chad878262 wrote:You advance the spell casting of Sorc. B4 is because you can still hit CL30 with Practiced Spell Caster. You are primarily a Sorcerer, but have the added bonus of 4 Storms of Vengeance per day, which is not a small thing!
A B4 only has 4 uses a day of Bardic Music - Storm of Vengeance has a cost 4 PER USE = 1/day. Not quite 4 uses per day, unless I'm mistaken, however from what I read on the wiki its Bard level/day, and Storm of Vengeance cost is set to 4.
Additionally, from what I can see, Storm of Vengeance triggers Acidic Splatter, even though it doesn't fit the lightning theme, its certainly worth to consider as that will come in handy and will be quite devastating.
chad878262 wrote:The reason to chose Sorc is because alongside ASoC you will have metamagics that should allow you to fill every spell level with lightning based attacks (improved empower, improved maximize and improved quicken). Thus you are a full sorcerer that can cast loads of lightning based attacks and you also have several casts of storm of vengeance. Throw in taking rune of thunder or something and you can throw down storm based damage all day long!
This makes a lot of sense and I can definitely see why this would be strong for a blaster build such as that one.
chad878262 wrote:Hierophant is different, and I would take that because it can get you higher caster level and allow you to make cheaper 'scrolls' (runes) for additional spells per day. There is quite a few neat abilities for them and since you aren't going to be a worthy shifter focusing on storm/lightning based attacks you might as well go for Hierophant.
Hm, I didn't even consider the rune part as I was thinking it was the meta magics was the reason to go for it, similar to the ASoC.
chad878262 wrote:Archmage is another option, but it is a VERY expensive PRC to go after. Still there are very good reasons to go that route. If it worked with Piercing Cold S/FM/AM/ASoC would likely be the most powerful build on the server, or quite close (that's likely why piercing cold and Master of Elements don't work together...)
Reasons such as? Spell-like abilities?
chad878262 wrote:I definitely get the breath attack angle and Dragon Disciple or Warrior can work, but it's kind of a one-trick pony for warrior (since it's a melee class, you won't be a caster). For Dragon Disciple, I would likely build as a S6/DD10/ASoC10/AM4 if you can afford the feats (haven't thought it through, so may not be possible in 3b20). However, I think the 4 uses of Storm of Vengeance are overall better than a breath weapon.
Yeah, I think the same with the Dragon Warrior. I've run it through, it seems possible, this is even with a non-human setup. Not sure of its viability, because the breath-weapons is 9d12 at maximum, which is potentially 108 damage - compared to Storm of Vengeance that pontentially can deal 540 damage, not to mention that it can also be coupled with Acidic Splatter. Of course it has to be considered what else it offers and the fact that it doesn't require any levels in another class to function.
chad878262 wrote:Race is an RP choice IMO. You're a blaster (most likely) and thus DCs aren't all that important. If you need the feat go Human or Strongheart Halfling, otherwise any race is fine. Aasimar gives you those couple extra points of CHA if you go Sorc, Sun Elf for INT if you go Wiz. Frankly though I would just pick the race that fits. It's a poor choice mechanically, but Air Genasi might add to the overall feel of the PC.
Doesn't seem like the feats are going to be what will needing the most in any of the builds, even the one that seems to be the most feat hungry one I still have a few left to "have fun" with.
Currently these three are very strong builds:
Sorc6/B4/SS10/ASoC10
Sorc6/DD10/ASoC10/AM4
Sorc6/DD10/B4/SS10
*Note necessarily in that order.
The last one would be lacking the ones from AsoC, however it could still be getting some of these meta magic feats. What do you think of the last two builds compared to the first one? I think combining the Dragon Disciple with the Stormsinger will create a very strong blaster, because it will get the breath weapon and the storm of vengeance.