https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHO2NHiXfiA&t=326s&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
Like usually old Hitdice were d8 dice.
OSR
OSG = old school gaming
Thursday, April 30, 2026
PF - To Get / To Do stuff Sorc/Wiz Mage
https://pathcompanion.com/ is AWESOME for keeping track.
Traits / Familiar / Feats
- Familiar later - get the tiny dino
- Traits, 3rd one (will need a drawback)
- ***TAKE BACK Dimdweller cuz got OrcBloodline with darkvision, meaning... ... either get 90ft up from 60 ft, or can get my skillpts back as human.
- Replace with
- Fey Magic (also gets Fey Thoughts) = druid spells IF CHA=11 and in Favored Terrain.
Cold (ice, glaciers, snow, and tundra) Desert (sand and wastelands) Forest (coniferous and deciduous) Jungle Mountain (including hills) Plains Planes (pick one, other than Material Plane) Swamp Underground (caves and dungeons) Urban (buildings, streets, and sewers) Water (above and below the surface)
SPELLS good, level 1 listed mostly- Produce FLame (keep attacking for like 1 minute)
- Snowball = 1d6 per caster level (only one throw)
- Burning Disarm - semi guaranteed 1d4 up to 5d4 if CL.level 5.
- Entangle - has to use local plants
- Frostbite
- goodberries
- Summon Nature I
- Mite - magic!
- Eagle - 3 attacks!
- CANTRIPS
- potion write to spellbook if wiz (regional trai), https://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/regional-traits/alchemists-apprentice/
- The Storypath adventure trait - id super items
- init+2 trait (Combat) Reactionary Trait +2 (Combat Trait)
- Magical Lineage = metamagic up 1+, down 1
- Darkvision??? = Dimdweller, humans can take IN PLACE OF skilled racetrait (not the "pick a trait type trait, my DM confirmed).
- REMOVED Skilled: Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.
- Elemental Pupil (regional) - +1 dmg on spells of that element. https://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/regional-traits/elemental-pupil-regional-qadira/
- FEAT BloatMage = cast at +1 caster, stacks with spell focus feat, but is gross, slows speed 10ft, AC -3. https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/m7p42h/build_advice_phoenixsorcerer_crossblooded_or_not/
- also thinking of taking spell specialisation with a few spells. which in
total would give me a +4 on caster level while casting that spell.
and later taking metamagic intensified spell to raise the damage caps on spells, and magic tricks fireball for fireball stuff. - Magic Tricks Fireball! - after get many feats, can have more options with it.
- DRAWBACK
- Provincial
- You have only one way of looking at things: the right way.
- Effect(s) You take a –2 penalty on Diplomacy checks and Sense Motive checks made against all creatures whose religion or alignment differs from your own.
- Familiar - Get the little dino, +4 init. https://www.aonprd.com/MonsterDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Compsognathus
- Eldritch Researcher (create own spell DC+1, metamagic -1 cost, nice) really needs to me acknowledged, as does Mage's (Varisian) Tattoo.
- trait "Havoc of the Society" trait (magic) lets you add 1 force dmg to all dmg spells! Oh, not per dice or whatever, just per spell. Well, it's nice at level 1-2 I guess. Stick with Magical Lineage magic trait for the dmg build.
- Category Basic (Magic trait)
- Requirement(s) Sorcerer, Pathfinder Society
- I did have another (Magic trait) category feat, so I can only have one. Gotta pick.
- Oh yeah, the other trait is way better. Magical Lineage (Magic Trait), if metamagic makes spell up 1+ levels, it brings it down 1 level. That's critical.
GET MORE AC (prices might be from D&D)
Get Haramaki - +1 AC, no arcane fail, 5gp
Get Mithral Buckler
mage armor, +4 AC, 1st level spell slot [Remember that the Bracers won't stack with Mage Armor, and the Buckler won't stack with Shield...]shield, +4 AC, 1st level spell slot [Buckler wont stack with shield]Dodge feat, +1 AC, feat slot1,000 gp Bracers of Armor +1 AC1,015 gp Mithral Buckler +1 AC1,000 gp upgrade mithral buckler +1 enhancement bonus2,000 gp Ring of Protection +1 AC2,000 gp Amulet of Natural Armor +1 AC3,000 gp upgrade bucker to +23,000 gp upgrade bracers to +24,000 gp Gloves of Dexterity +1 AC5,000 gp dusty rose Ioun stone +1 AC5,000 gp upgrade buckler to +35,000 gp upgrade bracers to +36,000 gp upgrade ring to +26,000 gp upgrade amulet to +27,000 gp upgrade buckler to +47,000 gp upgrade bracers to +49,000 gp upgrade buckler to +59,000 gp upgrade bracers to +510,000 gp upgrade ring to +310,000 gp upgrade amulet to +310,000 gp upgrade gloves to +4 DEX (+2 AC)11,000 gp upgrade bracers to +612,000 gp boots of speed13,000 gp monk's belt13,000 gp upgrade bracers to +714,000 gp upgrade ring to +414,000 gp upgrade amulet to +415,000 gp upgrade bracers to +818,000 gp upgrade ring to +518,000 gp upgrade amulet to +520,000 gp upgrade gloves to +6 (+3 AC)...and that is the path of fastest AC improvement for your money over the career of your character. That's 30 points of AC from items.
