D&D 3E/3.5 3.5 / PF Hellbred build

[StreamOfTheSky]

You could bring up that any wizard or sorcerer with a single reserve feat can do your main thing (unlimited blasting) as often as they want per day, for 6d6 damage, on top of all their more powerful one-off spell options. To add insult to injury, the reserve feats also give them +1 caster level with a certain energy type, are Supernatural abilities (thus no concentrations checks, no components, free to use in a grapple...), and...the character optimization boards STILL have near universal agreement that they're a waste of a feat!

Would that help your argument?

 

[Viandante]

Ahahah yes, I guess that will be useful.

I don't know why he is so against this PrC...I mean, it's true one gains nice bonuses in just three levels, but someone that goes pure caster will beat the out of me blindfolded going up in levels!

PS: I was thinking about opening a thread in the optimization board for feats, equipment and races as it seems that now I have decided my class, at least.
I want to change the race because I'll keep that idea for a binder or an incarnate!

 

[Dandu]

You could bring up that any wizard or sorcerer with a single reserve feat can do your main thing (unlimited blasting) as often as they want per day, for 6d6 damage, on top of all their more powerful one-off spell options. To add insult to injury, the reserve feats also give them +1 caster level with a certain energy type, are Supernatural abilities (thus no concentrations checks, no components, free to use in a grapple...), and...the character optimization boards STILL have near universal agreement that they're a waste of a feat!

Would that help your argument?

Summon Elemental and Minor Shapechange are nice. The ones that deal damage are pretty meh though.

Damage wise, a raging barbarian or well built archer exceeds the amount of damage you can put out with Hellfire Warlock on a good day, assuming you can use the Hellfire Blast constantly and have 13d6 blast total. Now, you do shoot ahead if you can use Eldritch Glaive, but there's a simple counter to that: have the monsters move around so the warlock doesn't get full attacks.

A sorcerer with Scorching Ray deals a total of 12d6 damage at level 12, which is about the same as your Hellfire damage. Or cast Disintegrate, which deals 24d6 damage on a failed save. Or cast Flesh to Stone/Baleful Polymorph/Evard's Black Tentacles and make them just die/turn into dinner/hentai fodder.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Summon Elemental and Minor Shapechange are nice. The ones that deal damage are pretty meh though.

I'm aware of this. But the damage reserve feats are the ones most similar to a Warlock's Eldritch Blast, therefore I was using those for the comparison.