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I'm playing Oracle of Lore in PFS.
My focus is towards diplomacy, knowledges, utility spells and occasional burst of radiance.
Significant portion of my feats went towards Eldritch Heritage to acquire poor man's quicken spell in the form of speaking familiar and Imbue with Spell Ability spell.
Right now i'm level 8 (1/3 towards 9) and sitting on a 9k gp, and i'm thinking on whether i should invest towards Lesser Quicken metamagic rod.
I plan on mostly using it to drop 1st-round Curse/Blindness-Deafness/Resist Energy, Communal/Burst of Radiance. Other first-round spell will usually be occupied by Blessing of Fervor, or maybe i will drop two curses first round.
Hovewer, rod of Quicken costs 35k gp. That means i'm going to be saving up through the level 8 (+2*5k gp) and level 9 (+3*5k gp), and if i'm only eating conjured water and hunting rats i will be able to buy the rod before first or second scenario at level 10. Which means i'm playing with it for about 5-6 scenarios before i have to retire, so including retiring arc that's 8-9 scenarios where i have the rod.
Or i could upgrade my headband of charisma from +2 to +4 for 12k (raising bonus from +6 to +7) which will give me +1 to reflex, initiative, all knowledges, diplomacy, extra level 3 spell slot (thats 7->8) and that's about it. Also +1 more to will and con saves if i use wand of Bestow Grace, which i will once i get improved familiar that can hold it.
But that will delay my Quicken rod until level 11, which would mean i'm better off spending money somewhere else instead of getting Quicken rod as a retiring gift.
So. Should i start eating dirt to ensure i have it easy when old age comes, or should i burn all money to the ground and possibly die horribly due to some overpowered SLA enemy used in first round?
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I think my wizard got his lesser quicken rod at 11th level. He is 14 now and I am playing him at the end of the month in a PFS sanctioned module that will move him to 15.
I think yes, at some point its worth it, and maybe even expected for a caster to have. But not at 8th or 9th level. When the enemy starts using quicken spell then you will know its time to start saving your gold pieces. For now get your caster stat up, like you know you should. I'd have a +6 stat caster item before I invested in such a rod.
And when you are playing at 10/11 and getting the best gold of your PFS career you have to spend it on something that will not see a lot of regular play, so why not that rod?
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sadly i already got my face kicked in during the special, damn Crypt Thing did quickened dimension door up my behind and Teleporting Bursted me off the falling rock into more falling rocks, i'm afraid of any enemy with SLAs ever since.
I believe i scratched up about 3 or 4 different bonuses from extremely situational items and/or spells and/or chronicle boons to pass reflex save and survive with about 7 hp left.
another tricky part is that i'm somewhat limited in scenario selection, i don't think i'll play 11+ more than once a year, so it's basically start saving now and get to play with it during lvl10-11 or get +4 CHA and play with wand once a year during specials.
sadly i already got my face kicked in during the special, damn Crypt Thing did quickened dimension door up my behind and Teleporting Bursted me off the falling rock into more falling rocks,
How is this possible? If you dimension door you can not take any actions until your next turn. I don't see dimensional agility feat on the crypt things entry.
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sadly i already got my face kicked in during the special, damn Crypt Thing did quickened dimension door up my behind and Teleporting Bursted me off the falling rock into more falling rocks,How is this possible? If you dimension door you can not take any actions until your next turn. I don't see dimensional agility feat on the crypt things entry.
Wow, good catch! I've relayed this intel to the gm and he agreed he made a mistake.
Also i guess i'll follow general advice here and will at least grab +4 headband before starting to save for rod, thanks everybody.