Greenflame133
2019-03-02, 08:10 AM
Most offensive effect in SoP required spending a spell. Now that's all fun, but you can't do it all day long and it’s always nice to have a back up. I want to make this threat to serve as an archive of sorts. I will try my best list cost, pros, cons and alternative ways to use it.
Here is what I got for now:
Some costs are very based on how many sphere specific drawback you are willing to take
Breath Weapon:
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 talent
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Lingering Transformation and Dragon Transformation.
Pros: Line or cone of any elemental damage, decent damage.
Cons: Requires re-casting/concentrating every 3 rounds, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Version2:
Cost Sum: 1~2 talent, 1 boon
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Dragon Transformation and Easy Focus
Pros: Line or cone of any elemental damage, decent damage.
Cons: Requires re-casting/concentrating every 3 rounds, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Version3:
Cost Sum: 1 feat
Cost Detailed: Transformation
Pros: Decent damage.
Cons: Suck in 1 type and shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Fire AoO
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 talent
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Sustained Reanimation, Expanded Necromancy,
Pros: Skeleton still can attack
Cons: Requires Bodies
Dragonic companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Draconic Creature, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Can do a lot more than just breath weapon
Cons: Suck in 1 type and shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Ooze companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 Talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Ooze Companion x 2, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control.
Cons: Can only engulfed smaller creatures, no scaling on damage, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Swarm companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2 Talent, one of which is advanced
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Swarm Companion, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Cons:
Troop companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2 Talent, one of which is advanced
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Troop Companion, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control, you can surround yourself with them, can be buffed heavily, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Cons:
Trap
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Blast Trap.
Pros:
Cons: Only 1 trap at the time per Blast Trap taken, Only activates when creature steps on it, countered by evasion
Nova
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Nova .
Pros:
Cons: Great potential for collateral damage
Rift
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Rift.
Pros: Easy to avoid collateral damage
Cons:
Satellite
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Satellite.
Pros: Can be discharged as reaction
Cons: Low Range
Nova
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Nova .
Pros:
Cons: Great potential for collateral damage
Mini Orbs
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents, 1 Feat
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Explosive Orb, Orb Expert.
Pros: Big orbs are also great
Cons:
Tetris
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Mutable Blast.
Pros: Easy to avoid collateral damage
Cons: Low Range
Flare
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Light Sphere, Flare
Pros:
Cons: Low damage, Requires setup
So bright it burns
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Light Sphere, Searing Light
Pros:
Cons: No way to exclude target from AoO
Stroke
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind Sphere, Cerebral Strike
Pros:
Cons: Can only affect same type as you, each creature can only be affected one a day
Force Backstab
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind Sphere, Hostility
Pros:
Cons: Can only affect same type as you, each creature can only be affected one a day, Make you near creature isn’t friendly.
FIRE!!!
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fire package
Pros:
Cons: Requires flammable Material below creature or on-magical fire nearby, Low demage.
Pummel
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Plantlife package
Pros: Continually Attacks
Cons: Requires Tree, Requires Concentration
Vortex
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Water package
Pros: Extra effects beside damage.
Cons: Requires Water
Wind Blades
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Air package, Geomancing package, Wind Blades
Pros:
Cons: No ceiling on dmeage, Requires air
Hot Spring
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair/Water package, Boil Water
Pros: No save
Cons: Only creature in water
Breath Weapon
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Dragonlung
Pros: Decent Damage
Cons: Suck in 1 shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion, always fire damage.
Heat Metal
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Geomancing package, Heat Metal
Pros:
Cons: Requires metal equipment on target
Chill Metal
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Geomancing package, Chill Metal
Pros:
Cons: Requires metal equipment on target
Fire Swing
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Move Fire.
Pros: Can set peoples on fire
Cons: Low damage, Requires existing fire
Powerpowering mind
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind sphere, Friction Field.
Pros: Can make air difficult terrain, no save
Cons: Low damage
Totem of destruction
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: War sphere, Scourging Totem.
Pros: no save
Cons: Low damage,
Temperature
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talents
Cost Detailed: Weather sphere
Pros: A lot of other ill effects, Huge AoO
Cons: Low damage, A lot of countermeasures can be taken
Undead
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 talents
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Sustained Reanimation.
Pros:
Cons: Requires Bodies
Summons
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration Sphere, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Very versatile
Cons:
Bludgeons
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed:Telekinesis Sphere.
Pros:
Cons: Requires Objects
Rays and Energy Tether
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed:Destruction Sphere.
Pros:
Cons:
What do you think? Got any effects not listed? Feel free to share and I will add them as quotes.
Here is what I got for now:
Some costs are very based on how many sphere specific drawback you are willing to take
Breath Weapon:
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 talent
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Lingering Transformation and Dragon Transformation.
