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Talbot

2012-02-23, 05:33 PM

Hey there Playground, I'm building a support cohort, and he has levels in Favored Soul, so I was hoping for some good suggestions on party-buffing level 1 and 2 spells. I already snagged Tyche's Touch (which is awesome), and Protection from Evil, but I'm having a hard time picking out the rest.

Bonus 1: I remember seeing some kind of spell that gives +10 on a skill check, but I can't remember the name or what book it's in.

Bonus 2: What's the best low-level healing spell? I know in-combat healing is sub-optimal, but humor me.

Icestorm245

2012-02-23, 05:48 PM

EDIT: Sorry, I thought the mass spells kept their max caster level from their single target versions.

Cure moderate wounds with the feat Augmented Healing heals 2d8+caster level+4. Augmented healing increases the amount healed by the cure x wounds series by 2 per spell level. Though everyone says in combat healing is sub optimal, it has saved people in my group several times. Augmented healing is pretty good in the later levels, too. Cure light wounds mass heals 1d8+caster level+10. A base of 19 hit points per person isn't TOO bad, but if everyone is in need of healing at one time, something funky is going on.

SleepyShadow

2012-02-23, 06:03 PM

A base of 19 hit points per person isn't TOO bad, but if everyone is in need of healing at one time, something funky is going on.

Or you're fighting a dragon, a blaster caster, or really any good boss fight :smallbiggrin:

Engine

2012-02-23, 06:47 PM

Though everyone says in combat healing is sub optimal, it has saved people in my group several times.

Combat healing isn't sub-optimal. Doing just that is sub-optimal.

Icestorm245

2012-02-23, 08:24 PM

Well I have seen posts saying something like "DMM persisted mass vigor makes combat healing a complete waste of a turn". That's what I meant when people said it was sub-optimal. In either case, as a Favoured Soul, you don't even get access to DMM right away, so Cure X Wound with Augment Healing is probably your best choice until Heal for single targets, and Mass Cure X Wounds is likewise for multitargets.