Eldritch Researcher (Story) OK, Eldrich Researcher is a Feat. It's cool and good.
Prereq: You must have created a new spell, or have The Way Things Work background.
Benefit: When casting a spell you’ve created, add 1 to your caster level. In addition, you gain a +2 bonus on Spellcraft checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in Spellcraft, this bonus increases to +4 .
Goal: Create a new spell of at least 6th level.
Completion Benefit: The save DCs for any spells you create increase by 1 when you cast them. In addition, when applying metamagic feats to self-created spells, reduce the total level adjustment by 1. You can’t reduce metamagic costs to lower than the spell’s original level in this manner.
Special: For a self-created spell to benefit from this feat, it must be a truly novel spell. Spells slightly altered from the original (for example, delayed blast fireball as compared to fireball) gain no benefit. Alchemists can benefit from this feat as though their formulae and extracts were spells.
- ***IDEA - make a spell that is 1/3 fire, 1/3 concussive, and 1/3 force [maybe too good or... is it?]. OR just 1/2 acid and half concussive (or force). If I go acid dragonbloodline, then acid makes most sense... it'd be my specialty. Actually that'd raise the spell level too much to make it 2 or 3 things. Just make it pure acid then?
- DC = ?
- Spell Level = ?
- A way to shape it like fire snake... similar dmg... guess that'd make it level 5.
- A way to shape it using the Magic Tricks, which affects fireball, would put it at level 3.
- Spell components = an acrid leaf from a plant.
- Desc: blue-green energy appears and instantly slams into various foes, exploding into acid.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Art from album, very fantasy surreal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHHHePJtK40
More Blaster Research, let's see
Astral bloodline arcana is a little better than you think, it applies to spells cast later the same turn, so it'll basically always apply to that free quickened spell and is generally useful with normal quickened spells.
I think you might overrate the constant fly speed bloodline powers, they're nice but sorcerer is a class that can just cast overland flight, particularly when djinni gets overland flight as a bloodline spell.
Fey bloodline is even better than you think because woodland stride is actually pretty useful, with a ring of sacred mistletoe you get to be unhindered by magically created or manipulated plants, like that entangle spell you get.
Crossblooded is powerful used right, a crossblooded
fey+impossible/undead/verdant combo can be a nigh unstoppable save or
lose machine. Since Threnodic spell exists I'd grab impossible.
The
classic orc+solar+bloodline feat for blood intensity combo can one shot
basically anything and is arguably one of the strongest combat
characters in the game once you get choral support online.
- My comment: Good Lord, Choral Support is goofy af, and requires another player to take it. https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/teamwork-feats/choral-support-teamwork/ -- but it is super good. I HATE when they do this... they make the good options goofy or unflavorful. Sick of buggin the DM to reflavor everything... where is Bilbroms when you need him.
- This orc+solar+bloodline feat for blood intensity combo seems the same as the Orc + dragon bloodline. Solar is just a healer, while dragon lets you turn into dragons. Hmmm.
BROKEN RACES app;arently:
I have to ask, why did you include races like drow noble, or Deep-One Hybrid, that GM's never allow 90% of the time in your guide? It feels like making a guide about Barbarian and then including Trox as the best race because they're large size and get +6 str. It's true that they're good, but you'll almost never see one in play.
- DeepONe Hybrid
- +1 AC, ... +6 STR, +6CON ... oh my.
- Drow noble is silly. +4 dex, +2 int, wis, cha, -2 CON.
- Spell resist, jeez.
- ~6 free spells.
- Is Svifneblin broken, cuz our guy is using that race. O_o
- +1 AC, +1 att, -1 to hit (CMB, CMD), +4 on stealth. SPeed 20.
PF Spell Resistance sucks, so how?
After level 11 or so, most, creatures have SR... a problematically high amount.
Some spells can get around it, but most require the roll.
if spell says “Spell Resistance: Yes”, gotta roll a d20+your caster level. If you get a number below the creatures SR, ZERO effect. Like they don't even have to bother with the save roll at this point, just zero dmg, zero effect. WTF.
There are a couple of things that give like a +1 to overcome it or something, but not much.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/4o2y31/spells_with_no_spell_resistance/
Options to avoid:
- wall spells
- conjure monsters
Via Building God’s Grimoire:Iluzry’s Guide to Sorcerer Spells & Spellcasting
● Rule 5.B - Boost SR Checks
○
The second
strategy is just to make sure you can pass your SR checks when they come up!
You’ll probably want to do both of these if I’m honest, but like I said,
boosting this isn’t the easiest thing in the world! So what’s a good way to
make sure you can break that check?
■ Feats
●
Knowledgeable Spellcaster: Okay
so this one is hilariously powerful because in exchange for a knowledge roll,
you can get +3 to overcoming SR and then when you have 10 ranks, its +5. That
beasts out and stacks with spell penetration and all you have to do is be
decent at knowing things. 1000% worth it.
