Pippin
2019-03-18, 08:19 AM
1. Be a sorcerer with as many bonus spell slots as possible.
2. Find a way to get, either permanently or for a long enough time:
The Dweomerkeeper's Cloak of Mysteries supernatural ability (-1 level adjustment for all metamagic feats, except Heighten Spell)
The Incantatrix's Improved Metamagic supernatural ability (-1 level adjustment for all metamagic feats, including Heighten Spell)
The Shadowcraft Mage's Shadow Illusion supernatural ability.
3. We need the following feats:
Twin Spell
Repeat Spell
Heighten Spell
Practical Metamagic (Twin Spell)
Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell)
Residual Magic
Earth Sense
Earth Spell
Arcane Thesis (Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Celerity)
Arcane Thesis (Silent Image)
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Celerity with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Silent Image with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
Please note: TR = Twinned, Repeated.
4. Persist Arcane Spellsurge on yourself and prior to combat, find a way to be immune to daze. For example, you could use Limited Wish and cast Favor of the Martyr on yourself.
Any spell of interest you cast with Twin Spell and/or other metamagic feats now takes 1 standard action, including Celerity.
5. During your first turn in combat, cast a TR Silent Image heightened to the 10th level. This is worth a 7th-level spell slot thanks to Earth Spell, Practical Metamagic and Improved Metamagic.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
+2
2
1st-level spell slots used
0
0
5th-level spell slots used
0
0
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
Please note: a 2nd-level spell slot qualifies as a 1st-level spell slot, and so on.
6. During your second turn, you start with 1 standard action. You can increase this number to n standard actions if you cast a twinned Celerity n - 1 times. Since this quickly gets out of hand, I will only consider the case where you start the round with only 1 standard action, but you can do worse if you wish. The trick is to cast, as much as possible, TR Arcane Fusions (5th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot) as well as a TR Silent Image (1st-level spell slot).
You start with 1 standard action. This is what you do next:
1 standard action ⇒ 1 TR Arcane Fusion = 2 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 4 repeated Celerities + 4 repeated Silent Images = 4 standard actions + 4 repeated Silent Images.
4 standard actions ⇒ 4 TR Arcane Fusions = 8 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 16 repeated Celerities + 16 repeated Silent Images = 16 standard actions + 16 repeated Silent Images.
16 standard actions ⇒ 16 TR Arcane Fusions = 32 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 64 repeated Celerities + 64 repeated Silent Images = 64 standard actions + 64 repeated Silent Images.
This could go on but I'll stop there.
Let me break this down:
You have just cast 4+16+64 = 84 1st-level Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level for free (thank you Residual Magic).
You have a spare 64 standard actions to spend, which could all be used to cast 63 TR 1st-level Silent Images, resulting in an additional 126 repeated Silent Images each heightened to the 10th-level for free, plus 1 TR 10th-level Silent Image (without Residual Magic so that you can start again next round), resulting in an additional 2 repeated Silent Images.
You consumed a total of 1+4+16 = 21 5th-level spell slots (for Arcane Fusions) as well as a total of 63 1st-level spell slots (for Silent Images), plus 1 7th-level spell slot for the last heightened Silent Image.
You have cast a grand total of 84+126+2 = 212 Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level this round, plus the 2 repeated ones from last round, so that's 214 Silent Images.
Note that during the process, every single spell was cast with Repeat Spell, so next round you will cast for free: 2+8+32 = 42 Arcane Fusions, 4+16+64 = 84 Celerities and 4+16+64+128 = 212 already 10th-level Silent Images.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
+212
216
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
63
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
2
7. During your 3rd turn, you get:
42 Arcane Fusions ⇒ 84 repeated Celerities + 84 repeated Silent Images ⇒ 84 standard actions + 84 repeated Silent Images ⇒ 168+84 = 252 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
84 Celerities ⇒ 84 standard actions ⇒ 168 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
212 already 10th-level Silent Images.
