| Rogue Eidolon |
Finlanderboy wrote:So whats the differance between Gifted Adept and Magical Knack?Gifted Adept and spell spec stack to give a level 1 caster a 4th level caster level for 1 spell.
My level 1 sorcerer was doing 4d8+8 damage at level 1 with burning hands
Magical knack has the built in restriction that your caster level can never go above your character level if you are benefiting from it.
Jacob Saltband
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Magical Knack will never help you get above your character level, and the design team has stated that you can't cheese order of operations to try to get around that. However, as Finlanderboy has said, Gifted Adept works fine (so does Varisian Tattoo).
Isn't Vasisian Tattoo a feat bonus same as spell specailization?
| Rogue Eidolon |
Rogue Eidolon wrote:Magical Knack will never help you get above your character level, and the design team has stated that you can't cheese order of operations to try to get around that. However, as Finlanderboy has said, Gifted Adept works fine (so does Varisian Tattoo).Isn't Vasisian Tattoo a feat bonus same as spell specailization?
They are untyped bonuses, so they actually do stack. You can also stack that really expensive ioun stone for one more caster level boost, and maybe kill somebody with death knell for one more. I probably missed a lot, but that's still plenty of boosting.
| Rogue Eidolon |
Finlanderboy wrote:How did you get 4d8+8 from spell that only does 1d4 per level max 5d4 at first level?Gifted Adept and spell spec stack to give a level 1 caster a 4th level caster level for 1 spell.
My level 1 sorcerer was doing 4d8+8 damage at level 1 with burning hands
I'm guessing he typoed and did 4d4+8. The extra +8 comes from being crossblooded between the mega-cheesy orc bloodline (+1 damage per dice on all spells--why is being descended from orcs, a race not known for magical talent, strictly and strongly superior arcana-wise to being descended from dragons?) and probably draconic, choosing fire (+1 damage per dice if you deal fire damage). Incidentally, the real disaster is when someone uses the same build on the no-SR snowball spell.
Jacob Saltband
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Jacob Saltband wrote:Magical knack has the built in restriction that your caster level can never go above your character level if you are benefiting from it.Finlanderboy wrote:So whats the differance between Gifted Adept and Magical Knack?Gifted Adept and spell spec stack to give a level 1 caster a 4th level caster level for 1 spell.
My level 1 sorcerer was doing 4d8+8 damage at level 1 with burning hands
Ok I see what your saying about Magical Knack. Can't be combined with Spell Specailization until at least 5 total HD. Still will be a good combo.