Is there a way to deliver it from ranged?It requires an 'attack with a melee weapon' which means that you could throw a Club, right?
Or TK
But I'd like a more legit way. Maybe an assassin spell I'm not aware of?
What is simplest way to study a target for 3 rounds?Plane Shift and watch from the Ethereal Plane? Any other ideas?
Or maybe study from very far away but be able to approach quickly? [in Shining South there is a feat that allows 1/hour a run action to end in a Charge...]
Is Death Attack a death effect?My gut wants to tell me it is. But I can't find it anywhere in the writeup of the classes I'm using that says it is...
Pimping out that DCIdea so far is
Cleric 5/ Deathstalker 5* / Strifeleader 10**
*Dragon 322, **Faiths and PantheonsThis leaves me with 15th level spellcasting and a Death Attack based off Cha. With basic Charisma optimization(spoiler) I can reach +20. This leaves my Death Attack DC at:
10 + 10(Deathstalker levels count twice) + 10(Strifeleader) + 4(Strifeleader ability) + 18(Charisma) + 1(Assassin's Dagger) + 2(Bracer's of Murder) =
Dc 55 Fortitude. This is strong but not enough.
Now consider that I'm an Unseelie Fey and took the feat Bind Vestige and Imp Binding for Focalor. I now let out an aura with a 2+Charisma penalty to saves of those adjacent. Ambush feats Sicken and Shake, dropping another 4. This effectively increases the
DC by 24. Now my Death Attack has an effective DC of 79.
[spoiler]18 Base
02 Assimar/tons of other things
02 Magic Blooded
02 Unseelie Fey
05 Level
05 Tome
06 Item
02 Righteous Aura
04 Devil's Ego
=50 (+18)[/spoiler]
Disclaimer
[spoiler]Yes, dipping tons of PrCs and getting Bloodlines would get crazy. But that's fucking stupid.[/spoiler]
Feats
[spoiler]
Flaw: Lion Tribe Warrior
Flaw: Spell Focus (Illusion)
1st Weapon Focus (Longsword)
3rd Quick Draw
Bought Iron Will
6th Cheetah Tribe Sprint
9th Bind Vestage
12th Improved Binding
15th Terrfying Strike (DotU)
18th Sickening Strike (DotU)[/spoiler]
Hide far from enemy and watch them. You're a level 15th Cleric, sneaking should be pretty simple. I charge with a Blade of Pain and Fear(LM) and make a touch attack against the enemy, moving 240ft to his position. I drop 2d6 sneak attack to make him Shaken and Sickened. Now he must make a DC 17 at a -24 or be Frightened. Now he must make a DC 79 or die. If he makes the save or god forbid I miss, then I cast a quickened DeathSight from a Drakehelm with a Metamagic Rod and hit him again, forcing another DC 79.