●
Spell Penetration and Greater Spell Penetration: Super duper
boring and eat up a good part of your build but...they give you +2 to spell
penetration each for a total of +4 on all SR checks.
●
Piercing Spell: Treats their opponent’s
SR as 5 lower when applied! This is really helpful so long as you do not forget
Rule 3.
●
Varisian Tattoo: +1 vs. SR (for
a single school)
●
Bloodmage Initiate: +1 vs. SR
(for a single school)
●
Spell Specialization: +2 vs. SR
(single spell only)
■ Race
●
Elves get a natural +2 to all SR checks
via Keen Magic
●
Half Elves can take the Elven
Spirit to also have +2 to all SR checks
■ Items
●
Dweomer's Essence: +5 vs. SR
(once)
●
Orange Prism Ioun Stone: +1 vs.
SR
●
Robe of the Archmagi: +2 vs. SR
(arcane casters only)
●
Pipes of Dissolution: +2 vs. SR
(requires Perform skill)
■ Class Features:
●
Seeker Archetype: Gives
bloodline spells +4 to SR checks.
●
Blood Piercing (9th Level Bloodline Mutation):
Once per day, when you cast a damaging spell, you can add your charisma to
your SR check. Get another use for ever 5 levels beyond 3rd level.
●
Fey Magic (15th Level Fey Bloodline Power):
Lets you reroll any SR check once before results are revealed by the DM.
■ Spells:
●
Sure Casting (1st Level): +5 to
to the next spell you cast before the end of the following round. Very good for
quickened spell.
● Ally Across Time (1st Level) /Army Across Time (5th Level): Boost
your caster level into the stratosphere and then just...roll SR with impunity.
PF compare ... pure +3ish dice all Sorc vs. the optimal dip sorc all wiz thing
I guess something like:
Half-orc (reskin) +1/2?? FIRE ONLY? Sorcerer: Add +1/2 point of fire damage to spells that deal fire damage cast by the sorcerer.
Sorc Bloodline, ~double blood +2 on dice.
But then after level 10 is it worse than the super 1 level dip sorc then all wizard levels (Wizard/Evoker -Admixture Specialist)?
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
PF 2025 Blaster Caster, great pt.sand hopefully new stuff
Esoteric evocation feat +1 caster lvl 60GP per cast, hmm https://www.aonprd.com/FeatDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Esoteric%20Evocation
Half-Orcs only add fire dmg to fire spells, so I guess changing the spell via that wizard subclass wouldn't work with it?
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pwg7&page=1
- Where is the BLOCKBUSTER WIZARD guide? It's hard to find.
- Claims he forgot orc bloodline
- Claims optimized fireball is better than firesnake from CasterLeve ~6 - 19.
- He's obviously not totally up on things but, this next point matters
- fire-immune foes - all their traits/feats that apply to a single spell don't work, and the only bloodline they've got working for them is the Orc bloodline [[[aka, the fire dragon wouldnt work, so yeah, I NEED TO CONSIDER ACID DRAGON and the 1 dip sorc wiz build in order to keep doing +2 per dice teh whole time]]]
- AND half-orc or orc race does give 1/2pt of dmg per dice every level. Basically, they're going to have to use a bad blast with suboptimal damage when that happens.
- Eldritch Researcher really needs to me acknowledged, as does Mage's (Varisian) Tattoo.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/b2ltab/is_it_possible_to_build_a_blaster_type_wizard/
- Makes a good point to WIZARD instagib bosses with a tport to elemental plane of fire or turn into stone. I guess you can still do that in pathfinder, even tho they took it away in 5e DnD.
- COUNTER POINT The problem is ending encounters like that is just boring... The fighter might be itching for battle but suddenly the bbeg is instagibbed and there's no challenge for anyone. Alternatively the bbeg makes his saves and the wizard spends the battle being basically useless while the fighters and rangers are doing all the work, wondering why their magical demigod can't get it up today. At least blasting spells usually do half on save. That's something at least.
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tt9f?Blow-them-to-smithereens-AKA-There-WAS-a-Boss
(is it 1e, i think hope so).
Good points like
- ??? Was there a way to get +3 dmg per dice??? Thought I read that somewhere.
- Maybe ELF instead of human, to get +2 DC whole game. A lot of these builds are level 20 endgame builds only.
Sorcerers can get +3 damage per dice, which is insane. (It's also why I originally argued for Bloodline Mutations to apply to Blood Arcanists.) But, as I've described in the very beginning, it fails against Resistant/Immune enemies, [[[But ISNT There a feat to change it to another Energy? I think metamagic to make it one higher, but doesnt the other thing counter that???]]]
For Elf, the +2 Spell Penetration becomes wasted by the endgame, and you'll have more than enough with the likes of Spell Specialization and Mage's Tattoo adding +3 to your caster level, which applies to SR checks, and the eventual Spell Penetration feats. In fact, by the endgame, you bypass all Spell Resistance checks (except for 1s, which I believe are auto-fails).
I have to say that when my lvl 8 fire kineticist had a crit and solo'd the black dragon that the GM seemed to think was too hard as it was CR 11, it was a little bit fun.
