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You could put that ioun stone in a wayfinder. The normal resonant power is adding 1d4-2 to the caster level in addition to the ioun stone's base +1 caster level. If unique items from the rise of the runelords AP are OK in your game then the robes of Xin-Shalast are another +1. The spell death knell aura could give you another +1, but it has the [evil] tag for good reason. There will be other ways too.
Dragonchess Player |
You could also acquire a greater metamagic rod of Empower (73,000 gp) to add another 50% to the "base" 24d6 with Varisian Tattoo (Evocation), an ioun stone (orange prism) (30,000 gp) and Potent Magic: 36d6 total.
A greater metamagic rod of Maximize (121,500 gp) is a bit more pricey, but gives the polar ray with the tattoo, stone, and exploit a flat 144 damage vs. average 126.
thorin001 |
You could also acquire a greater metamagic rod of Empower (73,000 gp) to add another 50% to the "base" 24d6 with Varisian Tattoo (Evocation), an ioun stone (orange prism) (30,000 gp) and Potent Magic: 36d6 total.
A greater metamagic rod of Maximize (121,500 gp) is a bit more pricey, but gives the polar ray with the tattoo, stone, and exploit a flat 144 damage vs. average 126.
It does not do 36d6, it does (24d6)*1.5. There is a slight mathematical difference.
Dragonchess Player |
Dragonchess Player wrote:It does not do 36d6, it does (24d6)*1.5. There is a slight mathematical difference.You could also acquire a greater metamagic rod of Empower (73,000 gp) to add another 50% to the "base" 24d6 with Varisian Tattoo (Evocation), an ioun stone (orange prism) (30,000 gp) and Potent Magic: 36d6 total.
A greater metamagic rod of Maximize (121,500 gp) is a bit more pricey, but gives the polar ray with the tattoo, stone, and exploit a flat 144 damage vs. average 126.
Most of the time, it's quicker and easier to just roll more dice. And more fun for many people, too.
Rolling more dice does make the total more likely to be closer to the average result, however.
thorin001 |
thorin001 wrote:Dragonchess Player wrote:It does not do 36d6, it does (24d6)*1.5. There is a slight mathematical difference.You could also acquire a greater metamagic rod of Empower (73,000 gp) to add another 50% to the "base" 24d6 with Varisian Tattoo (Evocation), an ioun stone (orange prism) (30,000 gp) and Potent Magic: 36d6 total.
A greater metamagic rod of Maximize (121,500 gp) is a bit more pricey, but gives the polar ray with the tattoo, stone, and exploit a flat 144 damage vs. average 126.
Most of the time, it's quicker and easier to just roll more dice. And more fun for many people, too.
Rolling more dice does make the total more likely to be closer to the average result, however.
True, but what do you do when it is 23d6? It is best to use the same rule/math all the time.
Dragonchess Player |
Dragonchess Player wrote:True, but what do you do when it is 23d6? It is best to use the same rule/math all the time.thorin001 wrote:Dragonchess Player wrote:It does not do 36d6, it does (24d6)*1.5. There is a slight mathematical difference.You could also acquire a greater metamagic rod of Empower (73,000 gp) to add another 50% to the "base" 24d6 with Varisian Tattoo (Evocation), an ioun stone (orange prism) (30,000 gp) and Potent Magic: 36d6 total.
A greater metamagic rod of Maximize (121,500 gp) is a bit more pricey, but gives the polar ray with the tattoo, stone, and exploit a flat 144 damage vs. average 126.
Most of the time, it's quicker and easier to just roll more dice. And more fun for many people, too.
Rolling more dice does make the total more likely to be closer to the average result, however.
23d6 -> 34d6 + 1d3.
avr |
An evoker wizard could use any of the means of increasing caster level I mentioned aside from the arcanist/potent spell part of course. I don't think there's anything wizard-specific, but a couple more means for either of you are the preparation ritual in the Cold Irony spellbook, and using a urea alchemical reagent gives +1 CL to the effect of cold spells.
As mentioned by a few people above, polar ray is not a good spell for its level. Using a lower level spell with more metamagic (e.g. battering blast or cosmic ray) is going to be much more effective.