Sacred Fist

[The Whistler]

Assuming a 3monk/7cleric/SF10/Hiero10 split. Which hierophant feats would you pick and why ? Also, what would your stat split look like ? Thanks.

[mrm3ntalist]

Assuming a 3monk/7cleric/SF10/Hiero10 split. Which hierophant feats would you pick and why ? Also, what would your stat split look like ? Thanks.

Is it a DC caster?

If so this might help you - http://nwn2db.com/build/?236955

[The Whistler]

Yeah, whilst trying to not be an utter wimp in melee either. I'm having a hard time balancing the two when choosing hierophant feats.

Should I even bother with divine spellpower with a 12ish CHA ?

[mrm3ntalist]

Yeah, whilst trying to not be an utter wimp in melee either. I'm having a hard time balancing the two when choosing hierophant feats.

Should I even bother with divine spellpower with a 12ish CHA ?

There will be very few TU uses for my taste to worth the investment. However it can fit in. Personally i dont like it.

The DC way, especially the Tyranny domain, make the build more versatile and efficient.

[chad878262]

This would obviously much more Cleric oriented than monk oriented... I would say you need at least 1 spell power, which alongside Practiced caster will give you CL30. SP III would give you 32 so if you are going for max WIS as opposed to being more of a gish you could certainly take all 3. After that here is my feedback on the various Hiero abilities:

- Blast Infidel is an option...If you go for high DC's there are some decent damage spells so you could get alright mileage out of this. Harm could potentially be a solid boss killer and slay living would be a solid cast.
- Faith Healing is a good pick IMO...Double all Cure spells is nice, especially if you also grab the healing domain and/or can empower/maximize them.
- Mastery of Energy is a no...You probably aren't going to have very high CHA so you just aren't going to be great at turning undead.
- Advanced Divine Spellpower is a no... Really like the idea behind it but it just doesn't work as it should so doesn't provide the oomph. If you really could go beyond +4 CL it would be a nice way to give a solid chance that your buffs don't get dispelled when hit by Mord's. Unfortunately last I tested it that was not the case so I can't really recommend this.
- Gift of the Deity is an option....free empowered gift of the deity, used with extend spell is solid, depending on alignment it's better or worse.
- Inscribe Rune... I would definitely make this one of my picks. Storing spells is great if you need an uninterruptable cast to reapply a buff quickly or for an 'oh @#%#!' button
- Toll of Nature and Oak Friend are no, obviously.

So if it were me I would go SPIII, Inscribe Rune and then either Gift of the Deity, Faith Healing or Blast Infidel. I'd say this pick largely depends on your build, alignment and potentially the type of RP you want to have. I personally think Faith Healing would provide the most utility, but it is not so strong that I'd auto-pick it (you have regenerate up, most times anyway, right?)

Hope this helps.

edit: since you are going DC caster I think Blast Infidel would be a nice choice for a solid damage boost to some of your spells.

[mrm3ntalist]

Another thing to note is a skipped empower metamagic. I only use DC spells. For damage i let the summons, harms or the fists. Even with 8STR the damage is decent and it gets great burst damage if you activate the sacred flames

[Steve]

- Gift of the Deity is an option....free empowered gift of the deity, used with extend spell is solid, depending on alignment it's better or worse.

How do you extend a lvl 9 spell?

[chad878262]

- Gift of the Deity is an option....free empowered gift of the deity, used with extend spell is solid, depending on alignment it's better or worse.

How do you extend a lvl 9 spell?

Lesser Visage of the Deity... Greater Visage replicates other spells that can be cast with longer durations for the most part, lesser visage is a 3rd level spell and empowered would give (I assume) DR vs. the various elements for 6 minutes (extended). As I said though, wouldn't necessarily be one of my picks, but it's better than some of the other options. Greater Visage obviously can't be extended, but the empowered version of the 9th level would be nice for some boss fights I suppose.

[The Whistler]

Greater Visage is not extended, just empowered. There's conflicting information between the class text and the actual feat tooltip. I also believe that divine spellpower was uncapped somewhat recent-ish but don't quote me on that.

The idea here is for a priest of kossuth that relies mainly on evocation spells but can administer an ass whooping when it's called for.

[The Whistler]

Further question: does empower spell stack with Faith Healing and Blast Infidel ?

[mrm3ntalist]

Further question: does empower spell stack with Faith Healing and Blast Infidel ?

no