Bad touch cleric (post Divine Anthology)

[master_marshmallow]

I've been messing around with ways to produce a functional bad-touch cleric with Blessed Hammer.

I've landed on a Dwarf Separatist who takes the Defense Subdomain (for tankyness) and the new Lightning (Air) Subdomain (Divine Anthology).

Separatists normally give up proficiency with the favored weapon, but dwarf fixes that. The lightning subdomain has Shocking Grasp as a Domain spell, so magus toys work with this idea.

I'm thinking a build that goes something like this:

1st) Heighten Spell
3rd) Preferred Spell (Shocking Grasp)
5th) Blessed Hammer

from there you can take feats to enhance shocking grasp as normal (and traits like Magical Lineage)

Only real problem I have is whether or not Preferred Spell works on Domain Spells, is there an FAQ that clarifies this? Did clerics just become a lot more fun for me?

[Anger Nogar]

Sure it works. There is no reason for it not to. Still, have in mind that if you focus too much on shocking grasp delivery you will just become a weaker magus with the higher level spells you get being unable to make up for the magus specialization his own area of expertese.

[plaidwandering]

No reason preferred doesn't work. It's a spell you have the ability to cast

The big thing about magus and shocking grasp is the threat range on 18-20, or 15-20. You don't get the x3 multiplier of a Warhammer though.

You are still a 9th lvl caster though

[master_marshmallow]

plaidwandering wrote:

No reason preferred doesn't work. It's a spell you have the ability to cast

The big thing about magus and shocking grasp is the threat range on 18-20, or 15-20. You don't get the x3 multiplier of a Warhammer though.

You are still a 9th lvl caster though

I was more or less planning on exploiting 10d6 empowered hits, with the +3 for metal armor.