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[3.5] Dawn of the Touch-Attack specialist?
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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1009537" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>In case Kalendraf wants to know more, T&B basically states that you can take any weapon-specific feat to the "weapon types" Touch Spell, Energy Missile or Ray, provided you meet all the prerequisites.</p><p></p><p>So once you have BAB +1 and Dex 13 you could have Weapon Finesse (Touch) which would work for all your Touch Spells. In the same way you could take feats like Weapon Focus, Improved Critical (quite high req...), etc. Another thing, ranged feats like Point Blank Shot work with all spells that require a ranged attack.</p><p></p><p>In some case the feats may not work: for ex. if you cast a Ray which doesn't deliver damage, you don't get +1 damage from PBS but only +1 to attack.</p><p></p><p>Weapon Spec would require 4 levels of Figther, and it is basically substituted by Spell Spec.</p><p></p><p>edit:</p><p>IIRC, eligible feats for "Touch Casters" could be...</p><p>Ambidexterity *</p><p>Combat Reflexes</p><p>Improved Critical</p><p>Improved 2WF *</p><p>Improved Unarmed Strike **</p><p>Spell Specialization (Touch)</p><p>Spring Attack</p><p>Stunning Fist **</p><p>2WF *</p><p>Weapon Finesse (Touch)</p><p>Weapon Focus (Touch)</p><p></p><p>* I wonder who would ever do, but T&B has guidelines for using a weapon and a touch attack at the same time</p><p>** again there are specific guidelines in T&B about combining a touch spell with an unarmed strike, which would be useful for a Monk/Sorc</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, there COULD be touch spells which affect more creatures (each with a successful attack) and may benefit from Cleave, WWA...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1009537, member: 1465"] In case Kalendraf wants to know more, T&B basically states that you can take any weapon-specific feat to the "weapon types" Touch Spell, Energy Missile or Ray, provided you meet all the prerequisites. So once you have BAB +1 and Dex 13 you could have Weapon Finesse (Touch) which would work for all your Touch Spells. In the same way you could take feats like Weapon Focus, Improved Critical (quite high req...), etc. Another thing, ranged feats like Point Blank Shot work with all spells that require a ranged attack. In some case the feats may not work: for ex. if you cast a Ray which doesn't deliver damage, you don't get +1 damage from PBS but only +1 to attack. Weapon Spec would require 4 levels of Figther, and it is basically substituted by Spell Spec. edit: IIRC, eligible feats for "Touch Casters" could be... Ambidexterity * Combat Reflexes Improved Critical Improved 2WF * Improved Unarmed Strike ** Spell Specialization (Touch) Spring Attack Stunning Fist ** 2WF * Weapon Finesse (Touch) Weapon Focus (Touch) * I wonder who would ever do, but T&B has guidelines for using a weapon and a touch attack at the same time ** again there are specific guidelines in T&B about combining a touch spell with an unarmed strike, which would be useful for a Monk/Sorc Furthermore, there COULD be touch spells which affect more creatures (each with a successful attack) and may benefit from Cleave, WWA... [/QUOTE]
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