1 standard action ⇒ 2 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
To sum things up:
You apply Residual Magic to all Silent Images you cast this turn, for a grand total of 252+168+212+2 = 634 Silent Images heightened to the 10th level.
Doing so requires an additional 84+84+1 = 169 1st-level spell slots to burn.
You still have another 252+168+2 = 422 already 10th-level Silent Images to cast next round.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
634
+422
850
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
169
232
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
0
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
2
8. During your 4th turn, you first enjoy the free additional 422 10th-level Silent Images, then you cast Plane Shift and leave.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
634
422
1,272
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
169
0
232
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
0
0
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
0
2
3. We need the following feats:
Twin Spell
Repeat Spell
Heighten Spell
Practical Metamagic (Twin Spell)
Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell)
Residual Magic
Earth Sense
Earth Spell
Arcane Thesis (Greater Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Celerity)
Arcane Thesis (Silent Image)
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Greater Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Celerity with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Silent Image with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
Please note: TR = Twinned, Repeated.
4. Persist Arcane Spellsurge on yourself and prior to combat, find a way to be immune to daze. For example, you could use Limited Wish and cast Favor of the Martyr on yourself.
Any spell of interest you cast with Twin Spell and/or other metamagic feats now takes 1 standard action, including Celerity.
5. During your first turn in combat, cast a TR Silent Image heightened to the 10th level. This is worth a 7th-level spell slot thanks to Earth Spell, Practical Metamagic and Improved Metamagic.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
+2
2
1st-level spell slots used
0
0
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
8th-level spell slots used
0
0
Please note: a 2nd-level spell slot qualifies as a 1st-level spell slot, and so on.
6. During your second turn, you start with 1 standard action. You can increase this number to n standard actions if you cast a twinned Celerity n - 1 times. Since this quickly gets out of hand, I will only consider the case where you start the round with only 1 standard action, but you can do worse if you wish. The trick is to cast, as much as possible, TR Arcane Fusions (5th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot) as well as a TR Silent Image (1st-level spell slot). The best way to pull this off is to cast TR Greater Arcane Fusions instead (8th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Arcane Fusion (5th-level spell slot, see previously) and a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot).
You start with 1 standard action. This is what you do next:
Converting 1 standard action:
⇒ 1 TR Greater Arcane Fusion = 2 repeated Greater Arcane Fusions
⇒ 2 TR Arcane Fusions + 2 TR Celerities = 4 repeated Arcane Fusions + 4 repeated Celerities
⇒ 4 TR Celerities + 4 TR Silent Images + 4 repeated Celerities = 12 repeated Celerities + 8 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 12 standard actions + 8 repeated Silent Images.
Now converting 12 standard actions:
⇒ 12 TR Greater Arcane Fusions = 24 repeated Greater Arcane Fusions
⇒ 24 TR Arcane Fusions + 24 TR Celerities = 48 repeated Arcane Fusions + 48 repeated Celerities
⇒ 48 TR Celerities + 48 TR Silent Images + 48 repeated Celerities = 144 repeated Celerities + 96 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 144 standard actions + 96 repeated Silent Images.
This could go on but I'll stop there.
Let me break this down:
You have just cast 8+96 = 104 1st-level Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level for free (thank you Residual Magic).
You have a spare 144 standard actions to spend, which could all be used to cast 143 TR 1st-level Silent Images, resulting in an additional 286 repeated Silent Images each heightened to the 10th-level for free, plus 1 TR 10th-level Silent Image (without Residual Magic so that you can start again next round), resulting in an additional 2 repeated Silent Images.
You consumed a total of 1+12 = 13 8th-level spell slots (for Greater Arcane Fusions) as well as a total of 143 1st-level spell slots (for Silent Images), plus 1 7th-level spell slot for the last heightened Silent Image.
You have cast a grand total of 104+286+2 = 392 Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level this round, plus the 2 repeated ones from last round, so that's 394 Silent Images.
