Kinetic Blast Interactions


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Hello there everyone. With the release of Occult Adventures we are given six new classes to experiment with and theory craft for; one of these classes interests me more than others, namely, the Kineticist.

I was wondering if I could get some confirmation on which feats the kinetic blast is compatible with as well as if the blast would be compatible with the Conductive ranged weapon enchantment.

For starters, I know the blast qualifies for skill like Weapon Focus but is incompatible with things like Vital strike. The blast is considered a ranged attack so I believe that most ranged feats would work with it outside of ones that grant additional attacks.

Any help with this would be appreciated.


Deadly aim, and atm it is compatible with the conductive enchant but it only works 1/round per weapon, so it's best on ammo or if you are multi-weapon fighting. Using the conductive enchant on double barreled shotguns is also cool, but that requires advanced weapons.


Kinetic Blasts
Weapon Focus (kinetic blast). If you qualify for it later, Weapon Specialization would work too.
Improved Critical.
Point Blank Shot and Precise Shot work anytime you use a blast with form infusions that allow attack rolls. If you use AoEs (like fan of flames or cloud or eruption, there's no bonus to attack or damage when targets are within 30 ft).
Deadly Aim with the physical blasts. Not the energy blasts because they're touch attacks.
Bullseye Shot, Opening Volley, and bunch of other general ranged combat feats. It'll be easier if you got a specific feat in mind you wanna know about instead of trying to list off feats from an expanding number of books.

Though, as a bonus for melee stuff:
Kinetic Blade/Whip
Weapon Focus (kinetic blast) still applies for these form infusions.
Weapon Finesse works if you set the size to light.
Power Attack works with the physical kinetic blades/whips. Energy kinetic blades/whips are touch touch attacks.

Kinetic Fist
Weapon Focus (unarmed strikes) would be used for this instead of Weapon Focus (kinetic blast) because the form infusion is modifying the unarmed strike, rather than the infusion modifying the blast (which Kinetic Blade and Whip does).


Protoman wrote:

Kinetic Blasts

Weapon Focus (kinetic blast). If you qualify for it later, Weapon Specialization would work too.
Improved Critical.
Point Blank Shot and Precise Shot work anytime you use a blast with form infusions that allow attack rolls. If you use AoEs (like fan of flames or cloud or eruption, there's no bonus to attack or damage when targets are within 30 ft).
Deadly Aim with the physical blasts. Not the energy blasts because they're touch attacks.
Bullseye Shot, Opening Volley, and bunch of other general ranged combat feats. It'll be easier if you got a specific feat in mind you wanna know about instead of trying to list off feats from an expanding number of books.

Though, as a bonus for melee stuff:
Kinetic Blade/Whip
Weapon Focus (kinetic blast) still applies for these form infusions.
Weapon Finesse works if you set the size to light.
Power Attack works with the physical kinetic blades/whips. Energy kinetic blades/whips are touch touch attacks.

Kinetic Fist
Weapon Focus (unarmed strikes) would be used for this instead of Weapon Focus (kinetic blast) because the form infusion is modifying the unarmed strike, rather than the infusion modifying the blast (which Kinetic Blade and Whip does).

It's nothing specific that I'm looking for, the wording just isn't very clear as to what is and is not compatible with the blast.

The book just came out and there hasn't been much time to experiment with the class so perhaps I'm being impatient.

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