Gale feats

[craig234]

His first one was alert, maybe a mistake. Now picking a second.

It's hard to pick. There's raising CON and INT to 16 and 18; spell sniper; war caster; resilient: CON; elemental adept: fire.

Any of those jump out as clear picks?

[Hobocop]

Unconventional sleeper pick: Dual Wielder so you can use two quarterstaves and benefit from the effects of both.

[northernwater]

Alert is not a mistake, IMO.

Here is my suggestions. Respec him with (10,16,13,16,12,8)

Feats: Ability(INT), Alert, Resilient(CON)

I also like Duel Wielder in place of Alert and then try and boost his Init in other ways.

Feats: Ability(INT), Resilient(CON), Duel Wielder

BTW - I use my Wizards assuming I always have a concentration spell running and doing damage once the concentration spell is in in progress. Exception is with Hat of Fire Acuity. Then of course I do some fire damage first then cast a concentration spell.

[craig234]

Hm, I hadn't run across two weapons I cared about using yet, but that's an idea.

For now, it's more about stats, versus concentration, versus crits.

[LordOfTheBread]

Gale feets? That's weird, gonna tell you but to each its own.

[ahsanford]

I hate hackneyed 'just ASI your prime to 20' suggestions, but with Gale, consider:

* He could crowd control... but I have a Bard main for that
* I never throw down concentration spells with him, so why waste a feat for concentration?
* He hits with too many elements to do the 'overcome resistance' thing usefully

So, yeah ASI to 20 would be my move.

And then think about nutty side hustles like War Caster / Resilient, dual wielding staves (a little cheese but a little clever), wielding a shield (as he might actually give up Mage Armor due to some unique clothing in Act III), etc.

- A

[northernwater]

Originally posted by craig234:

Hm, I hadn't run across two weapons I cared about using yet, but that's an idea.

Staffs. On a caster the weapon is more about the buffs it carries than the damage it may do. The stats on a wizard should be optimized for spells.

[Synavix]

I think it depends on how you build him (I've seen some good tanky mages or element-specific builds), but as a generic backup caster that I would only slot into my team on occasion I also went for Alert and 20 Int.

[northernwater]

Originally posted by ahsanford:

* I never throw down concentration spells with him, so why waste a feat for concentration?

A concentration spell is equivalent to a free attack every turn. For example, an upcaste Phantasmal Killer does 6d10 per turn for free after the first cast. It lasts for 10 turns and has a 18m range. While it is chewing away at 6d10 Psychic damage per turn you can then use non concentration attack spells to continue doing damage.

[yahboi1988]

Spell Sniper let's you get Eldritch Blast which is the best Cantrip in the game. Combine that with whatever Item that is that causes reverberation when hitting with a spell and he can knock people down from range.

[Sir_Baldur]

Alert is only really useful if you're playing on tactician or honor mode and need to go first no matter what + avoid surprise. Otherwise, I raise his con & int.

[craig234]

Ya, thing is at 17 INT I can't get him to 20 in one feat, just 19 or 18 INT/16 CON.

They all have benefit.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by craig234:

Gale feats
His first one was alert, maybe a mistake. Now picking a second.

It's hard to pick. There's raising CON and INT to 16 and 18; spell sniper; war caster; resilient: CON; elemental adept: fire.

Any of those jump out as clear picks?

You already forgot my post on your previous thread, hm?

In doubt go for Ability Score Improvement, especially as Evocation mage.