Good Sorcerer ACF

[GodGoblin]

Hey guys in an up coming game I will be playing a Gestalted Ghost//Sorcerer and being a Ghost means Im dead! And that means I do not get a familiar :smallfrown:

So im trying to find a good alternate class feature that swaps out the familiar for something I can make use of!

If its any help the plan is to go Force Missle mage on one side and Master of the Unseen Hand on the other.

Thanks in advance!

[dextercorvia]

Metamagic Specialist in PHBII

[GodGoblin]

Ooh will look into it when I get back from work, can you give me the quick run down? Oh and thanks for the quick reply! :smallsmile:

[dextercorvia]

You can cast metamagic'd versions of spells a few times per day without increasing casting time. This means you can actually use quicken. It's not quite as nice as the feat from Complete Mage, but if you weren't using the familiar anyway then it is free.

There is also a flaw from Dragon Mag. called Forlorn. You never get a familiar, so instead you get a feat.

[GodGoblin]

Ah this is all good stuff, Ill read into Metamagic spec proprly later but Forlorn sounds good too, grab myself some more ghost feats :smallbiggrin:

[Thurbane]

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but a sorcerer in a game I recently DMd got a lot of use out of the Spellshield ACF from Dungeonscape. It allows you to burn up a spell slot as an immediate action to help negate damage you take (from almost any source, be it weapon or spell). As undead are usually a bit lacking in HP due to having no CON score, it might help...

[Talya]

As undead are usually a bit lacking in HP due to having no CON score, it might help...

While generally true, compared to a sorcerer, Undead do alright for hit points.

A sorcerer with 18 con will almost equal an undead for average hit points. (Almost...because while both get 6.5 hit points per level, the undead got 12 at level 1 while the sorcerer got 8.) And what sorcerer can afford 18 con? The ghost is probably improving the sorcerer's hit points. :p

[Malkav]

Spell Shield or Metamagic...

[Thurbane]

Spell Shield or Metamagic...
It depends on a couple of things.

Metamagic ACF is usable a number of times/day equal to INT bonus...so unless you have decent INT, it's not really worth it. Also, the 9th level feat Rapid Metamagic does the same job, and is usable at will.

BUT...if you've got decent INT, and you really need that feat slot for something else, then it's worthwhile.