Note that during the process, every single spell was cast with Repeat Spell, so next round you will cast for free: 2+24 = 26 Greater Arcane Fusions, 4+48 = 52 Arcane Fusions, 12+144 = 156 Celerities and 8+96+286+2 = 392 already 10th-level Silent Images.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
+392
396
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
143
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
13
7. During your 3rd turn, you get:
26 Greater Arcane Fusions:
⇒ 26 TR Arcane Fusions + 26 TR Celerities = 52 repeated Arcane Fusions + 52 repeated Celerities
⇒ 52 TR Celerities + 52 TR Silent Images + 52 repeated Celerities = 156 repeated Celerities + 104 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 156 standard actions + 104 repeated Silent Images
52 Arcane Fusions:
⇒ 52 TR Celerities + 52 TR Silent Images = 104 repeated Celerities + 104 repeated Silent Images.
⇒ 104 standard actions + 104 repeated Silent Images.
156 Celerities ⇒ 156 standard actions.
392 already 10th-level Silent Images.
1 standard action (at last).
To sum things up:
You have to expend 156+104+156+1 = 417 standard actions, which you convert into 417 TR Silent Images, ergo 834 repeated Silent Images.
You apply Residual Magic to all Silent Images you cast this turn, for a grand total of 104+104+392+834+2 = 1,436 Silent Images heightened to the 10th level.
Doing so requires an additional 156+104+156+1 = 417 1st-level spell slots to burn.
You still have another 834 already 10th-level Silent Images to cast next round.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
1,436
+834
1,832
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
417
560
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
0
13
8. During your 4th turn, you first enjoy the free additional 834 10th-level Silent Images, then you cast Plane Shift and leave.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
1,436
834
2,666
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
417
0
560
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
0
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
0
0
13
Any thoughts? My apologies for the poor grammar.
2. Find a way to get, either permanently or for a long enough time:
The Dweomerkeeper's Cloak of Mysteries supernatural ability (-1 level adjustment for all metamagic feats, except Heighten Spell)
The Incantatrix's Improved Metamagic supernatural ability (-1 level adjustment for all metamagic feats, including Heighten Spell)
The Shadowcraft Mage's Shadow Illusion supernatural ability.
3. We need the following feats:
Twin Spell
Repeat Spell
Heighten Spell
Practical Metamagic (Twin Spell)
Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell)
Residual Magic
Earth Sense
Earth Spell
Arcane Thesis (Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Celerity)
Arcane Thesis (Silent Image)
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Celerity with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Silent Image with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
Please note: TR = Twinned, Repeated.
4. Persist Arcane Spellsurge on yourself and prior to combat, find a way to be immune to daze. For example, you could use Limited Wish and cast Favor of the Martyr on yourself.
Any spell of interest you cast with Twin Spell and/or other metamagic feats now takes 1 standard action, including Celerity.
5. During your first turn in combat, cast a TR Silent Image heightened to the 10th level. This is worth a 7th-level spell slot thanks to Earth Spell, Practical Metamagic and Improved Metamagic.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
+2
2
1st-level spell slots used
0
0
5th-level spell slots used
0
0
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
Please note: a 2nd-level spell slot qualifies as a 1st-level spell slot, and so on.
6. During your second turn, you start with 1 standard action. You can increase this number to n standard actions if you cast a twinned Celerity n - 1 times. Since this quickly gets out of hand, I will only consider the case where you start the round with only 1 standard action, but you can do worse if you wish. The trick is to cast, as much as possible, TR Arcane Fusions (5th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot) as well as a TR Silent Image (1st-level spell slot).
You start with 1 standard action. This is what you do next:
1 standard action ⇒ 1 TR Arcane Fusion = 2 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 4 repeated Celerities + 4 repeated Silent Images = 4 standard actions + 4 repeated Silent Images.
4 standard actions ⇒ 4 TR Arcane Fusions = 8 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 16 repeated Celerities + 16 repeated Silent Images = 16 standard actions + 16 repeated Silent Images.
