Feat for halfling sorcceress

[Lavinia Teeblatt]

I´m playing halfling sorceress.
She is now on level 6.
But I´m unsure which feat to take, I got already "alertness", "improved initiative" and "scribe scroll".
She has learned a lot of rays already and I´m going to take more spells with range touch attacks on the higher levels.
What do you think?
Shall I take feats like "precise shot" and "point blank shot" to improve the range touch attacks or shall I take metamagic feats like "empower spell"?

Thank you all.
Lavinia

 

[hong]

Empower Spell. Sorcs get more spell slots than they know what to do with, might as well use them on metamagic.

 

[Darklone]

3 feats already ? Ah, prolly familiar.

Point Blank Shot was pretty nice for out spellcasters, but I suppose your Dex is high enough to hit anything with ranged touch attacks... plus size mod...

So I'd go with Empower Spell either

 

[Fester]

I'm presently playing a 5th level wizard, with my feat selection focusing on improving the durability of the spells:

class feat: scribe scroll
human bonus: spell focus (evoc)
1st: spell focus (necro)
3rd: greater spell focus (evoc)
5th (bonus): spell penetration

I'm planning on taking greater spell penetration at 6th, another spell focus at 9th and the maximize metamagic feat at 10th. Something like that, anyway.

Your character has gone a different route, though. Perhaps if you've taken a lot of rays, as you say, you may want to try weapon focus (ray), which may well fit in nicely.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

If your ray spells give your opponents saves, perhaps invest in spell focus in the appropriate school?

If not, then a metamagic feat would be the best choice, I also believe. Empower for damage goodness, or start the "get out of trouble" feat chain: still spell, silent spell, eschew materials, etc.

AR

 

[Darklone]

Aaaagh, yeah, Spell Penetration. You'll need it later, but I'd take it at level 9 in this case.

 

[Gaiden]

Ray Focus - increase DC on all ray spells by 2

published in Dragon Mag (I forget which) - it also has a host of really cool ray spells.

Also, you may want to look at some of the ray metamagic feats in that article. I had a 16th level caster take out an entire college of mages with one spell using them - it was sick, just sick.

 

[Silveras]

Other Options

You can take Weapon Focus for ray spells, +1 to your attacks at any range.

If you have Tome & Blood, the Energy Substitution feat is a great one, but (IIRC) requires that you have another metamagic feat before you can take it. Basically, it allows you to replace the energy in a spell with another type; like replace the fire in fireball with acid, for example. This greatly helps Sorcerers make more use of their limited spell selection.

Split Ray (also from Tome & Blood, IIRC) is also quite useful if you already have a few rays.

Taking a metamagic feat now provides immediate benefits, and opens up more choices for later.

 

[Darklone]

- it was sick, just sick.

Yeah, Dragon Magazine is official.

 

[Lavinia Teeblatt]

Thank you so far for your helpful advices.
I think most of you would prefer the metamagic feats.
That´s what the other members of my party would also do.
I was just wandering how to make the range touch attacks better.
Of course my Dex should be high enough to hit the enemies anyway.

Lavinia