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Remember that Sense Vitals always stacks with the normal Sneak attack bonus, so make sure you are always doing normal Sneak Attack damage by focusing flanked enemies, using Impromptu Sneak Attack or attacking after going into stealth by using the spells Vanish, Great Invisibility and the Invisibility Thief ability.In this video I show how to kill the Knight Artorias. Having someone in your party that can cast Heroism and Heroic Invocation is recommended, so that you save that lvl 9 slot for any of above mentioned spells. SummaryĪrcane Trickster Octavia is a powerful DPS build that can kill enemies instantly due to the stacking Sneak Attack bonuses and increased level of damaging spells amongst other things. For example, you can have on your level 3 spells page Scorching Ray slotted 5 times if you want. Do not forget that you can slot one spell multiple times. Your spellbook should have 3 versions of Scorching Ray, Hellfire Ray, Disintegrate and anything else you want to have besides those 3. Use Empower and Metamagic on Scorching Ray, Hellfire Ray and/or Disintegrate. It will then need to be slotted under lvl 9 spells in your spellbook. For example, Hellfire Ray is a level 6 spell and if Maximize is used, it will become a lvl 9 spell. Metamagic is an important feature for this buildĪdding levels to spells means you need to slot them into a higher level slot. Use Magic Devicelets you use Scrolls and Wands, making it a very good choice. Knowledge (Arcana) enables you to copy Spells from Scrolls to the Spellbook and can be used to identify magic items and monsters.
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Stealth is a good choice to start the battle without enemies spotting you, and it adds the Sneak Attack bonus to your first attack. There are some skills that are more important then others and you will have enough points to level most of them to high ranks thanks to high INT. The last point you get at the game start can be put wherever you want. Since Intelligence increases the number of spells you can use per day, starting off adding 2 points to DEX and INT is recommended, so that you have the base modifier for both at +5. A Dexterity modifier is added to every Ray Spell attack roll due to them falling into the Ranged Touch Spells category. Should be only 1 Rank and 9 in Wizard.ĭexterity and Intelligence are the most important attributes for an Arcane Trickster. That way you get bonuses to 2 different Attributes. Before you get Cat’s Grace I would suggest using DEX enchantment and afterwards switching to CON.
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Octavia also has the Physical Enhancement ability where she can turn on bonuses to either DEX, CON or STR. Before this feat Sneak Attack bonus could be only applied to Ray Spells but with this it applies to any Spell that does damage (Fireball, Chain Lightning…) Surprise Spells: Add Sneak Attack damage to ANY Spell if the target meets Sneak Attack conditions.Invisible Thief: Gives you Greater Invisibility, meaning you can cast Spells from invisibility continuously until it wears off with your Sneak Attack bonus applied to every attack.Impromptu Sneak Attack: Lets you Sneak Attack even if target does not meet Sneak Attack conditions (Flanked, Stunned, Paralyzed, Flat Footed…).
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