And the sorceress does far too much damage against almost everyone, even though she has all of the "mandatory" utility spells. This is especially the case because so many guides say blasting is misguided, when that is clearly not the case.
Some argue wizard, incl bcuz They’ll also have more skill points for Knowledges, so you’ll know what enemies are vulnerable to which element the most.
Monday, April 27, 2026
PF Full Spell List CSV/Excel; PF fireball "magic trick" feat is great
Full community spell list, etc: https://www.pathfindercommunity.net/home/databases/spells
Regarding this Magic Trick, it is good:
- https://www.aonprd.com/FeatDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Magic%20Trick
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/ouuf6e/is_crossblooded_ever_worth_it_for_single_class/
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JcQLSzb84B0B_I0jKV87zWcHpcW8lREam8gJup1xaEY/edit?gid=146374033#gid=146374033
(he had it in there... the Cluster Bomb Magic Trick will do 20d6, without any funny business)
Fireball
Source Chronicle of Legends pg. 16
Vincent
the Pyroclastic is a destructive force in the Society. He has caused
permanent damage to and condemnation of more buildings in the Inner Sea
region than any other agent. For him, incineration became an art. In
addition to the feat, skill, or other requirements listed in parentheses
for each of these tricks, you must have the Magic Trick (fireball) feat to use the trick.
Alchemist’s Inferno (Craft [alchemy] 9 ranks, Spellcraft 9 ranks): Using alchemist’s fire as a material component, your fireball
sets everything it touches ablaze. The initial blast deals half as much
damage, but targets that fail their Reflex saves also catch fire. A
creature that catches fire in this way must attempt a Reflex save
against the DC of the fireball spell to stop burning instead of the typical DC. Unattended objects automatically catch fire, though nonflammable objects burn for only 1 additional round.
Cluster Bomb (Spellcraft 6 ranks):
You are able to throw multiple small explosions with a single spell
instead of the normal effect. For every 2 caster levels, you toss a
miniature fireball
with a 10-foot radius that deals 2d6 points of fire damage. The grid
intersection of all blasts must be within 30 feet of each other. If a
creature is in the area of multiple blasts, it attempts a single Reflex
save against the combined damage.
Concentrated Fire (Selective Spell or Widen Spell, Spellcraft 6 ranks): You can reduce the radius of your fireball
by increments of 5 feet, to a minimum of a 5-foot radius. For each
5-foot increment you reduce the spell, you increase the spell’s damage
by 1d6. This additional damage can exceed the spell’s maximum damage.
Sculpt Flames (Reach Spell, Selective Spell): You can alter the shape of your fireball
to send its fire along the path you desire. When casting the spell, you
can change the area to one 5-foot square per caster level. The spell’s
area must be continuous and unbroken when cast. If its blocked or
otherwise interrupted by a 5-foot wide or larger environmental feature
like a wall, the spell fails. A creature only takes damage once from a fireball cast in this way, even if the spell’s area intersects with the creature multiple times.
Where There’s Smoke (Craft [alchemy] 6 ranks, Spellcraft 6 ranks): Using a smokestick as a material component, you make your fireball
leave behind a thick cloud of smoke in the spell’s area for 1 minute. A
moderate or stronger wind dissipates the smoke in 1 round as a
smokestick. When using a smokestick in this way, your fireball deals
only 1d6 points of damage per 2 caster levels (maximum 5d6).
Fire sorc 1 lvl, then 19 wiz lvl = Blaster Caster Supreme
via https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nyxp?Fire-themed-mage
=====THIS is 2025: https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tt9f?Blow-them-to-smithereens-AKA-There-WAS-a-Boss
====2015 still loving this build: https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s7l0
========Also, this agrees: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/41778/how-to-build-a-blaster-damage-wizard-or-sorcerer-in-pathfinder
=================https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rphv
you can also add stuff like :
- -taking a gnome with the alt racial trait "Pyromaniac" to increase all fire spells caster level by 1 (if you pick a draconic related to fire)
- - take the trait "Havoc of the Society" let you add 1 force damage to all damage dealing spells
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Maybe FB instead of Firesnake... instead of waiting so long.Comment says:
Don't get me wrong. I like Sorcerers a lot.
But...why is your save DC higher with a 3rd level spell than an Admixture Wizard's with a 5th level spell? Presumably, he's taking feats to boost his DCs...Spell Focus(Evocation) at least, and possibly GSF, and Fire Snake is a 5th level spell.
By the way, I agree on Dazing Spell being awesome sauce. I'd work it into an Admixture Wizard build.
I also prefer the build with Magical Lineage (Fireball) instead of Fire Snake, but then our group generally only plays until 13th to 15th level. It seems a waste to nerf myself a bit for most of his career just so he can be deadlier in the last few play sessions. Plus, I like the range on Fireball, and the fact that I can spam it more since it's a lower level slot.
One other thing, at 15th level, a Sorcerer 1 / Admixture Wizard 14 gets an extra 7 points of damage with all evocation spells that deal hit point damage (admittedly, this is a minor point).
