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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 3264084" data-attributes="member: 3146"><p>Actually, whirling blade is great against high level foes--at least when you actually mean high level foes rather than tough foes for your level.</p><p></p><p>A quickened whirling blade is a great 6th level spell because, not only does it work like a quickened lightning bolt with an attack roll rather than a save; it also can serve to get you another attack with arcane strike on a foe you just full attacked. Thus, the damage it does scales with your melee capability all the way into the stratosphere even while other 2nd level offensive spells remain mired in damage caps and low save DCs.</p><p></p><p>Arcane Strike the highest level spell you can spare and full attack with haste. Ordinarily you'd be done, but a quickened whirling blade lets you make another attack with the arcane strike attack and damage bonus (and fires of purity too if you managed to get that off before combat) against the enemy you just full attacked... and you get to attack any of his friends that you can catch in the line too. An extra 2d6+14+2d6 (holy) +1 con +7d4 (arcane strike) +14 (7 points of Power Attack, replacing the attack bonus from Arcane Strike) +15 fire (fires of purity (note the nerfed Spell Compendium version in use--not the Complete Divine version that I would empower with a rod of empower spell for (1d6+15)1.5 or about 27 points of damage on average)--total average: 74.5 +1 con. That's not just a mook sweeper, even at 15th-17th level. Without fires of purity, it's still pretty darn good at 59.5 average damage. (Note that the damage above assumes a +1 holy wounding greatsword greater magic weaponed up to +4 wielded by a character with a 24 intelligence who gets 1.5 intelligence damage with a 2-handed weapon during whirling blade (the last bit being perhaps questionable rules-wise)).</p><p></p><p>That's much more than a mook-sweeper. That's pretty darn good output for a 6th level slot spent for a swift action.</p><p></p><p>Heck, it's often worth the 7th level spell, 6th level spell, and 2nd level spell it costs to do that twice by just Arcane Striking and casting whirling blade and following it up with a quickened whirling blade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 3264084, member: 3146"] Actually, whirling blade is great against high level foes--at least when you actually mean high level foes rather than tough foes for your level. A quickened whirling blade is a great 6th level spell because, not only does it work like a quickened lightning bolt with an attack roll rather than a save; it also can serve to get you another attack with arcane strike on a foe you just full attacked. Thus, the damage it does scales with your melee capability all the way into the stratosphere even while other 2nd level offensive spells remain mired in damage caps and low save DCs. Arcane Strike the highest level spell you can spare and full attack with haste. Ordinarily you'd be done, but a quickened whirling blade lets you make another attack with the arcane strike attack and damage bonus (and fires of purity too if you managed to get that off before combat) against the enemy you just full attacked... and you get to attack any of his friends that you can catch in the line too. An extra 2d6+14+2d6 (holy) +1 con +7d4 (arcane strike) +14 (7 points of Power Attack, replacing the attack bonus from Arcane Strike) +15 fire (fires of purity (note the nerfed Spell Compendium version in use--not the Complete Divine version that I would empower with a rod of empower spell for (1d6+15)1.5 or about 27 points of damage on average)--total average: 74.5 +1 con. That's not just a mook sweeper, even at 15th-17th level. Without fires of purity, it's still pretty darn good at 59.5 average damage. (Note that the damage above assumes a +1 holy wounding greatsword greater magic weaponed up to +4 wielded by a character with a 24 intelligence who gets 1.5 intelligence damage with a 2-handed weapon during whirling blade (the last bit being perhaps questionable rules-wise)). That's much more than a mook-sweeper. That's pretty darn good output for a 6th level slot spent for a swift action. Heck, it's often worth the 7th level spell, 6th level spell, and 2nd level spell it costs to do that twice by just Arcane Striking and casting whirling blade and following it up with a quickened whirling blade. [/QUOTE]
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