DM Nagging: It's pretty much my job

[Anastasia]

Okay, looking for some advice. DvR 1 opened up a bunch of stuff for me and I'm not sure what would be the best route. Alyssa's doing a lot better combat-wise, so unless there's some really solid stuff for Monk or other unarmed routes, this is what I'm juggling:

Divine Monk is nice but you need 20 levels of monk, so you're not missing much there.

I took SDA Automatic Metamagic (Quicken Spell). This opened up a number of feats for me by getting rid of Easy Metamagic: Quicken Spell (Non-epic slot), and Specialized Metamagic: Quicken Spell (Epic slot). I also took Divine Factotum which gives me Improved Cunning Insight, which also opened up the Epic Feat slot that was using. So I have 1 non-epic slot and 2 epic slots open.

Now, one idea is to take Maximize Spell in the non-epic slot and SDA Automatic Metamagic (Maximize Spell), and then use the two epic slots for Great Ability: Dex and Int. This would bump my Dex up to 29, which opens up the higher Dex SDAs like Divine Celerity.

Another is to take Chain Spell in the non-epic feat and SDA Automatic Metamagic (Chain Spell), and the Dex/Int.

OR... I can use the non-epic feat for something else, take Great Dex/Int, and take Divine Celerity in place of a second Automatic Metamagic.

Or other suggestions?

What are your current feats?

[Iron Dragoon]

Feats:
Level 1: Toughness
Level 3: Insightful Reflexes
Level 6: Arcane Strike
Level 9: Font of Inspiration
Level 12: Knowledge Devotion
Level 15: Quicken Spell
Level 18: Maximize Spell

Epic Feats:
Level 21: Improved Spell Capacity
Level 24: Great Ability: Intelligence
Level 27: Epic Toughness
Level 30: Improved Cunning Insight
Level 33: Specialized Metamagic: Quicken Spell

Bonus Feats:
Human: Kung Fu Genius
Swashbuckler 1: Weapon Finesse
Monk 1: Improved Unarmed Strike
Monk 1: Improved Initiative
Monk 2: Weapon Focus: Rapier
Factotum 24: Epic Font of Inspiration
Factotum 28: Epic Font of Inspiration

[Anastasia]

Okay, and which feats are open right now?

[Iron Dragoon]

These for sure:
Level 30: Improved Cunning Insight
Level 33: Specialized Metamagic: Quicken Spell

I already retrained this one into what it currently is, but I can also retrain it into something else:
Level 18: Maximize Spell

[Anastasia]

I'd personally go for divine celerity for the haste and the bonuses that gives, but that's just me.

[Iron Dragoon]

So that means one of the epics going to dex to meet the req. What about the second? More int?

[Anastasia]

Brutal honesty, it ties into your spellcasting, factotum abilities and AC. Seems like a good idea to me.

[Anastasia]

Donald's mostly updated, domains are chosen but SDAs are halfway. I'll figure it out in the morning, he has options and he could also maybe do something like a divine duskblade.

[Corwin]

If I've missed any posts anywhere, now's the time to post and link me to them. Thanks.

It's not nagging, but my question in loot regarding Oberuth's gear and Elle's help wasn't answered.

[Anastasia]

Divine Duskblade added to the divine rules.

It's mostly just a patch so divine duskblades don't have to spend a feat on quicken spell to get automatic metamagic (quicken) as an SDA.

[Anastasia]

Cresiel reaches divine rank 1.

Domains: Destruction, Endurance, Good, Law, Protection, Renewal, War
Salient Divine Abilities: Divine Armor Mastery, Extra Domain(Destruction), Extra Domain(War), Increased Damage Reduction, Sunder and Disjoin

Nothing too interesting here yet.

[Anastasia]

Xandra also reaches divine rank 1.

Domains: Celestial, Fate, Good, Humility, Law, Mysticism, Oracle
Salient Divine Abilities: Automatic Metamagic(Consecrate Spell), Divine Shield, Divine Spell Focus(Evocation), Extra Domain(Fate), Extra Domain(Mysticism)

She was able to retrain two feats thanks to automatic metamagic, so she picked up enough to get divine spell focus for evocation.

[Anastasia]

Cresiel now has his domain powers.

Destruction: 1/day smite for +4 to attack and +17 damage.
Endurance: 1/day +17 enhancement to Con as free action, lasts 1 minute (net +6).
Good: +1 CL good spells.
Law: +1 CL lawful spells.
Protection: 1/day +17 enhancement bonus to next save as a standard action, lasts for 1 hour.
Renewal: 1/day if you fall below 0 hp heal 1d8+15 hip.
War: Free weapon focus for longswords.

Not bad at all. A few of these he already had, but destruction is a solid pickup for extra melee oomph when desired.

[Anastasia]

Xandra's domain powers are here.

Celestial: 1/day smite evil with a +4 bonus to attack and +17 damage.
Fate: Gain uncanny dodge.
Good: +1 CL good spells.
Humility: +1 CL divinations.
Law: +1 CL good spells.
Mysticism: 1/day gain a +14 luck bonus to saves for 17 rounds, free action.
Oracle: +2 CL divinations.

Celestial and luck are the best, but none of those are bad for her at all. Note that I'm going to rule that she can't use the celestial smite evils as a second pool for glorious spellcasting. Pick a pool and stick with it. This is consistent with other rulings I've made to discourage using multiple pools of various types of turning to fuel divine feats.

[Anastasia]

Donald's spells and SLAs are now fully updated.