Why would you get "walloped" when casting Color Spray? It's a standard action to cast, so just move out of the way after spraying your foes.
If you want to focus on making Color Spray good later on, I would suggest taking a level dip into Oracle with the Heavens mystery and take the Awesome Display mystery. This makes color spray a viable spell up to double digits, assuming you keep up with your Cha score. Not to mention the mystery works well with many good sorcerer/wizard spells.
You can Widen as a 2nd level spell slot if you have Magical Lineage and Wayang Spellhunter traits.
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Why would you get "walloped" when casting Color Spray? It's a standard action to cast, so just move out of the way after spraying your foes.
I expect that he's putting himself into harm's way to get the most targets into the color spray's area.
To make the most of your spell, people need to use the delay action. If the fighter who beat your initiative delays, you can move up to cast, immediately followed by your meat shield. If you stand 5 ft. behind two front-line types (leaving 5 feet between them), you can nuke the spaces right in front of them. Anyone who wants to melee with you must walk into a flank box. By using delay, you can ensure that you all advance and retreat together.
It's not a low level option, but Arcane Archer can Imbue Arrow it for greatly extended range (same area, though).
Why don't you use a mount ?
It lets you cast your spell before AND after moving, assuming you succeed a Concentration Check (DC10 + spell lvl.).
It's also a great way to increase your mobility (easily double your speed if you play a gnome) and reduces the impact of the increased casting time when applying metamagics.
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You can only make an attack action with a spring attack, not any standard action. The feat you're looking for is Flyby Attack, yes I have done it, several times, and it is exquisite. Not necessarily for color spray itself, but for a lot of spells it's awesome.
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You can only make an attack action with a spring attack, not any standard action. The feat you're looking for is Flyby Attack, yes I have done it, several times, and it is exquisite. Not necessarily for color spray itself, but for a lot of spells it's awesome.
Ok...you have to be flying for flyby, right? Sounds like an excellent way to go...
Yes. Because casters are lacking for flight options and absolutely hate to be in the air away from the big melee monsters. Utilizing Flyby Attack is a major hindrance for them.
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The Oracle dip Starcoffin mentioned is pretty great though not important at very low levels. The suggestion to use a mount seems pretty good to me. The horses from the book are pretty decent at low levels, but you'll want to buy a warhorse so you don't have to make difficult Ride checks during combat.
If you're really committed to the mount strategy check out the Sylvan wildblooded archetype for Sorcerers with the Fey bloodline. It grants you an animal companion. The companion is at level -3, so you might want to take the Boon Companion if it is available. Another option is to get Robes of Arcane Heritage to add 4 levels to your bloodline powers. Either way you'd get a spare level to cover that Oracle dip.
Being a gnome so you can ride the companion at low levels and more easily fit it into dungeons would be a good plan. If you go with the Dire Bat or Roc you'll also be able to fly. Wow, I kind of want to play this PC now...