There's no reason he couldn't cast an Empowered, Intensified, and Dazing Fireball with a 5th level slot. He'd be doing (15d6+37)x 1.5 = 133 points of damage on average before the save. And he'd be dazing anyone that failed for 3 rounds.
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Reposting:
Paizo BLASTER CASTER build:
Goal: Pile on the hurty-hurt with direct damage spells. You don't need battlefield control if the enemy is dead.
Level 1: Take Sorceror: Crossblooded Orc/Draconic, Human, take Varisian Tattoo, take Trait: magical Lineage (pick spell), Reactionary (+2 Init)
Then take Wizard/Evoker -Admixture Specialist for your remaining levels. Why Admixture? Because you can change the element of any of your blasting spells on the fly to get around elemental resistances/immunities.
If you want to superspecialize outside of Evoker, take Sin Magic, lose two schools (Conjuration/Abjuration), gain yet another spell slot per level of raw power.
Key Feats: Intensify Spell, Empower Spell, Quicken Spell, Spell Perfection, Spell Penetration, Spell Specialization, Greater Spell Specialization.
End result: Crossblooded sorc orc/dragon bloodline 1, Wiz/19, Admixture Evocation specialist.
Note: Can use Sin Magic for more slots. Sorcerer level allows use of spell devices from denied schools (Conj/Abjuration).
Magical Lineage Trait allows Intensify for free on chosen spell.
Spell Perfection allows free Quicken at higher levels.
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Play Hints:
Take Burning Hands or Magic Missile as a Specialized Spell early. Burning Hands will deal more damage, Magic Missile has better long-term utility and keeps you out of danger. Every other level, you can change your specialized spell.
Add Greater Spell Specialization at level 7 or 9. Why? You can then memorize utility spells, and trash them for your blaster spell.
Change your specialized spell up to Scorching Ray or Fireball when you can, depending on campaign, typically at 5 or 7.
At level 12 or higher, change it to Fire Snake.
Use Admixture specializing to change the element on the fly.
Use Fire Snake until higher levels. Why? High damage base and level 5 spell still leaves room for metamagic, esp Quicken.
Mechanics behind Choices: Orc blooded, Draconic: +1 to all damage spells, +1 to element of choice, retasked by Admixture = +2 dmg/die on blasting spells.
FEATS
Intensify Spell: Increases caster level damage cap +5 to apply to a
specific spell. Burning hands goes up to 10d4+20. Magic Missile goes to
7d4+7. Fireball to 15d6, Fire Snake to 20d6+40.
Empower Spell: Increase dmg by 50%.
Quicken Spell: Hit enemy with two spells/rd.
Spell Specialization: +2 to caster level with a specific spell. Helps bring the damage earlier and faster.
Varisian Tattoo: +1 to Caster level with a specific school (Evo). This buys off your sorc level.
Greater Spell Specialization: Sacrifice spells to power your chosen blaster spell. Means you can memorize utility spells freely.
Spell Perfection: Doubles fixed feat bonuses, apply one metamagic for free. An Empowered/Intensified spell with Magical Lineage is still its original spell slot. SPell Penetration doubles to +4. Varisian Tattoo to +2. Spell Specialization to +4. Effectively, you've got +10 on Spell Resistance rolls, and are casting at 5 levels higher then your own.
Top End Damage: 30d6 +60 from Fire Snake, empowered, Intensified, average 165 dmg, save 1/2, level 5 slot.
Quicken for another hit, 5th level slot, 20d6 + 40dmg, avg 165.
= 330 blasting dmg in one round, save for 1/2. If you've a Rod of Maximize, you can lift this to 215 base damage.
Base level 5 spell slot is 20d6+40 dmg, 165 dmg.
BY LEVEL
At level 1, your Burning Hands should be 2d4+4 (avg 9)
At level 2, its unchanged.
At level 3, Spell Specialization kicks in. 5d4+10 (22.5). This tops it unless you Intensify it.
At 4th, 6d4+12 (27), Intensified BH.
At 5th, Intensified BH, 7d4+14 (31.5).
At 6th, you can shift Spec to Scorching Ray. 2x 4d6+8 (44). Your Fireball is 5d6+10 as well, or 7d6+14 if specced.
At 7th, 6d6+12 fireball, or 8d6+18 if spec. An Empowered, Intensified Burning Hands, if still the spec spell, is 13.5d4+27 (about 60).
8th - Empowered Scorching Ray, 2 x 6d6+12. E/I BH is 15d6+30 (74, max)
9th - Intensified, Specialized Fireball is 11d6+22 (51).
10th - Firesnake. E/Spec Fireball is 15d6+30 (74). Emp Scorching Rays are 3 x 6d6+12, or 18d6+36 (99 dmg). You can now Quicken a Burning Hands or Magic Missile as kicker damage in a round, although you've few slots.
12th - E/I/Spec Fireball is 21d6+42 (115) damage. You can now Quicken a 12d6+24 Scorching Ray.