16 standard actions ⇒ 16 TR Arcane Fusions = 32 repeated Arcane Fusions ⇒ 64 repeated Celerities + 64 repeated Silent Images = 64 standard actions + 64 repeated Silent Images.
This could go on but I'll stop there.
Let me break this down:
You have just cast 4+16+64 = 84 1st-level Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level for free (thank you Residual Magic).
You have a spare 64 standard actions to spend, which could all be used to cast 63 TR 1st-level Silent Images, resulting in an additional 126 repeated Silent Images each heightened to the 10th-level for free, plus 1 TR 10th-level Silent Image (without Residual Magic so that you can start again next round), resulting in an additional 2 repeated Silent Images.
You consumed a total of 1+4+16 = 21 5th-level spell slots (for Arcane Fusions) as well as a total of 63 1st-level spell slots (for Silent Images), plus 1 7th-level spell slot for the last heightened Silent Image.
You have cast a grand total of 84+126+2 = 212 Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level this round, plus the 2 repeated ones from last round, so that's 214 Silent Images.
Note that during the process, every single spell was cast with Repeat Spell, so next round you will cast for free: 2+8+32 = 42 Arcane Fusions, 4+16+64 = 84 Celerities and 4+16+64+128 = 212 already 10th-level Silent Images.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
+212
216
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
63
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
2
7. During your 3rd turn, you get:
42 Arcane Fusions ⇒ 84 repeated Celerities + 84 repeated Silent Images ⇒ 84 standard actions + 84 repeated Silent Images ⇒ 168+84 = 252 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
84 Celerities ⇒ 84 standard actions ⇒ 168 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
212 already 10th-level Silent Images.
1 standard action ⇒ 2 repeated 1st-level Silent Images.
To sum things up:
You apply Residual Magic to all Silent Images you cast this turn, for a grand total of 252+168+212+2 = 634 Silent Images heightened to the 10th level.
Doing so requires an additional 84+84+1 = 169 1st-level spell slots to burn.
You still have another 252+168+2 = 422 already 10th-level Silent Images to cast next round.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
634
+422
850
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
169
232
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
0
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
2
8. During your 4th turn, you first enjoy the free additional 422 10th-level Silent Images, then you cast Plane Shift and leave.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
214
634
422
1,272
1st-level spell slots used
0
63
169
0
232
5th-level spell slots used
0
21
0
0
21
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
0
2
3. We need the following feats:
Twin Spell
Repeat Spell
Heighten Spell
Practical Metamagic (Twin Spell)
Practical Metamagic (Heighten Spell)
Residual Magic
Earth Sense
Earth Spell
Arcane Thesis (Greater Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Arcane Fusion)
Arcane Thesis (Celerity)
Arcane Thesis (Silent Image)
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Greater Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Arcane Fusion with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Celerity with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
You can now apply Twin Spell and Repeat Spell to Silent Image with a total level adjustment of 0 thanks to Arcane Thesis.
Please note: TR = Twinned, Repeated.
4. Persist Arcane Spellsurge on yourself and prior to combat, find a way to be immune to daze. For example, you could use Limited Wish and cast Favor of the Martyr on yourself.
Any spell of interest you cast with Twin Spell and/or other metamagic feats now takes 1 standard action, including Celerity.
5. During your first turn in combat, cast a TR Silent Image heightened to the 10th level. This is worth a 7th-level spell slot thanks to Earth Spell, Practical Metamagic and Improved Metamagic.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
+2
2
1st-level spell slots used
0
0
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
8th-level spell slots used
0
0
Please note: a 2nd-level spell slot qualifies as a 1st-level spell slot, and so on.
6. During your second turn, you start with 1 standard action. You can increase this number to n standard actions if you cast a twinned Celerity n - 1 times. Since this quickly gets out of hand, I will only consider the case where you start the round with only 1 standard action, but you can do worse if you wish. The trick is to cast, as much as possible, TR Arcane Fusions (5th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot) as well as a TR Silent Image (1st-level spell slot). The best way to pull this off is to cast TR Greater Arcane Fusions instead (8th-level spell slot) and choose to duplicate a TR Arcane Fusion (5th-level spell slot, see previously) and a TR Celerity (4th-level spell slot).
