Are there any ways to change a spell-like ability melee touch attack into a ranged touch attack? I am specifically thinking about the Infernal Sorcerer Bloodline Power Corrupting Touch.
I'm open to traits, feats, spells, whatever. Any (preferably PFS legal) ways to do this? Or am I out of luck here?
The metamagic feat Reach spell (APG) does this for spells but I am unaware of anything that will do it for nonspells.
You could houserule something based on Reach Spell and Empower Spell-like ability (Bestiary p314).
Just off the cuff here is a possible houserule:
Reach Spell-like ability:
Prerequisite: Spell-like ability at caster level 4th or higher.
Benefit: Choose one of the creature’s spell-like abilities, subject to the restrictions below. The creature can use that ability as a reach spell-like ability three times per day (or less, if the ability is normally usable only once or twice per day).
When a creature uses an reach spell-like ability, increase the range by one step (from touch to ranged touch close, close to medium, medium to long).
The creature can only select a spell-like ability duplicating a spell with a level less than or equal to 1/2 its caster level (round down). See Bestiary p316 and subtract 2 from each Caster Level on the Empower column to determine what you can apply Reach to. Add 20th to the spell level 9 line.
- Gauss
Thanks for the suggestion. I like it more than the closest thing I came up with, Spectral Hand. And in a home game it wouldn't be a problem at all. Existing things can be tweaked, home-brew rules could be used, or 3rd party products might provide the answer.
Unfortunately for me, this a character I am really considering playing in Pathfinder Society. And, none of the above will help if I do end up using it in PFS. (But, if I do use this or a similar idea in a home game I might just try out your suggestion.)
I suppose I might be able to try a Crossblooded Sorcerer and swap out that power for something ranged.
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Crossblooded is almost never worth it for the lower spellcasting rate, sorcerers are already very limmited by the number of spells they can cast, reducing that by 1 for each spell level, and delaying when you get those spell can be a fatal blow to the playability of the character, sure you get another cool bloodline power and arcana, but those are usually about as powerful as a free metamagic (To modify your existing spells) or a Su of about 1'st level spell power.
Yeah, good catch with that one. I had forgotten about the drawbacks. It is on another page in UM so I completely missed it when I was rereading the Crossblooded sorcerer earlier today.
I could always use the alternate human favored class bonus from the APG to learn more spells as a way to offset this. But, that does seem like a less than satisfying solution.
Corrupting Touch isn't bad. It's just that so many other archetypes offer a ranged attack Bloodline Power. The Infernal Sorcerer seems to be almost exactly what I want. But, I'll just go back through all of the other archetypes and see if I can come up with something I like better. And if not then I will just have to live with it.