Blasty goblin sorceror

[Douglas Muir 406]

Yeah, goblin sorceror. Work with me, here.

8th level, draconic bloodline (red), tattooed sorceror, spell focus (evocation). Draconic bloodline = +1 damage/die on fire spells. Tattooed sorceror = free mage's tattoo, +1 caster level on evocation spells. So, when she throws fireballs (of course she throws fireballs), it's 9d6+9 instead of 8d6.

Now, the -2 to Cha is painful. Yes. But we can build a sorceror that at least doesn't suck. A 15 point build could look something like this: Str 8 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 8 Cha 16. That's not wonderful, but it's not dire either.

So we want a hot-tempered, low-Wis NPC who likes throwing fireballs and other blasty spells. Optimization should be in the direction of (1) doing more damage, and (2) setting more things on fire, better.

Thoughts?

Doug M.

[Animation]

You could be an Empyreal Sorcerer so that Wisdom is your main casting stat, plus you would get Flame Strike later. Or do what I did on my Goblin Sorcerer and take the Sage bloodline to use Int as a casting stat.

But I guess if you just want to go BOOM then you could follow your plan. Draconic gives the +1 damage per die (pick a dragon with fire) and the bloodline feats include quicken spell and improved init. Get Spell Focus and Greater with Evocation. Get regular and greater spell penetration. Snag dazing spell and empower spell along the way. Also either intensify or maximize. I prefer intensify spell. Then at level 15 get spell perfection fireball.

If you could deal with less spells known, go Crossblooded and get Orc so you get +2 dam per die. Of course, then you wont get fireball until level 7, but the +2 dam per die and the intensify spell at level 6+ on burning hands can hold you over.

One good thing about a crossblooded goblin fire sorcerer with the +2 dam per die is that you can pick up fire spells as your class bonus, so long as they are one level lower than the highest you can cast. So with patience, you can slowly patch up some of the down side to being cross blooded. And your fireballs would be sick. Make sure to pick up a backup spell with a different damage element, or do what I did and take summons.

Oh yeah and dont forget magical lineage trait on fireball. Be a goblin from the wayang region and maybe take wYang spellhunter on fireball too, if thats legal. If not, make your other trait reactionary or something.

Hope that helps, sorry about the slow response.

[Chris P. Bacon]

There's always Flame Heart, but it has a prerequisite feat that doesn't really get you much.

As a roleplaying suggestion, your tattoos could be ritual scarring rather than ink. Or at the very least, they could be painted with ashes/pitch, or something equally thematic.

[Fromper]

If you had higher int, I'd recommend spell specialization, for +2 more CL (on top of the +1 from your tattoo) on your favorite blasting spell. You can switch which spell it applies to every two levels, so it scales nicely.

So I just have to ask: what familiar will your goblin have?

[Pontificor the Great]

cross blooded and take orc too. You get an additional +1 damage for each die rolled for every spell fire or not.