Its an effective *permanent* (baring dispels) 2 AC and to Hit from missiles, and initiative.witch wrote:its only a really relevant power if ya are a rogue or sneak class besides being a warlock level or 2. For a pure warlock it aint that big a deal.
its an effective 2 AC and to hit for missiles.
Bear in mind
1) that the warlocks primary attack power is, in fact, a missile.
2) Since it is a ray it ignores all but dodge/dex, and if the Warlock beats his opponents Init roll (thanks to his dex boost) the opponent won't get that either.
So he'll only need a total of +10 to hit. +2 is a pretty big portion of that.
3) A warlock doesn't need a high INT, WIS or CHA to use his base blast, allowing him to easily plough a lot of his points into a very high starting dex.
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Playing a Hin Warlock, base dex 18, in the 03 Beta at the moment, and with the aid of this spell my starting AC with studded leather armour was 20, (the same as a Dex 12 fighter with full plate but no shield) starting to-hit with missiles was +6 ( I went with a heavy crossbow till I got my blast to 2D6). Excluding Feats.
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Mechanics wise, one point I have noticed about the blast is that when you roll a 20 it acknowledges it as a critical hit, but then doesn't make a threat roll or do additional damage.
