon spellcasting stack with Sublime Chord? Trying to gain a faster spell casting progression.
A216
No
A214: No you can't, only class levels count, not racial HD
A216: Nope. Not sorcerer casting.
Regarding 214, apologies, bad choice of words. I meant the 2 LA for playing a wyrmling Mercury Dragon and the 3 LA from being a very young Mercury Dragon. Didn't mean buying off the racial HD.
How i understand it is that:
1) if I start playing as a wyrmling Mercury dragon, I have 3 racial HD, plus an LA of 2 (ECL 5).
2) I pick up 6 levels of sorceror (ECL 11), now I can buyoff 1 of my 2 LA (ECL 10).
3) I pick up 3 more levels of sorceror (ECL 13), now I can buy off my remaining LA (ECL 12). I now have 3 Racial HD, plus 9 sorceror levels.
4) Next, I pick up 3 more dragon HD, which bumps me up to the next size category (from wyrmling to very young). Since a Mercury Dragon wyrmling has an LA of 2, and a very young Mercury Dragon has an LA of 3, I need to increase my LA by 1 right? 6 racial HD, 9 sorceror levels, 1 LA (ECL 15).
5) Can I
a - buy off that 1 LA immediately? I'm a level 9 sorceror, so I am eligible to buy off 1 LA right?
b - Or do I need to wait until I gain 3 more sorceror levels (ie 12 sorceror levels)?