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<blockquote data-quote="emoplato" data-source="post: 5941143" data-attributes="member: 97812">1. As a base wizard you are best as the guy with the big bag of tricks. You have a spellbook so you can learn spells completely outside the leveling structure allowing not only to have more spells known but use magical devices such as wands, rods, scrolls, and staves when you can't fit them in your slots. 2. Gnomes are a solid choice as a few really casting PrC's are available only to them or makes it easy to get them. Small is a good thing for a caster, especially at low levels the bonus to attack and AC comes in handy. Also the attributes work well, strength is utterly a dump stat for a base caster and constitution helps shore help full arcane caster weaknesses. They also have some handy utility spell-like abilities. The DC to illusion really is just the cherry on top.3. Well, I guess the question what are you going for? Conjuration is a great school and versatile one as it is the source of crowd control, summons, buffs, and alternative movements. A wizard excels at this because many of these abilities do not require save DC's just knowledge and other feats to tag onto certain areas both of which you have over the Sorcerer. However I also notice you have illusion which is a decent school many defensive, distraction, and emulation type stuff but often require high DC ratings unless it is just yourself. I say pick one there are many good summon feats and abilities out there but we need a little more information on what you want to give you something concrete.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emoplato, post: 5941143, member: 97812"] 1. As a base wizard you are best as the guy with the big bag of tricks. You have a spellbook so you can learn spells completely outside the leveling structure allowing not only to have more spells known but use magical devices such as wands, rods, scrolls, and staves when you can't fit them in your slots. 2. Gnomes are a solid choice as a few really casting PrC's are available only to them or makes it easy to get them. Small is a good thing for a caster, especially at low levels the bonus to attack and AC comes in handy. Also the attributes work well, strength is utterly a dump stat for a base caster and constitution helps shore help full arcane caster weaknesses. They also have some handy utility spell-like abilities. The DC to illusion really is just the cherry on top. 3. Well, I guess the question what are you going for? Conjuration is a great school and versatile one as it is the source of crowd control, summons, buffs, and alternative movements. A wizard excels at this because many of these abilities do not require save DC's just knowledge and other feats to tag onto certain areas both of which you have over the Sorcerer. However I also notice you have illusion which is a decent school many defensive, distraction, and emulation type stuff but often require high DC ratings unless it is just yourself. I say pick one there are many good summon feats and abilities out there but we need a little more information on what you want to give you something concrete. [/QUOTE]

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