Alchemy > Ritual Caster

[amysrevenge]

Alchemist's Fire is for killing minions. (At any level. Remember how fast PC wealth scales - 45K sounds like a lot, but it's peanuts by level 30 standards.)

Well, it's for *trying* to kill minions, anyway. Minions have level-standard defenses, and alchemist's fire has a pretty low to-hit roll, so it's not likely to get very many...

I'm more of the "fighter gets to mark many foes at once" school myself. My fighter is the one who is most likely to take the feat.

 

[Stalker0]

Well, it's for *trying* to kill minions, anyway. Minions have level-standard defenses, and alchemist's fire has a pretty low to-hit roll, so it's not likely to get very many...

I'm more of the "fighter gets to mark many foes at once" school myself. My fighter is the one who is most likely to take the feat.

Level 21 A. Fire +24 vs ref.
Angel Legionnaire, Ref 31....so I need a 7 or better to hit.
Legion Devil Legionnaire, Ref 32...so I need an 8 or better.

Level 26, +29 vs ref.
Lich Vestige, Ref 40, so an 11 to hit.

Looks like a fire can at least hit 50% of the time, and often a lot more than that.

Now, I don't know if I can ever get over the idea of just tossing out 45k worth of gold, no matter how much I get at high levels, but it looks effective enough against minions.

 

[amysrevenge]

Level 21 A. Fire +24 vs ref.
Angel Legionnaire, Ref 31....so I need a 7 or better to hit.
Legion Devil Legionnaire, Ref 32...so I need an 8 or better.

Level 26, +29 vs ref.
Lich Vestige, Ref 40, so an 11 to hit.

Looks like a fire can at least hit 50% of the time, and often a lot more than that.

Now, I don't know if I can ever get over the idea of just tossing out 45k worth of gold, no matter how much I get at high levels, but it looks effective enough against minions.

Sure, refute me with your precious "rules" and "math". Your brain might say it's easy to hit, but my gut says it's hard. I don't know about you, but my gut is a LOT bigger than my brain...