You start with 1 standard action. This is what you do next:
Converting 1 standard action:
⇒ 1 TR Greater Arcane Fusion = 2 repeated Greater Arcane Fusions
⇒ 2 TR Arcane Fusions + 2 TR Celerities = 4 repeated Arcane Fusions + 4 repeated Celerities
⇒ 4 TR Celerities + 4 TR Silent Images + 4 repeated Celerities = 12 repeated Celerities + 8 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 12 standard actions + 8 repeated Silent Images.
Now converting 12 standard actions:
⇒ 12 TR Greater Arcane Fusions = 24 repeated Greater Arcane Fusions
⇒ 24 TR Arcane Fusions + 24 TR Celerities = 48 repeated Arcane Fusions + 48 repeated Celerities
⇒ 48 TR Celerities + 48 TR Silent Images + 48 repeated Celerities = 144 repeated Celerities + 96 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 144 standard actions + 96 repeated Silent Images.
This could go on but I'll stop there.
Let me break this down:
You have just cast 8+96 = 104 1st-level Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level for free (thank you Residual Magic).
You have a spare 144 standard actions to spend, which could all be used to cast 143 TR 1st-level Silent Images, resulting in an additional 286 repeated Silent Images each heightened to the 10th-level for free, plus 1 TR 10th-level Silent Image (without Residual Magic so that you can start again next round), resulting in an additional 2 repeated Silent Images.
You consumed a total of 1+12 = 13 8th-level spell slots (for Greater Arcane Fusions) as well as a total of 143 1st-level spell slots (for Silent Images), plus 1 7th-level spell slot for the last heightened Silent Image.
You have cast a grand total of 104+286+2 = 392 Silent Images heightened to the 10th-level this round, plus the 2 repeated ones from last round, so that's 394 Silent Images.
Note that during the process, every single spell was cast with Repeat Spell, so next round you will cast for free: 2+24 = 26 Greater Arcane Fusions, 4+48 = 52 Arcane Fusions, 12+144 = 156 Celerities and 8+96+286+2 = 392 already 10th-level Silent Images.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
+392
396
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
143
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
13
7. During your 3rd turn, you get:
26 Greater Arcane Fusions:
⇒ 26 TR Arcane Fusions + 26 TR Celerities = 52 repeated Arcane Fusions + 52 repeated Celerities
⇒ 52 TR Celerities + 52 TR Silent Images + 52 repeated Celerities = 156 repeated Celerities + 104 repeated Silent Images
⇒ 156 standard actions + 104 repeated Silent Images
52 Arcane Fusions:
⇒ 52 TR Celerities + 52 TR Silent Images = 104 repeated Celerities + 104 repeated Silent Images.
⇒ 104 standard actions + 104 repeated Silent Images.
156 Celerities ⇒ 156 standard actions.
392 already 10th-level Silent Images.
1 standard action (at last).
To sum things up:
You have to expend 156+104+156+1 = 417 standard actions, which you convert into 417 TR Silent Images, ergo 834 repeated Silent Images.
You apply Residual Magic to all Silent Images you cast this turn, for a grand total of 104+104+392+834+2 = 1,436 Silent Images heightened to the 10th level.
Doing so requires an additional 156+104+156+1 = 417 1st-level spell slots to burn.
You still have another 834 already 10th-level Silent Images to cast next round.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
1,436
+834
1,832
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
417
560
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
0
13
8. During your 4th turn, you first enjoy the free additional 834 10th-level Silent Images, then you cast Plane Shift and leave.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
Silent Images cast
2
394
1,436
834
2,666
1st-level spell slots used
0
143
417
0
560
7th-level spell slots used
1
1
0
0
2
8th-level spell slots used
0
13
0
0
13
Any thoughts? My apologies for the poor grammar.