Arcane Blast feat need to beat Spell Resistance?

[Cav5150]

Arcane Blast
You can convert any spell into an attack.

Prerequisites: Arcane spellcaster, caster level 10th.

Benefit: As a standard action, you can sacrifice a prepared spell or unused spell slot of 1st level or higher and transform it into a ray, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. This attack deals 2d6 points of damage plus an additional 1d6 points of damage for every level of the spell or spell slot you sacrificed. 0-level spells may not be sacrificed in this manner.

This is a supernatural ability.

[Lexarius]

Supernatural abilities are not subject to spell resistance.

Only spells and spell-like abilities need to beat SR.

[AvalonXQ]

I agree that this is just fine if you make it (Sp) rather than (Su).

[Malfus]

Why Sp? :P

[spalding]

To make arcane blast a spell like ability instead of a supernatural ability would ruin what little value it has.

[Ashram]

Basically, look at it like this:

Does it replicate a spell? Then it's a spell-like ability.
If not, it's a supernatural ability.

You could argue that it's spell-like because it uses converts magical energy into a blast, but it makes more sense that the actual act of converting a spell's magical energy into a raw blast is a supernatural power.

[spalding]

Of course the line that states "This is a supernatural ability" is a pretty good indicator too.

[Frankthedm]

Untyped energy damage that negates SR is a huge deal IMHO.

[spalding]

Frankthedm wrote:

Untyped energy damage that negates SR is a huge deal IMHO.

And removing the "ignores SR" (it doesn't negate it as that would remove the SR entirely but such would be a cool ability) part would significantly lessen the usefulness of this ability.

As it stands with the range and limited amount of damage it's a bit sad even with that part in there.

[-Markus-]

spalding wrote:

Frankthedm wrote:

Untyped energy damage that negates SR is a huge deal IMHO.

And removing the "ignores SR" (it doesn't negate it as that would remove the SR entirely but such would be a cool ability) part would significantly lessen the usefulness of this ability.

As it stands with the range and limited amount of damage it's a bit sad even with that part in there.

Not when you add sneak attack damage. 16d6 dam with no save and no resistance is pretty handy at high levels.

[Zwordsman]

Arcane Trickster is one of the few I go with it. I haven't figured out many other classes to go with..

Though, in my group we can use Vital Strike on any attack action (it's not it's own standard action) so I could probably use it on this (though Haven't asked yet, but likely could). That would make for some fun usage; not nearly as good as those high level spells etc and all.