Rogue and Arcane Prodigy

[Talafar]

I am on my 3rd Life and decided to go Halfing Rogue. I have a Past Life Sorcerer and Past Life Bard. I am pondering taking Arcane Prodigy as a Feat. What are your thoughts? is it worth it?

[Valerianus]

i think you'll be better off takin things like precision, improved critical, and the combat feats according to your class, ranged stuff for mech, 2wf for assassin, thf for acrobat.

[archest]

Feat Past Life Sorcerer
Past Life: Arcane Prodigy
Cooldown: 4 seconds
Usage: Active
Prerequisite: Past Life: Sorcerer
Description
You recall more about your past life as a sorcerer. Your maximum spell points are increased by 10 at first level, and 5 spell points for each additional level and can produce random elemental damage spells ten times per rest.

Arcane Prodigy: Activate this sorcerer ability to blast a target with a ray of combined elements, doing 1d12 damage of a random elemental type plus an additional 1d12 per three caster levels on impact. A successful Reflex save reduce the damage by half (Charisma based DDO Forums).

Observed effect: Travels slowly, targets can sidestep it. Medium range. Accepts metamagic feats (Maximize, Empower, Quicken, and Enlarge).

Save: Reflex, half
Notes
It does not work in a beholder's Anti-magic cone.


Ok so Halfling /Rogue
no mention of any caster levels.
so its a waste of a feat spot to take arcane feat without being a caster.
even if you have some elemental boost in your equipment for stacking damage will never be above 1d12 + spell power without any caster levels.

[Enderoc]

Feat Past Life Sorcerer
Past Life: Arcane Prodigy
Cooldown: 4 seconds
Usage: Active
Prerequisite: Past Life: Sorcerer
Description
You recall more about your past life as a sorcerer. Your maximum spell points are increased by 10 at first level, and 5 spell points for each additional level and can produce random elemental damage spells ten times per rest.

Arcane Prodigy: Activate this sorcerer ability to blast a target with a ray of combined elements, doing 1d12 damage of a random elemental type plus an additional 1d12 per three caster levels on impact. A successful Reflex save reduce the damage by half (Charisma based DDO Forums).

Observed effect: Travels slowly, targets can sidestep it. Medium range. Accepts metamagic feats (Maximize, Empower, Quicken, and Enlarge).

Save: Reflex, half
Notes
It does not work in a beholder's Anti-magic cone.


Ok so Halfling /Rogue
no mention of any caster levels.
so its a waste of a feat spot to take arcane feat without being a caster.
even if you have some elemental boost in your equipment for stacking damage will never be above 1d12 + spell power without any caster levels.

SLAs go by character level but this is an original past life feat that specifically states its a Sorcerer spell and not a SLA so yeah it seems to be based off caster levels so as a rogue it wouldn't be suitable.
Personally I think it should be changed to a SLA...I mean you are taking up a feat slot for it.