What are your favorite uses for a Jade Phoenix Mage?

[deuxhero]

Wyrm of War+JPM=Hax IL.

[Risada]

Also, not every class can blow itself up and live to tell about it.

The Jade Phoenix Mage is one of the few classes with which I actually use Transcend Mortality.

This. Plus fucking one.

Bonus points for the other good buffs from Wu Jen...

[Aliment]

Also, not every class can blow itself up and live to tell about it.

The Jade Phoenix Mage is one of the few classes with which I actually use Transcend Mortality.

This. Plus fucking one.

Bonus points for the other good buffs from Wu Jen...

So how does it work?  You just use a 9th level spell for 2 mins of Immortality, and then blow up before its over?  As a once per week thing I don't see it as too overpowered.  And how do you know that all enchantments on you don't continue after destruction?

[KellKheraptis]

Also, not every class can blow itself up and live to tell about it.

The Jade Phoenix Mage is one of the few classes with which I actually use Transcend Mortality.

This. Plus fucking one.

Bonus points for the other good buffs from Wu Jen...

So how does it work?  You just use a 9th level spell for 2 mins of Immortality, and then blow up before its over?  As a once per week thing I don't see it as too overpowered.  And how do you know that all enchantments on you don't continue after destruction?

It's whenever you have a 9th level spell slot with persistent unfettered heroism

[CountArioch]

I had an NPC with levels in this.  Although he was far from optimized, I got there from Duskblade and Martial Study feats.

I retooled the PC to represent a hero of the elven people, and there is only one Jade Phoenix at any time.  When the old one dies, one of his followers takes the first levels and then assumes the stored memories of the previous Jade Phoenixes all the way back to the dawn of time. 

[Kuroimaken]

I had an NPC with levels in this.  Although he was far from optimized, I got there from Duskblade and Martial Study feats.

I retooled the PC to represent a hero of the elven people, and there is only one Jade Phoenix at any time.  When the old one dies, one of his followers takes the first levels and then assumes the stored memories of the previous Jade Phoenixes all the way back to the dawn of time. 

Hee. Always an awesome concept to play. Did you have a pupil in case you croaked? 

[KellKheraptis]

I had an NPC with levels in this.  Although he was far from optimized, I got there from Duskblade and Martial Study feats.

I retooled the PC to represent a hero of the elven people, and there is only one Jade Phoenix at any time.  When the old one dies, one of his followers takes the first levels and then assumes the stored memories of the previous Jade Phoenixes all the way back to the dawn of time. 

Wardragon (from 339 and Dicefreaks) has a variant Duskblade that would work perfectly for that (it's called the Wyrmblade).

[Endarire]

Count your buff durations.  When you have exactly 1 round left on transcend mortality, Phoenix.

[veekie]

Hmm, does that Death Throes spell add to the suicidesplosion?

[Bozwevial]

Count your buff durations.  When you have exactly 1 round left on transcend mortality, Phoenix.

Heh, Phoenix Down.

Just hope your DM doesn't wise on and hit you with something that keeps you from taking a standard action. (I assume Emerald Immolation is a standard action, since it's a spell-like ability that doesn't duplicate a spell? Why is it a spell-like ability, anyway? Literally every other ability the JPM has, apart from the one Ex ability, is Su.)

[Endarire]

What happens when someone kills your group's JPM?

Yell, "Phoenix Down."

Yeah, yeah, I'm here all week.

[veekie]

Count your buff durations.  When you have exactly 1 round left on transcend mortality, Phoenix.

Heh, Phoenix Down.

Just hope your DM doesn't wise on and hit you with something that keeps you from taking a standard action. (I assume Emerald Immolation is a standard action, since it's a spell-like ability that doesn't duplicate a spell? Why is it a spell-like ability, anyway? Literally every other ability the JPM has, apart from the one Ex ability, is Su.)

Just keep a Celerity on hand and you're good.
If anything goes wrong you go boom.