Pseudonym wrote on Sep 21
st, 2018 at 12:04am:
Sorc as a nuker isn't something people do anymore, and that won't change until an arcane pass far more significant than the addition of a bit of spellpower and some caster levels.
It Isn't enough for dps casting in high skulls. Some spell power, and even a substantial single element exceptional lore of 15-20% isn't enough to fix that debuff. And that leaves no room in dc caster set ups for these items at all, because that will never be the purpose of what high skull dc casters are doing.
They do help lower skulls, by combining a few of the individual element exceptional lore items frees the gear set from beacon of magic set and robes, or stacked on for more targeted lores.
Many of the items are great.
The longsword can be a swap to main hand weapon on long beatdowns to get 20mp/20dmg because the proc stacks up even if the target is immune.
Soulrazor Longsword
Damage Dice: 7[1d8+3] (+2W from Keen)
Soul Devouring: On hit, applies a stack of Soul Scar - Reduces AC, Fortification, and Will Saves by 1, stacks 20 times. On hit, Blackrazor can attempt to devour the Soul of a non-boss monster (DC 100 Phantasmal Killer vs Will negates, no effect vs mobs at 5,000 or more HP). When you kill a target, this adds a stack of Devoured Soul to you, max 20, which provides a profane bonus of 1 to Damage and Melee power per stack. On Block or unequip, consumed souls are released. Souls last for 20 seconds.
Keen V
Entropic (Bane damage on hit)
Vampirism 4d2
Mind Control Immunity
Red Augment Slot
Orange Augment Slot
The cloak makes its way in as an I/Charisma 9 item, and maybe even frees up the Nightmother's scepter slot. Spellcasting on the Run feat has to be worth its weight in gold. Strong candidate for mvp.
Cloak of the Mountain Cloak
Insightful Charisma +9
Spell Focus Mastery
Spell Penetration
Spellcast on the Run feat
Ring of the Silver Tongue has an Improved Deception proc, Insightful Deception +8, and assassinate, Insightful Assassinate dcs. The Echo of Ravenkind Improved Deception Proc is working on Lam. I tested the trinket few weeks ago on live and it does not work. We have 2 new functioning Improved Deception items now.
New trinket with MRR and I/Wisdom 9 allows dc casters to swap out their armor possibly.
Trinket of Freewill Trinket
Mind Control Immunity
Magical Resistance Rating +52
Spell Resistance +46
Insightful Wisdom +9
The staff is 20 spell absorb charges for favored souls.
Staff of Irian Quarterstaff
Damage Dice: 5[1d6+6]
Deific Focus III
Fire/Light Spell Power 208
Fire/Light Spell Lore 30%
If Quarterstaves are your favored weapon, whenever you expend a charge of Turn Undead, you become Favored by Irian, increasing your Fire and Light Spell Critical Damage by 5% (Quality Bonus) for 20 seconds.
If Quarterstaves are your favored weapon, while you are projecting an Aura of Menace, you can absorb 20 spells per rest.
Brazen Brilliance (from the Sunsword)
Red Augment Slot
Orange Augment Slot