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How does one beef up damage dealt by 2nd lvl Wizard?
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5419249" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Oh, no argument about T-Wave from me, I recommended it. You DO have the potential issue of getting in the face of the enemy though. You won't always hit and even when you do you're not pushing the enemy far enough away that they won't be right back again. Sometimes you can let loose with it and then go duck behind the defender, or drop it in a way that doesn't expose you. I would just advise players that are going to get the most out of it not to neglect their AC too much is all, and picking up Staff of Defense is not a bad idea because it is one more round every fight the defender doesn't have to worry about you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eh, except of course you can't use it that way anymore as it is now definitively NOT an interrupt speed effect, unless the word on that has changed again recently. If you can drop that bonus onto your attack roll after seeing it, then yes I agree Wand of Accuracy is great. Even so the cost is high, you're basically tanking 2 NADs, which means in the long run WoA is costing you a feat AND some defense. The question is whether or not that feat slot could accomplish the same thing in a better way. Common wisdom these days is you're better off with a different implement mastery.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, there are many ways to buff T-Wave. Again, an excellent spell choice that I fully endorse.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>MM bites. Cloud of Daggers is actually a pretty darn good spell. IMHO it is kind of a tossup with Scorching Burst out of the PHB1 Wizard at-wills. SB is nice as it gives you minion clearing and at least one decent way to do some AoE damage. CoD OTOH is nice area denial and high single-target damage output in one package. You could go either way and do well. The one flaw with CoD really is that there's about zip you can do to buff it. Still, it fits the bill and can always be swapped out later, which is why I usually favor it over SB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5419249, member: 82106"] Oh, no argument about T-Wave from me, I recommended it. You DO have the potential issue of getting in the face of the enemy though. You won't always hit and even when you do you're not pushing the enemy far enough away that they won't be right back again. Sometimes you can let loose with it and then go duck behind the defender, or drop it in a way that doesn't expose you. I would just advise players that are going to get the most out of it not to neglect their AC too much is all, and picking up Staff of Defense is not a bad idea because it is one more round every fight the defender doesn't have to worry about you. Eh, except of course you can't use it that way anymore as it is now definitively NOT an interrupt speed effect, unless the word on that has changed again recently. If you can drop that bonus onto your attack roll after seeing it, then yes I agree Wand of Accuracy is great. Even so the cost is high, you're basically tanking 2 NADs, which means in the long run WoA is costing you a feat AND some defense. The question is whether or not that feat slot could accomplish the same thing in a better way. Common wisdom these days is you're better off with a different implement mastery. Sure, there are many ways to buff T-Wave. Again, an excellent spell choice that I fully endorse. MM bites. Cloud of Daggers is actually a pretty darn good spell. IMHO it is kind of a tossup with Scorching Burst out of the PHB1 Wizard at-wills. SB is nice as it gives you minion clearing and at least one decent way to do some AoE damage. CoD OTOH is nice area denial and high single-target damage output in one package. You could go either way and do well. The one flaw with CoD really is that there's about zip you can do to buff it. Still, it fits the bill and can always be swapped out later, which is why I usually favor it over SB. [/QUOTE]
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