Does a blast with the Cloud, wall, or other form infusion, also damage a kineticist that is caught in its area? Is there a way around it?
I like the idea of using Ride The Blast to appear in the middle of a Blizzard cloud, obscured and dangerous, but I don't want to be buffeted by my own powers!
Perhaps I missed a feat somewhere that acts like the Selective Spell metamagic?
You take any damage as well. You can give yourself resistances to cold though. But no way to get around hurting yourself as far as I know. And nope, no selective thing that I know of.
What a shame... That eliminates some uses of Ride The Blast that I was hoping for. Thank you for the response.
If it's a home game, you could ask your GM to expand "expanded metakinesis". All of the options there are metamagics with a +1 level increase, so adding a different metamagic with a +1 level increase as an option wouldn't change any of the math.
I like the thought- I was simply hoping there was something in there already. Given there are plenty of other area effects such as walls, a burst centered on self, cones, lines, etc, I was hoping that the issue was already covered somewhere.
You'd think having mastery over the elements meant not accidentally frying your rogue's hide, or magnetizing the fighter... Or freezing yourself solid.
(Wait, Cryokinetic stasis...)