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Hey all, put your thinking caps on. I was looking at sorcerer bloodlines and found this neat ability from the Shaitan Bloodline:
Avalanche (Su): At 9th level, whenever you hit a single target with a spell that deals damage, you may make a bull rush check as a swift action. Your CMB for this maneuver is equal to your sorcerer caster level + your Charisma bonus. You can make this maneuver even if the target is not in melee range, and you do not provoke an attack of opportunity for making this maneuver. If the target is in contact with earth, stone, or rock, you gain a +4 bonus on your CMB check.
So what spells, feats, and abilities can you guys think of to make best use of this ability? It strikes me that if you cast True Strike and then next turn use a spell that doesn't require an attack roll (e.g. Fireball only targeting the one creature) you could get a +20 on your Bull Rush, which seems neat. I'd also definitely be taking Battering Blast for a Shaitan sorcerer.
Bonus points if you can think of hazards that can affect huge and/or flying creatures!
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Snowball is a pretty cool attack spell, first level with Shocking Grasp Damage at range as cold damage, and save v. stagger. Also, Magic Missile is a first level spell that always hits[no attack roll] and if targeting a single foe, can give you the full +20 from Truestrike. For higher levels, in addition to Toppling Magic Missiles [trip+bull rush], you can get spells like Scorching Ray, Vampiric Touch, Shocking Grasp, and Corrosive Touch. If the Acidic Ray Spell-Like Ability is effected, that makes the really spammable ability that becomes of little use at high levels actually useful for some amount of control. If not there is always Acid Splash/Ray of Frost. Create Pit and similar control spells have some nice Synergy, letting you Bull Rush people into pits. For Huge/Flying Creatures, Flaming Sphere can be in the air to force people into it, and Wall of Fire is pretty dang nice as well.