Pros: Line or cone of any elemental damage, decent damage.
Cons: Requires re-casting/concentrating every 3 rounds, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Version2:
Cost Sum: 1~2 talent, 1 boon
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Dragon Transformation and Easy Focus
Pros: Line or cone of any elemental damage, decent damage.
Cons: Requires re-casting/concentrating every 3 rounds, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Version3:
Cost Sum: 1 feat
Cost Detailed: Transformation
Pros: Decent damage.
Cons: Suck in 1 type and shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion.
Fire AoO
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 talent
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Sustained Reanimation, Expanded Necromancy,
Pros: Skeleton still can attack
Cons: Requires Bodies
Dragonic companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Draconic Creature, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Can do a lot more than just breath weapon
Cons: Suck in 1 type and shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Ooze companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~3 Talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Ooze Companion x 2, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control.
Cons: Can only engulfed smaller creatures, no scaling on damage, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Swarm companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2 Talent, one of which is advanced
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Swarm Companion, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Cons:
Troop companion
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2 Talent, one of which is advanced
Cost Detailed: Conjuration, Troop Companion, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Great for battlefield control, you can surround yourself with them, can be buffed heavily, not best damage (familiar variant especially).
Cons:
Trap
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Blast Trap.
Pros:
Cons: Only 1 trap at the time per Blast Trap taken, Only activates when creature steps on it, countered by evasion
Nova
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Nova .
Pros:
Cons: Great potential for collateral damage
Rift
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Rift.
Pros: Easy to avoid collateral damage
Cons:
Satellite
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Satellite.
Pros: Can be discharged as reaction
Cons: Low Range
Nova
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Energy Nova .
Pros:
Cons: Great potential for collateral damage
Mini Orbs
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents, 1 Feat
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Explosive Orb, Orb Expert.
Pros: Big orbs are also great
Cons:
Tetris
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Destruction Sphere, Mutable Blast.
Pros: Easy to avoid collateral damage
Cons: Low Range
Flare
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Light Sphere, Flare
Pros:
Cons: Low damage, Requires setup
So bright it burns
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Light Sphere, Searing Light
Pros:
Cons: No way to exclude target from AoO
Stroke
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind Sphere, Cerebral Strike
Pros:
Cons: Can only affect same type as you, each creature can only be affected one a day
Force Backstab
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind Sphere, Hostility
Pros:
Cons: Can only affect same type as you, each creature can only be affected one a day, Make you near creature isn’t friendly.
FIRE!!!
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fire package
Pros:
Cons: Requires flammable Material below creature or on-magical fire nearby, Low demage.
Pummel
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Plantlife package
Pros: Continually Attacks
Cons: Requires Tree, Requires Concentration
Vortex
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talent
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Water package
Pros: Extra effects beside damage.
Cons: Requires Water
Wind Blades
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Air package, Geomancing package, Wind Blades
Pros:
Cons: No ceiling on dmeage, Requires air
Hot Spring
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair/Water package, Boil Water
Pros: No save
Cons: Only creature in water
Breath Weapon
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Dragonlung
Pros: Decent Damage
Cons: Suck in 1 shape, 1d4 round cooldown, countered by evasion, always fire damage.
Heat Metal
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Geomancing package, Heat Metal
Pros:
Cons: Requires metal equipment on target
Chill Metal
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Geomancing package, Chill Metal
Pros:
Cons: Requires metal equipment on target
Fire Swing
Version1:
Cost Sum: 2~3 Talents
Cost Detailed: Nature Sphere, Fair package, Metal package, Move Fire.
Pros: Can set peoples on fire
Cons: Low damage, Requires existing fire
Powerpowering mind
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: Mind sphere, Friction Field.
Pros: Can make air difficult terrain, no save
Cons: Low damage
Totem of destruction
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 Talents
Cost Detailed: War sphere, Scourging Totem.
Pros: no save
Cons: Low damage,
Temperature
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 Talents
Cost Detailed: Weather sphere
Pros: A lot of other ill effects, Huge AoO
Cons: Low damage, A lot of countermeasures can be taken
Undead
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1~2 talents
Cost Detailed: Alteration Sphere, Sustained Reanimation.
Pros:
Cons: Requires Bodies
Summons
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed: Conjuration Sphere, Poppet or Familiar archetype
Pros: Very versatile
Cons:
Bludgeons
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed:Telekinesis Sphere.
Pros:
Cons: Requires Objects
Rays and Energy Tether
Version1:
Cost Sum: 1 talent
Cost Detailed:Destruction Sphere.
Pros:
Cons:
What do you think? Got any effects not listed? Feel free to share and I will add them as quotes.