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<blockquote data-quote="Delandel" data-source="post: 4996809" data-attributes="member: 81364"><p>I'm looking to make a sweet blaster build for an upcoming RHOD campaign. The DM is allowing basically all sources, so I expect to be with ToB melee and the likes, so I want to feel competent in my role. He has to perform well from levels 5-9 I believe.</p><p></p><p>My roll is 15 15 13 11 11 10</p><p></p><p>I don't know much about psionics, but I heard Psion Kineticist would be good for this. But is it better than what I've come up with so far?</p><p></p><p>Here's my idea:</p><p>Human Wizard Focused Specialist Evoker. Take Energy Affinity (Cold) variant for +1 CL when casting Cold Spells. For feats: eschew materials (1), energy substitution (human), snow casting (3), and energy admixture (wizard5). For gear, 3,000gp can go to buying an Empowered Spellshard of Scorching Ray.</p><p></p><p>At level 5 I can cast 2 Scorching (Freezing?) Rays for a total of 8d6 = 28 damage average, not bad at all. Three times per day I can empower it to do 42 damage average. Also have the situational Fireball, for a solid 7d6.</p><p></p><p>At level 6 I start the Paragnostic Apostle PrC and bump my CL casting Cold another +1 and slap on Arcane Thesis on my Scorching Ray. Now I'm casting Cold Scorching Rays at CL 11, which gives me my third ray, so 12d6 total, or I can admixture them to double the damage for a mere +1 adjustment, 24d6 = 84 average, and 3/day empowered for 126.</p><p></p><p>The build plateaus here, since advancing my CL doesn't mean much once I reach the 11CL cap on scorching ray, and my snowcasting feat suddenly turns into dead weight. Still, I'd rather be frontloaded than anything.</p><p></p><p>At level 9 I might take Piercing Cold or Fiery Spell. One lets me overcome resistance, one bumps my damage another +24 each admixture'd ray.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions to make this better? Can a psion trump this somehow?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Delandel, post: 4996809, member: 81364"] I'm looking to make a sweet blaster build for an upcoming RHOD campaign. The DM is allowing basically all sources, so I expect to be with ToB melee and the likes, so I want to feel competent in my role. He has to perform well from levels 5-9 I believe. My roll is 15 15 13 11 11 10 I don't know much about psionics, but I heard Psion Kineticist would be good for this. But is it better than what I've come up with so far? Here's my idea: Human Wizard Focused Specialist Evoker. Take Energy Affinity (Cold) variant for +1 CL when casting Cold Spells. For feats: eschew materials (1), energy substitution (human), snow casting (3), and energy admixture (wizard5). For gear, 3,000gp can go to buying an Empowered Spellshard of Scorching Ray. At level 5 I can cast 2 Scorching (Freezing?) Rays for a total of 8d6 = 28 damage average, not bad at all. Three times per day I can empower it to do 42 damage average. Also have the situational Fireball, for a solid 7d6. At level 6 I start the Paragnostic Apostle PrC and bump my CL casting Cold another +1 and slap on Arcane Thesis on my Scorching Ray. Now I'm casting Cold Scorching Rays at CL 11, which gives me my third ray, so 12d6 total, or I can admixture them to double the damage for a mere +1 adjustment, 24d6 = 84 average, and 3/day empowered for 126. The build plateaus here, since advancing my CL doesn't mean much once I reach the 11CL cap on scorching ray, and my snowcasting feat suddenly turns into dead weight. Still, I'd rather be frontloaded than anything. At level 9 I might take Piercing Cold or Fiery Spell. One lets me overcome resistance, one bumps my damage another +24 each admixture'd ray. Any suggestions to make this better? Can a psion trump this somehow? [/QUOTE]
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