14th level - A Specialized Firesnake now exceeds/equals an intensified Fireball. Fireball caps at 22.5d6+ 45 (123~) damage. An Empowered Firesnake is 24d6+48 (132) damage. You can now Quicken a 10d6+20 Fireball. Intensified, Empowered Scorching Ray tops out at 24d6+48 (132 dmg)
15th level - Spell Perfection. You can now add a Meta for Free. This
will be Quicken or Empower. Intensified might be free if Magical Lineage
applies to it. Caster level buffs for spec spell exceed +5, so top out
at 20d6 dmg at 15th level. You will miss Spell Resistance rolls against
CR appropriate enemies on a 1.
Assuming Firesnake, you can now cast a Quickened Intensified Firesnake
for 20d6+40 (110) damage out of a 5th level slot, and an Empowered
Firesnake out of the same slot for 30d6+60 (165) damage. Using a 7th
level slot, you can Empower both.
16th+ - Damage remains the same, higher level spell slots are open for use of other Metas or control spells.
Conceivably you could use Disintegrate to get a higher damage total, but the delay isn't worth it, and you'd lose the Varisian tattoo bonus.
If your DM allows you Twin Spell from 3.5, you can very, very easily clock in at 495 raw dmg/round. IF he allows Arcane Thesis, god help your enemies.
==+Aelryinth
PF sorc build ideas - vid game dude with crazy fire chain lightning build
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxzRTCS4c0&t=343s
[[[[maybe do this and go acid all the way,huh. "Outdated, and Elemental now gives more bang, being able to Elemental Ray if you pick it first. D6, which beats Arcane D4. I like to go Cold or Acid, but YDY."]]]]
Some crazy good ideas like
- Cross blood Dragon and another fire dragon (rly?!)
- Something time 2:40 about cant get spell one whole level after normal wizard (vid game btw)
- WAS VID GAME EXPLOIT, cannot (so replace with halforc +1 fire right?)
- Cannot do spell specialization at lvl 1 anymore
- Elemental blood allows change
- Level 14, one level in wizard to pick ELEMETAL SPECIALIST. to convert all dmg to fire. And at lvl 15, spells half of dmg is untyped dmg. Wow.
COMMENTOR 1 yr ago: I have been using Aasimar, the azatablood is +2 in cha and dex.
FAMILIAR - harr (fore hare?) gives better init
FEATS
- Spell focus- evocation , DC +1
- Greater spell focus evoc
- Empower spell kimda early
- Spell specialization (more dice on a spell) … and can change the spell each level up. Soooo, start with double fire bloodline (and an halforc reskinned for +3 per die) … pixk Flaminge Hands, change it later to scorchi ray then fireball… then when fb is maxed at 10d6 at lvl 11, switch back to scorch ray for a while. Then chain lightning
- Bolster Spell (metamagic)
- At lvl 11, Elemental Focus, incr dc+1 to fire.
- Greater elem focus
- Precise shot
- Point bank shot at lvl 15+
Spells
- Grease
- Burn hands
- Burning arc
- True strike (for scorch ray etc)
- Scorch ray
- Fireball
- Haste (for party)
- (((Controlled fireball))) what is that, time 12:20… can reduce dmg to Allies
- Greater inviz
- Etc etc fb and scorch are the dmg ones
- Hellfire ray (best single target)
- Chain lightning infinite dmg what, the 20d6 isnt true what???!!! Time 15:40. Azata Zippy Magic (((oh that is Mythic level stuff past lvl 20))) w chain lightning it hits all enemies twice???!!!
- With 1 lvl in wizard elemntalspecialist at lvl 14, u can now do Chain Fire-lightning!!
====== is this worth it (i mean, ...... cant u just take the feat to change element type==
1 level of crossblooded sorcerer, then admixture evoker for the rest of your career.
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======simple idea, fire fire fire
Gnome, Pyromaniac (alt. racial trait, fire DC+), crossblood/wildblood
Primal(Fire)/Draconic(Brass) Sorcerer1, Admixture Evoker from there.
Take Magical Knack (Wizard) trait.
====== crazy cool idea, make a fire immune item for Ally
Definately Sorcerer.
Basically human (extra spells option)
Traits- Magical Lineage (fireball)
1- spell focus evoc, spell specialisation.
3- craft wonderous
5- intensify spell
7- B- Imp Initiative, Imp Familiar (Nosoi or Dust Mesphit or Imp)
9- Empower Spell
11- Dazing Spell
13- Quicken Spell
15- Spell Perfection
17- Piercing Spell
19- Maxise
Now this Sorcerer up to 11 is a Blaster.
Swap specialised spells from
Magic Missile
Burning Arc
These let you add 2 cl to blasts that can hit enemies safely for your allies.
Whack it on fireball ASAP for damage but watch out for buddies.
When.you get Dazing your fireball or Burning Arc becomes a damage+save or daze spell.
Use it for an opening blast and make enemies stand there dazed while your buddies kill them.
It by 15(spell perfection-fireball)
You can blast a Dazing, Intensified, Empowerd fireball for 22d6 w/3 round daze
6th level spell save dc using a 7th level slot.
You made your fighter a wonderous item that grants fire immunity.so hitting him won't hurt at all.
- Which is why the 'save or daze' arcane bloodline sorcerer is so powerful
- He can daze all day long for big damage with fireball.
