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<blockquote data-quote="Tar-Edhel" data-source="post: 481979" data-attributes="member: 688"><p>All good advices so far but I'll add a few of my own</p><p></p><p>Choose Sun elf as race. With +2 INT, your spells got their DC boosted by +1 and you get some more bonus spells. Add Spell casting prodigy as 1st level feat and you get a virtual +2 in INT. With a 18 in INT, you get to 22 INT, with DCs at +6.</p><p></p><p>With the elf, you get proficiencies in bow and rapier, which are both excellent weapons. With only a few spells per day, you might want to be prepared when your slots are empty.</p><p></p><p>You absolutely do not want to look like a wizard at 1st level. Display those weapons as much as possible and forget the robe. Ennemies won't recognize you as a spell caster right away and you'll be less impressive than the party's tank. So you should be safe to cast your first spells as ennemies will target jucier prey.</p><p></p><p>I chose to specialize for the extra spell (and to boost the DC of spells from my school by +4 with Spell Focus and Greater Spell focus) but I think both ways are roughly equal and mainly a question of personnal choice. My only advice: If you choose to specialize, don't choose Transmutaion as your opposed school. Too many very useful goodies you don't want to miss <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>And, most important of all... Have fun! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tar-Edhel, post: 481979, member: 688"] All good advices so far but I'll add a few of my own Choose Sun elf as race. With +2 INT, your spells got their DC boosted by +1 and you get some more bonus spells. Add Spell casting prodigy as 1st level feat and you get a virtual +2 in INT. With a 18 in INT, you get to 22 INT, with DCs at +6. With the elf, you get proficiencies in bow and rapier, which are both excellent weapons. With only a few spells per day, you might want to be prepared when your slots are empty. You absolutely do not want to look like a wizard at 1st level. Display those weapons as much as possible and forget the robe. Ennemies won't recognize you as a spell caster right away and you'll be less impressive than the party's tank. So you should be safe to cast your first spells as ennemies will target jucier prey. I chose to specialize for the extra spell (and to boost the DC of spells from my school by +4 with Spell Focus and Greater Spell focus) but I think both ways are roughly equal and mainly a question of personnal choice. My only advice: If you choose to specialize, don't choose Transmutaion as your opposed school. Too many very useful goodies you don't want to miss ;) And, most important of all... Have fun! :D [/QUOTE]
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