Skinspikes VI to VII+ unintuitive.

[Dutchy]

Omg lol I never thought of that. though blameless was just an upgrade that combined our reverse DS lines and our Karn line... sweeeeeeet =)
Just tried it... righteous is a 34DS, so the clr ds is 79dmg total, very very lovely! .... I need more spellslots lol

[BeltiraBelkira]

yes the mark of the blameless combines both lines but is tagged as the karn line so the other line still stacks with it. As for the skinspikes X as a soloing cleric i spend some time in PoR especially at the undead camp near the draconic spirits in arcstone and can get an ok number of powders per run. Then from there its just a matter of getting one of the numerous shamen i know to turn them into Pots for me.

[Wyvernwill]

Actually, I have found that solo'ing with Skinspikes X in Arcstone undead has yielded me an average of 3 powders per potion... Since I solo there and CoD exclusively, my potion stock for my Paladin balloons LOL. I have a hard time believing I am ever going to run out of Skinspikes, Haste, Clarity or HoTs.

The key thing is hunting in PoR. More often then not, most groups don't care about the Powders, makes it easy to get your hands on a lot. One solid night of exp yields me about 1-2 stacks depending on where and what I am hunting.

Unfortunately, I do have to agree with the OP's first opinion though. Cost wise, these tend to be a bit annoying in the bazaar compared to things like the VI level. There is a large jump in price difference for a fairly minor jump in overall power level. (Though, these nice lil potions did make my life easier in Trial of Efficiency).