Could a Shadow Sorcerer cast Heroism on his Hound of Ill Omen?
Is it worth it trying to make your Hound of Ill Omen a bit more resilient while you're attacking the enemy with Mind Sliver, Tasha's Mind Whip, and Synaptic Static? Disadvantage on saving throws seems like a pretty huge debuff to give an enemy if you're going to be targeting it every turn with a spell that makes it do a saving throw. But is it worth putting effort into keeping your Hound alive? Are there other good ways to keep your Hound Alive? Maybe Twinned Haste with your Hound and one other ally? Or should you just treat your Hound like a throw away that charges into melee and gets killed pretty quickly?
The Fey Touched feat giving +1 Charisma and Misty Step seems like a pretty good feat, and Heroism is one of the possible picks for a 1st level spell. It's competing against other good choices like Bane, Bless, Charm Person, Dissonant Whispers, and Tasha's Hideous Laughter. The Bane + Synaptic Static + Hound of Ill Omen combo seems like it would be fun, too.
I'm not sure how easy it is to keep your Hound of Ill Omen alive, and if it's a powerful enough ally to make it worth devoting effort to keeping it alive longer. If the Hound is too easily killed, maybe it's better to just do an Aberrant Mind Sorcerer instead of a Shadow Sorcerer for a Psionic Sorcerer.
Could a Shadow Sorcerer cast Heroism on his Hound of Ill Omen?
Is it worth it trying to make your Hound of Ill Omen a bit more resilient while you're attacking the enemy with Mind Sliver, Tasha's Mind Whip, and Synaptic Static? Disadvantage on saving throws seems like a pretty huge debuff to give an enemy if you're going to be targeting it every turn with a spell that makes it do a saving throw. But is it worth putting effort into keeping your Hound alive? Are there other good ways to keep your Hound Alive? Maybe Twinned Haste with your Hound and one other ally? Or should you just treat your Hound like a throw away that charges into melee and gets killed pretty quickly?
The Fey Touched feat giving +1 Charisma and Misty Step seems like a pretty good feat, and Heroism is one of the possible picks for a 1st level spell. It's competing against other good choices like Bane, Bless, Charm Person, Dissonant Whispers, and Tasha's Hideous Laughter. The Bane + Synaptic Static + Hound of Ill Omen combo seems like it would be fun, too.
I'm not sure how easy it is to keep your Hound of Ill Omen alive, and if it's a powerful enough ally to make it worth devoting effort to keeping it alive longer. If the Hound is too easily killed, maybe it's better to just do an Aberrant Mind Sorcerer instead of a Shadow Sorcerer for a Psionic Sorcerer.
I prefer to cast HoIO, then hold person/monster on that target. With disadvantage to the save, good luck making the saving throw.