kittyabbygirl
2019-06-26, 03:52 PM
I was making a new character on PCGen, when I noticed the oft-overlooked Sage bloodline's first level ability:
"Arcane Bolt (Sp): Starting at 1st level, you can unleash a ray of magic force as a standard action, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. This ray deals 1d4 points of damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess. This damage is treated as a spell of a level equal to half your sorcerer level, and is a force effect. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier."
This has an interesting note when you realize that by being a spell of a level equal to half your sorcerer level, that at 20th level (and if you round up, 19th, but you're supposed to always round down), you are casting a 10th level spell.
Does this interact with Arcane Blast?
"As a standard action, you can sacrifice a prepared spell or unused spell slot of 1st level or higher and transform it into a ray, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. This attack deals 2d6 points of damage plus an additional 1d6 points of damage for every level of the spell or spell slot you sacrificed. 0-level spells may not be sacrificed in this manner."
This wouldn't work at 1st level (it's a 0-level ability at 1st), but you can't get the feat until 10th anyways.
If not, what does it mean that the arcane bolt "is treated as a spell"? If so, is this a viable means of converting "1d4 damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess" into "2d6 + 1d6 for every two sorcerer levels you possess"?
"Arcane Bolt (Sp): Starting at 1st level, you can unleash a ray of magic force as a standard action, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. This ray deals 1d4 points of damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess. This damage is treated as a spell of a level equal to half your sorcerer level, and is a force effect. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier."
This has an interesting note when you realize that by being a spell of a level equal to half your sorcerer level, that at 20th level (and if you round up, 19th, but you're supposed to always round down), you are casting a 10th level spell.
Does this interact with Arcane Blast?
"As a standard action, you can sacrifice a prepared spell or unused spell slot of 1st level or higher and transform it into a ray, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. This attack deals 2d6 points of damage plus an additional 1d6 points of damage for every level of the spell or spell slot you sacrificed. 0-level spells may not be sacrificed in this manner."
This wouldn't work at 1st level (it's a 0-level ability at 1st), but you can't get the feat until 10th anyways.
If not, what does it mean that the arcane bolt "is treated as a spell"? If so, is this a viable means of converting "1d4 damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess" into "2d6 + 1d6 for every two sorcerer levels you possess"?