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<blockquote data-quote="GwydapLlew" data-source="post: 3300150" data-attributes="member: 40373">RULE #1 - If you want to play a Spellfire Channeler, then play a Spellfire Channeler. If you want to play a caster with a neat trick, just take the Feat. Mixing up your priorities will make for a less-enjoyable character.RULE #2 - There is nothing 'abusive' about having your caster buddies dropping unused spells on you. The books include scenes in which that very thing happens, so it's obvious that Ed Greenwood intended that to be a viable tactic.RULE #3 - You are correct vis a vis absorbing spells; it takes a readied action to absorb a spell. You are also correct regarding the 'bleed off' of spellfire levels in you are over your normal storage capacity. Remember that your role as a Channeler is a blaster/sometime healer, and don't get in the front lines. Having seen a Channeler in action through about 10 levels of play, that whole 'ranged touch attack of raw magical energy that overcomes most DR' can easily make mincemeat of the BBEG. Seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GwydapLlew, post: 3300150, member: 40373"] RULE #1 - If you want to play a Spellfire Channeler, then play a Spellfire Channeler. If you want to play a caster with a neat trick, just take the Feat. Mixing up your priorities will make for a less-enjoyable character. RULE #2 - There is nothing 'abusive' about having your caster buddies dropping unused spells on you. The books include scenes in which that very thing happens, so it's obvious that Ed Greenwood intended that to be a viable tactic. RULE #3 - You are correct [i]vis a vis[/i] absorbing spells; it takes a readied action to absorb a spell. You are also correct regarding the 'bleed off' of spellfire levels in you are over your normal storage capacity. Remember that your role as a Channeler is a blaster/sometime healer, and don't get in the front lines. Having seen a Channeler in action through about 10 levels of play, that whole 'ranged touch attack of raw magical energy that overcomes most DR' can easily make mincemeat of the BBEG. Seriously. [/QUOTE]

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