Nov. 5: A Class and a Feat

Tonight's hak and tlk update add several changes/additions:

Prestige Class: Firestarter

The Firestarter is blessed by Conflagral and imbued with a continuous source of Inner Fire, which allows the Firestarter to release different forms of raw, elemental fire. It can be used to harm enemies, protect the Firestarter, and (at higher levels) even heal the Firestarter.

REQUIREMENTS:

Skills: Concentration 8 ranks, Discipline 8 ranks
Deity: Conflagral

ABILITIES:

Level
1: Inner Fire (base feat), Flame Ray (1 point/use, 1d6/2lvls + Con, ranged touch)
2: Fire Resistance 5/-
3: Immolation Sphere (4 points, 1d6/lvl +Con dmg + reflex save (DC 13 + Con) or catch fire for 2d4 rounds)
4: Fire Resistance 10/-, Cold Resistance 5/-
5: Fireball (8 points, 10d6, reflex for half)
6: Fire Resistance 20/-
7: Fire Shield (12 points, harms enemies for 1d10+Con)
8: Fire Resistance 30/-, Cold Resistance 10/-
9: Flame of Life (15 points, heal self 5d10+Con damage)
10: Fire Immunity, Firestorm (20 points, 20d6)

* Points Total = ( Level x 8 ) + Constitution modifier
* Con = Constitution modifier
* All Firestarter fire is raw elemental damage and is not subject to spell resistance.

New Feat: Spell Focus: Ray

This feat grants the character a +1 bonus to attack rolls when using mystical ray spells or abilities. It is a Weapon Focus sub-feat, so you need a BAB of at least +1 to gain this feat.

note: i believe the is supposed to be a number 8.

Fixed, thanks.

Does that include the touch attack from the "Bomb" type grenades?

evilkittenofdoom wrote:Does that include the touch attack from the "Bomb" type grenades?

It's not for all ranged touch attacks...just rays.

kewl...this is just like the *pyrokinetic* prestige class from the psionics handbook....sooo many cool things to try when i(if) get back.

Note: For Firestarters, sleeping or using potions of renewal will not restore used Inner Fire. Only the passage of time (or leveling up) will do that. Of course, with patience you never have to sleep to restore the fire, since some of it comes back every game hour.

Does the Firestarter cooperate well with the CON Ioun Stone?

evilkittenofdoom wrote:Does the Firestarter cooperate well with the CON Ioun Stone?

It should...mostly. Total possible Inner Fire is calculated at different times, so chances are good that it will work for that and save DCs.

might the CON bonus to the inner fire be a bit more potent maybe? As it stands, getting a +10 CON modifier is no small feat. It requires a number of things, starting at a base 18 CON minimum. and all that adds up to just 10 additional inner fire which at level 10 firestarter isn't entirely "useless" but it isn't exactly all that much either.

I'd think that perhaps 1/4, 1/3 and 1/2 CON based on the number of firestarter levels would be a more fair trade, yes? If not, it's not all that bad either, but it just seems that the number of bonus points doesn't evenly scale as maybe it should.

evilkitten...I was thinking the same thing.

Also, I'm not so sure that Inner Fire is regenerating properly. I've waited quite a few in-game hours for it to return over time and so far I've seen none return.

Also, might we add the durations of the Fire Shield to the post here, and the durations of the Fire Shield and "Immolate" effect of the flame sphere to the in-game description? Might be worth adding the formula for maximum Inner Fire to the Inner Fire feat too.

Is there anyway of having some kind of synergy between a fire starter and a cleric of conflagral? At the moment there is little point having both classes as the relative merits and similar. I'm thinking more powerful spells feats etc. Same with RDD