D&D 3E/3.5 3.5/3.0 Elminster (complete with protections)

ELMINSTER, SAGE OF SHADOWDALE
Male Human (Chosen of Mystra) Ftr1/Rog/2/Clr3/Wiz24/Acm5: CR 39; Medium size humanoid; HD 1d10+7 plus 2d6+14 plus 3d8+21 plus 24d4+168 plus 5d4+35; hp 369 (327); Init +10; Spd 30 ft; AC 31 (touch 19, flat-footed 27); Atk +25/+20/+15 melee (1d8+6/19-20, +5 thundering longsword) or +23 ranged touch (by spell); SA Sneak attack +1d6, turn undead 6/day; SQ arcane fire, arcane reach, mastery of counterspelling, mastery of elements, spell power, chosen immunities, chosen spell-like abilities, detect magic, enhanced Constitution, enhanced Intelligence, evasion, silver fire; SR 21; AL CG; SV Fort +29, Ref +25, Will +29; Str 13, Dex 18, Con 24, Int 33, Wis 18, Cha 17; Height 6 feet 2 inches.
Skills and Feats: Balance +6, Climb +5, Concentration +39, Craft (alchemy) +31, Decipher Script +13, Diplomacy +6, Handle Animal +4, Heal +8, Hide +7, Intimidate +9, Intuit Direction +6, Jump +5, Knowledge (aracna) +21, Knowledge (local) +18, Knowledge (nature) +18, Knowledge (nobility) +18, Knowledge (the planes) +23, Knowledge (religion) +16, Listen +12, Move Silently +7, Open Lock +6, Perform (dance) +6, Ride +8, Search +13, Sense Motive +9, Spellcraft +51, Spot +10, Swim +5, Tumble +5; Blooded, Combat Expertise, Craft Staff, Craft Wondrous Item, Delay Spell, Forge Ring, Heighten Spell, Improved Initiative, Luck of Heroes, Maximize Spell, Scribe Scroll, Skill Focus (spellcraft), Spell Focus (enchantment), Spell Focus (evocation), Spell Penetration, Twin Spell; Craft Epic Wondrous Item, Enhance Spell, Improved Metamagic, Improved Spell Capacity.
Archmage High Arcana: arcane fire, arcane reach, mastery of counterspelling, mastery of elements, spell power.
Chosen Immunities: detect thoughts, disintegrate, Evard’s black tentacles, feeblemind, finger of death, fireball, magic missile, sunburst, imprisonment.
Chosen Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—dispel magic, lesser ironguard, see invisibility, shapechange, Simbul’s synostodweomer, spider climb, greater teleport, thunderlance, true seeing.
Detect Magic (Su): At will—line of sight.
Silver Fire (Su): see chapter 2 FRCS for details
Cleric Spells per Day (4/4/3 base DC = 14 + spell level, 15 + spell level for Evocation and Enchantment spells, Caster level 3rd.): 0 level—guidance, create water, purify food and drink; 1st level—wieldskill, faith healing, bless, command; 2nd level—silence, hand of divinity, aura against flame;
Wizard Spells per Day (4/7/7/7/6/5/5/4/4/4/3 base DC = 21 + spell level, 22 + spell level for Evocation and Enchantment spells. Caster level 30th.): 0 level—prestidigitation (2), daze, ghost sound; 1st level—identify, charm person, know protections, shield, grease, alarm, feather fall; 2nd level—nondetection, fog cloud, scorching ray, glitterdust, mirror image, Tasha’s hideous laughter, web; 3rd level—flashburst, fireball, blindsight, hold person, displacement, halt undead, Khelben’s suspended silence; 4th level—Evard’s black tentacles, zone of respite, fire shield, charm monster, solid fog, spell enhancer; 5th level—contact other plane, twin cloud of bewilderment, improved blink, feeblemind, Simbul’s spell matrix; 6th level—disintegrate, greater dispel magic, repulsion, Otiluke’s freezing sphere, mislead, flesh to stone; 7th level—translocation trick, forcecage, plane shift, Simbul’s spell sequencer; 8th level—Nybor’s wrathful castigation, maze, horrid wilting, power word blind; 9th level—meteor swarm, imprisonment, Elminster’s effulgent epuration, Simbul’s spell trigger; 10th level—twin delayed blast fireball, maximized twin ball lightning, twin mass hold person.
—Simbul’s spell trigger (flesh to stone, mislead, translocation trick, plane shift)
—Simbul’s spell sequencer (enervation, zone of respite, charm monster, improved blink)
—Simbul’s spell matrix (flashburst, Khelben’s suspended silence, hold person, displacement)
Spell Protections (always active): arcane sight (permanent), blindsight, chain contingency (ghostform, stoneskin - if physically attacked), contingency (antimagic field if someone else tries to cast Mordenkainen's disjunction), Elmisnter’s evasion (heal, regenerate if the "worst" should happen), eternal freedom (cast by the Simbul), freedom of movement (item), gemjump (2 gems, one to the Simbul & one to his keep), mind blank (item), nondetection, programmed image (of himself), safe time (cast by the Simbul), Simbul’s spell matrix, Simbul’s spell sequencer, Simbul’s spell trigger, spell turning (item), stasis clone.
Signature Possessions: ring of protection +5 (slotless), ring of spell turning, amulet of natural armor +5, bracers of armor +7, mantle of spell resistance plus +5 resistance, +5 thundering longsword, Elminster’s eversmoking pipe (epic), ring of spell storing (time stop, disguise self), necklace of fireballs (type VII), gloves of storing (2) [greater rod of metamagic (delay), greater rod of metamagic (maximize)], cowl of warding (hat), headband of intellect +6 (slotless), scarab of protection, 4 Baccob’s blessed books, portable hole [greater rod of metamagic (extend), rod of negation, scroll of Alamanther’s return, scroll of limited wish, scroll of Mordenkainen’s disjunction, ring of three wishes, As a very powerful wizard, Elminster has access to incredible resources and can acquire or make almost any nonartifact item he might need given time.]

