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<blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5168618" data-attributes="member: 75065"><p>Expanded Spell Book usefulness is dependant on your groups playstyle. If you do a lot of recon/research about what lies ahead before you set out to face it or how much you can use your spells outside of combat. Personally, to make you feel better about your feat choice, I'd probably tag on something like: 'you can swap unexpended powers with a power of equivalent level with a short rest.' That way adventuring could flow slightly better without the mage always insisting on returning back to town to read his books somewhere warm and safe for 8 hours.</p><p> </p><p>As for you other choices, well placing an 18 in INT is maybe not the best option. Even a 17 would give you 4 more points to distribute. And at level 4 you already have a 20 (after racial bonus +2). Placing points in CHA is fairly majorly unoptimal. Is that to achieve psychic lock at paragon level? Difficult if you have chosen to already place 13 in DEX. Pumping 2 non-secondary stats is... maybe not a great idea, whether you are a powergamer or not.</p><p> </p><p>If you place those points you put in CHA into WIS and distributed the 4 extra points between WIS and CON you can have a 14 in WIS and 12 in CON: +1 WILL, +2 NAture, +2 Dungeoneering, PUSH 2 with Thunderwave, +1 HP, +1 FORT, +1 Healing surge.</p><p> </p><p>Otherwise, your character seems fine. You certainly have some of the top echelon powergamer optimiser wizard powers amongst your repertoire:</p><p>Winged Horde (wow!) </p><p>Flaming Sphere (godly)</p><p>Shield + Magic Debris (the two best lvl 2 utilities)</p><p>Grasping Shadows (pure win)</p><p>Stinking Cloud, maze of mirrors... the list goes on! Admitedly you have a few feat choices which have little or no relevance in combat, but I'm sure you'll be glad to have them out of combat. And that is where half of the game takes place (at least at my table). </p><p> </p><p>Certainly your character would not be unplayable, far from it. With such spell versatility, I'm sure you'd be a valued member of the group.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbear, post: 5168618, member: 75065"] Expanded Spell Book usefulness is dependant on your groups playstyle. If you do a lot of recon/research about what lies ahead before you set out to face it or how much you can use your spells outside of combat. Personally, to make you feel better about your feat choice, I'd probably tag on something like: 'you can swap unexpended powers with a power of equivalent level with a short rest.' That way adventuring could flow slightly better without the mage always insisting on returning back to town to read his books somewhere warm and safe for 8 hours. As for you other choices, well placing an 18 in INT is maybe not the best option. Even a 17 would give you 4 more points to distribute. And at level 4 you already have a 20 (after racial bonus +2). Placing points in CHA is fairly majorly unoptimal. Is that to achieve psychic lock at paragon level? Difficult if you have chosen to already place 13 in DEX. Pumping 2 non-secondary stats is... maybe not a great idea, whether you are a powergamer or not. If you place those points you put in CHA into WIS and distributed the 4 extra points between WIS and CON you can have a 14 in WIS and 12 in CON: +1 WILL, +2 NAture, +2 Dungeoneering, PUSH 2 with Thunderwave, +1 HP, +1 FORT, +1 Healing surge. Otherwise, your character seems fine. You certainly have some of the top echelon powergamer optimiser wizard powers amongst your repertoire: Winged Horde (wow!) Flaming Sphere (godly) Shield + Magic Debris (the two best lvl 2 utilities) Grasping Shadows (pure win) Stinking Cloud, maze of mirrors... the list goes on! Admitedly you have a few feat choices which have little or no relevance in combat, but I'm sure you'll be glad to have them out of combat. And that is where half of the game takes place (at least at my table). Certainly your character would not be unplayable, far from it. With such spell versatility, I'm sure you'd be a valued member of the group. [/QUOTE]
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