Maximum Nova Damage?

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#1

Yunru

Jul 09, 2015 9:20:08
Trying to work out the maximum potential nova damage across the levels. Lo and behold it involves Scorching Ray.

To start we're a Human Variant with Crossbow Expert. We go Fighter for the first two levels, using the normal Hand Xbow build. Then five levels of Warlick (fiend pact), and pick up Scorching Ray. Sorcerer 3 for metamagic. At this point our Nova is almost online. Next is the Mystic for there version of Action Surge. Now our nova is online.

Turn 1:

Transfer Hex

Scorching Ray, Action Surge

Scorching Ray, Mystic Surge

Scorching Ray.

#2

Yunru

Jul 09, 2015 9:32:15
Wrong section my bad. Someone move to player help?
#3

Rhym

Jul 11, 2015 5:01:00

A nova is aoe (think supernova), I'm guessing you mean something like an alpha-strike But yeah thats a lot of rays. I forsee a lot of fire elementals in your future :p

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Lucas_Blackstone

Rhym wrote:
#5

Danny_Montanny

Jul 12, 2015 15:07:10

The Mystic has to be concentrating on Celerity to activate Surge of Action, so no Hex along with it. It also takesĀ a bonus action to activate.