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TACTICS ROUND-BY-ROUND
Elminster is by far one of the most potent spellcasters in all of the Realms (if not the most wise). He never engages in a fight if not prepared and only then if the need is great. If facing extremely limited opposition (orcs, or the like) he will use his famous thundering longsword and combat them in melee. If facing very magically protected opponents of great evil, he will, with a heavy heart, use Mordenkainen’s disjunction to remove their spell protections (he hates to destroy magic in such a manner). For all other threats, use the following tactics:
Prior to Combat (if possible): Elminster’s effulgent epuration and know protections
Round 1: Quickened Khelben’s suspended silence using arcane reach on a spellcaster and twin mass hold person if facing three or more visible, active opponents; otherwise maze against largest non-spellcasting threat.
Round 2: Time stop with greater rod of metamagic (maximize) and cast spells needed based on opposition; if facing epic level adversaries use a wish to give opponents –9 penalties to save for 1 minute. Otherwise cast flashburst with greater rod of metamagic (delay) and Evard’s black tentacles.
Time Stop: Other good spells to unleash during time stop are: maximized twin ball lightning, twin delayed blast fireball, twin cloud of bewilderment with greater rod of metamagic (delay); good defensive spells to cast during time stop are: improved blink, mislead, mirror image, true seeing, and repulsion.
Round 3: Ready action to be attacked; then cast meteor swarm with greater rod of metamagic (maximize) and quickened translocation trick on an unsuspecting victim if facing multiple opponents; otherwise cast quickened improved blink and avoid the next attack automatically.
Round 4: Quickened zone of respite and forcecage on a particularly dangerous opponent; otherwise cast quickened flesh to stone and imprisonment using arcane reach. If facing multiple opponents horrid wilting with greater rod of metamagic (maximize) and quickened hold person.
Round 5+: Begin eliminating targets one by one with quickened enervation and Nybor’s wrathful castigation, quickened scorching ray and power word blind, disintegrate, etc.; otherwise if outmatched or severely hurt greater teleport or gemjump to safety.

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