- He can switch to electricity and not hit allies, while still casting other spells (Dazing Ball lightning lasts rds/level and can be directed as a move action)
- He can blast in every shape in every energy (Intensified Dragons breath)
- He gets a TON of extra spells known for all the wizardly utility you need.
======2 AWESOME FEATS
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nyxp?Fire-themed-mage
Elemental Spell (Metamagic)
You can manipulate the elemental nature of your spells.
Benefit: Choose one energy type: acid, cold, electricity, or fire. You may replace a spell’s normal damage with that energy type or split the spell’s damage, so that half is of that energy type and half is of its normal type.
Level Increase: +1 (an elemental spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell’s actual level.)
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you must choose a different energy type.
also... for a blaster to make lower level spells useful
Intensified Spell (Metamagic)
Your spells can go beyond several normal limitations.
Benefit: An intensified spell increases the maximum number of damage dice by 5 levels. You must actually have sufficient caster levels to surpass the maximum in order to benefit from this feat. No other variables of the spell are affected, and spells that inflict damage that is not modified by caster level are not affected by this feat.
Level Increase: +1 (an intensified spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell’s actual level.)
========written guide 2 years back when the build exploitworkedall the way on the vid game===
Written Guide
Sorcerer - Crossblooded
Human
Pickpocket
14/14/12/8/8/20
Persuasion/UMD
Level 1 - Spell Focus Evocation, Greater Spell Focus Evocation, Spell Specialization - Burning Hands, Red Dragon, Gold Dragon
Level 2 - Spell Specialization - Burning Hands
Level 3 - Metamagic - Bolster, Metamagic, Spell Specialization - Burning Hands, Grease
Level 4 - Cha,
Level 5 - Spell Penetration, Spell Specialization - Burning Arc, Magic Missiles, Burning Arc
Level 6
Level 7 - Greater Spell Penetration, Imp Init, Spell Specialization - Fireball, True Strike, Scorching Ray, Fireball
Level 8 - Spell Specialization - Fireball
Level 9 - Elemental Focus Fire, False Life, Haste, Greater Invis
Level 10 - Spell Specialization - Scorching Ray
Level 11 - Greater Elemental Focus Fire, Spell Specialization - Scorching Ray, Displacement, Greater False Life, Animal Growth
Level 12 - Spell Specialization - Controlled Fireball, Mirror Image
Level 13 - Metamagic Empower, Toughness, Spell Specialization - Chain Lightning (For the rest of the levels), Dimension Door
Level 14 - Wizard - Elemental Specialist, Metamagic Heighten, Hare Familiar, Enchantment Illusion Necromancy, Fire Focused Element, True Strike, Magic Missle
Level 15 - Outflank or Skill Focus Persuasion, or Point Blank Shot/Precise Shot
Level 16 - Cone of Cold, Greater Dispel Magic, Legendary Proportions
Level 17 - Outflank or Skill Focus Persuasion, or Point Blank Shot/Precise Shot
Level 18 - Firebrand, Seamantle
Level 19 - Improved Crit Ray
Level 20 - Great Fortitude or Blind Fight, Frightful Aspect, Mind Blank Communal
Mythic -
Level 1 - Closer to Heaven, Ascendent Element Fire
Level 2 - Abundant Casting
Level 3 - Imp Abundant Casting
Level 4 - Mythic Spell Pen, Superpower Zippy Magic
Level 5 - Second Bloodline - Brass
Level 6 - Sorcerous Reflex, Superpower Favorable Magic, Echolocation
Level 7 - Greater Abundant Casting
Level 8 - Mythic Crit Ray or Mythic Imp Init, Superpower Incredible Might
Level 9 - Favored Metamagic Bolster
Level 10 - School Mastery Evocation
Amulet - Vellexia's Magnifying Amulet
Armor - Deadly Rays/Haramaki of Divine Guidance
Shirt - Robe of the Seven Sins
Belt - Belt of Physical Perfection
Gloves - Treacherous Flame
Boots - Ronneck's Sacrifice
Helm - Darkness Caress
Goggles - Cinder Goggles
Cloak - Cloak of Carnage
Rings - Ring of Pyromania, Red Salamander/Ring of Triumphant Advance
Bracers - Bracers of Armor
Weapons - Ashmaker
=====updated comments say
Great build it was actually my first unfair playthrough. A few things to add that would make this hit even harder.
- You can get arcane trickster to level 10 the capstone ability that gives you automatic Sneak attack damage to all your rays for 4 rounds a day - combine that with the Azata ability refresh spells and its basically whenever you want. I used that + Grandmasters rod with two Hellfire rays ( 1 quickened) to deal +2000 damage a round.
- The best staff for any mage is the Quarter staff of the war mage - you not only get the +2 DC but +4 boost to spell penetration which always helps. - Get that in the ivory sanctum
- You are sleeping on Sirocco - Almost every annoying enemy hits the floor at late game DCs ( especially good against Vavakia's) - since its hits every round its only a matter of time. Not sure if selective still works with it but I used that and sent my melee in to get AoOs.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Sorc build fav so far
Human - gets extra spell known very frequently!!!??
