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<blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 4996857" data-attributes="member: 85158"><p>A Focused Specialist Evoker is a poor choice because you get as many spells per day as a sorcerer, but you limit your schools dramatically. Let's face it, there's only a few blasting spells you want to take and rely on. Aside from those, you want defensive spells so you don't die, and ways to buff up your ranged attack.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest, rather, that you be a sorcerer who uses Magic Missile, Scorching Ray or Seeking Ray, Melf's Unicorn Arrow, Wings of Flurry, and one of the Orbs for damage.</p><p></p><p>You will want Heroism for +2 to attack, and Ray of Clumsiness to lower the enemy's dex so it is easier to hit their touch AC. True Strike could be useful to know as well if someone is under concealment or just really hard to hit. I'd pick up Glitterdust as well, because the enemy cannot dodge rays if they are blind.</p><p></p><p>Take Mirror Image and Wings of Cover for defensive countermeasures, and you should do ok.</p><p></p><p>So, to sum up, </p><p></p><p>1: Magic Missile, True Strike, Ray of Clumsiness</p><p>2: Seeking Ray, Wings of Cover, Mirror Image, Glitterdust</p><p>3: Heroism, Unicorn Arrow</p><p>4: Orb of X, Wings of Flurry.</p><p></p><p>Psions also make good blasters, as they can switch energy types on the fly and also have crystal based powers that deal damage without SR. Metapsionic feats are weaker than metamagic feats, but you can do respectable damage with augmentation. Just remember that without feats such as Overchannel, you cannot use more PP on a power than your levels in psion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dandu, post: 4996857, member: 85158"] A Focused Specialist Evoker is a poor choice because you get as many spells per day as a sorcerer, but you limit your schools dramatically. Let's face it, there's only a few blasting spells you want to take and rely on. Aside from those, you want defensive spells so you don't die, and ways to buff up your ranged attack. I would suggest, rather, that you be a sorcerer who uses Magic Missile, Scorching Ray or Seeking Ray, Melf's Unicorn Arrow, Wings of Flurry, and one of the Orbs for damage. You will want Heroism for +2 to attack, and Ray of Clumsiness to lower the enemy's dex so it is easier to hit their touch AC. True Strike could be useful to know as well if someone is under concealment or just really hard to hit. I'd pick up Glitterdust as well, because the enemy cannot dodge rays if they are blind. Take Mirror Image and Wings of Cover for defensive countermeasures, and you should do ok. So, to sum up, 1: Magic Missile, True Strike, Ray of Clumsiness 2: Seeking Ray, Wings of Cover, Mirror Image, Glitterdust 3: Heroism, Unicorn Arrow 4: Orb of X, Wings of Flurry. Psions also make good blasters, as they can switch energy types on the fly and also have crystal based powers that deal damage without SR. Metapsionic feats are weaker than metamagic feats, but you can do respectable damage with augmentation. Just remember that without feats such as Overchannel, you cannot use more PP on a power than your levels in psion. [/QUOTE]
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