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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nezkrul" data-source="post: 6068185" data-attributes="member: 6682154">Thread Necromancy by a newby; /sigh and your math is wrongFeats required: Arcane Thesis (Scorching Ray), Energy Sub (fire), Energy Admix (fire), Split Ray, Fiery Spell, Maximize Spell, Sudden Maximize, Twin SpellGear: Empower metamagic rodBase Spell: 3 raysSplit: +1 rayTwin: x2 rays (so 8 rays)Energy Admixture: each ray does 8d6Fiery: each ray deals 8d6+8Maximize: each ray deals 56Empower: each ray deals 56 + (.5 * (8d6+8))Assuming each ray hits and does average damage (74), you're looking at a total of 592 damage, no where near 1k that you presume; but still pretty high. Just need to try to get Searing Spell in there to make it a worthy build, it makes the fire spell ignore all fire resistance, still deal half damage to targets immune to fire, and makes vulnerable targets take double damage instead of +50%.</blockquote>