NOTE - crossblood means pick 2nd bllodline, u ONLY get spells and a class skill from that 2nd one
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Dude, level 9 Elemwntal bloodline gets Elemental blast : 1d6 per sorc lvl and AND makes them vuln to that type (for a round) if fail save!!!!
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Ppl say Draconic/orc combo allows crazy hi fb dmg
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4MqGMZjX4&t=329s&pp=2AHJApACAQ%3D%3D&ra=m
Michaelb27075 years ago (edited)
Cross blooded orc/draconic then at 7th level take blood havoc (magic tactics toolbox) with bonus feat. + 2 damage per die1 on all spells and +3 per die on draconic element. Elemental spell is a must for blaster. With this set up 10d6 fireball becomes 11d6+33 and 10d6+22 if you change it to acid. This can be done at 7th level with gifted adept trait, varisian tattoo, and spell specialization (spell focus 1rst level). You will have to take intensity spell at 7th level to keep up with with caster level. Either go human or use human favorite class bonus on half orc to round out spell list with some options. A lot to put in to fireball but remember spell specialization can be changed.
Cross blooded orc/draconic then at 7th level take blood havoc (magic tactics toolbox) with bonus feat. + 2 damage per die1 on all spells and +3 per die on draconic element. Elemental spell is a must for blaster. With this set up 10d6 fireball becomes 11d6+33 and 10d6+22 if you change it to acid. This can be done at 7th level with gifted adept trait, varisian tattoo, and spell specialization (spell focus 1rst level). You will have to take intensity spell at 7th level to keep up with with caster level. Either go human or use human favorite class bonus on half orc to round out spell list with some options. A lot to put in to fireball but remember spell specialization can be changed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OPyKVG3XobE&t=304s
(((Well was this in error? Guy saysbllod mutation is from wildblooded, wildblooded is NOT compatible w crossblooded arctype.
***crossblooded arctype, combo draconic/elemental then trade bloodline powers for blood mutation abilities. Gives - any spell your element. Add +1 dmg per dir from two sources, stacks. Some Free uses of intensify spell. Shred enemy element resist and spell res by ur char modifier a few times per day. This combo is brutal AF.
Pathfinder 1e wizard vs. sorcerer -
At level 10, wizard has one more spell slot per day than Sorc KNOWN per day (AND the wizard has those higher level spells.).
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/wizard/
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/sorcerer/
Pathfinder 1e Sorcerer Builds - I want DPS but not Orc or Aasimar
QUESTION: How do I get to change the energy type consistently?
Step by Step build your guy on roll20, convenient links: https://roll20.net/compendium/pathfinder/Generating%20a%20Character#content
BLOODLINE
Arcane Bloodline again, this time RPGbot.
- https://rpgbot.net/pathfinder/characters/classes/sorcerer/bloodlines/
- People say, it's closer to a wizard cuz you get more spells.
- Spells that the PARTY NEEDS. Oh. I'm not planning to cast Enlarge or buffs at the start of each battle really. ~_~
- https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/157562/magical-lineage-bloodline-arcana-interaction
- [[[normally metamagic makes the spell 1 dc lower or something but]]] And, finally, if Ekaj the sorcerer takes a full-round action to cast web bolt modified by the feat Extend Spell, and he possesses both the trait Magical Lineage and the arcane bloodline bloodline arcana, he'd expend a 1st-level spell slot and the saving throw DC against that web bolt spell would be increased by +1.
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Magical Lineage says:
Benefit: Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level.
Arcane Bloodline's Bloodline Arcana says:
Whenever you apply a metamagic feat to a spell that increases the slot used by at least one level, increase the spell’s DC by +1. This bonus does not stack with itself and does not apply to spells modified by the Heighten Spell feat.
Draconic Bloodline seems to be 2nd best after Arcane.
- More dmg for like type energy (fire spells if you are red, etc.). +1 per die.
Shadow Bloodline is pretty cool, esp at lvl 15. Also synergy with party .
- Lvl15 get - Enveloping Darkness (Sp): No save, no Spell Resistance, No darkvision, and they’re entangled. This essentially means you can walk through the area with impunity murdering people for 10 minutes per caster level. You may only get to use it once per day, but this is basically a guranteed win unless your enemies brought Freedom of Movement.
- Think about it. 150 minutes of auto-win. Sounds too fun. Walking through, mobs are stuck, cant see, I just start casting spells in their face.
RACE
This one sounds good so far. Half-elf blaster:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/yu70lt/sorcerer_build/
- Half-Elf, b/c gets "most overpowered half-elf only spell in the game, Paragon Surge".
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/paragon-surge/
- That allows you to pick a new Feat each day. Can recast change feat if need.
- which feats? Since seems like feats are stuck to race and bloodline stuff mostly?
- Also gives a stat bump +2 dex +2 int
Best races voted by this guy (careful, Pathf.2e came out in 2019, are they talking about pathfinder 2e???):
- For Race, Rakshasa-Spawn Teiflings, and Azata Aasimar are awesome pure castors.
- this says it is 2e for those https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43hw9
- Fey Bloodline is fun, especially with Azata Aasimar. Arcane bloodline is great for those who are getting into sorcery after playing wizards.
Try again.
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