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<blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 5941816" data-attributes="member: 78958">Great advice as usual, except for the ray thing. RoE is one of the best debuffs in the game and comes so early you're gonna use it a looong time. Many big, strong monsters have abysmal touch AC, and with an acceptable Dex, you'll be hitting most of the time. Figure in a race with Dex bonus OR a small race, then figure in that, often, you'll be invisible or the enemy will be blinded (opponents lose Dex to AC), and figure in a party-wide buff like Bless or Haste, and you're going to nail that touch AC. A good buff for Ray casters (and casters in general) is Reduce Person, btw.I like to keep a balance between Dex and Con, but I must admit that Dex often does more for you than a few more HP and a slightly better Fort save can provide. My current wizard PC has higher Dex than Con, and I have yet to regret that decision, although we are playing at a rather low level so &quot;I'm untouchable!&quot; buff routines aren't online yet.Name three divination spells per level that you absolutely want to memorize any day, every day. Can't? Don't play a Focused Specialist.Regular Specialist is just fine, though! You basically free a spell slot each level in exchange for a single school, since there will always be some mileage you'll get out of a single divination at each level. Furthering the ray argument above, True Strike'd be my candidate for 1st level...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Empirate, post: 5941816, member: 78958"] Great advice as usual, except for the ray thing. RoE is one of the best debuffs in the game and comes so early you're gonna use it a looong time. Many big, strong monsters have abysmal touch AC, and with an acceptable Dex, you'll be hitting most of the time. Figure in a race with Dex bonus OR a small race, then figure in that, often, you'll be invisible or the enemy will be blinded (opponents lose Dex to AC), and figure in a party-wide buff like Bless or Haste, and you're going to nail that touch AC. A good buff for Ray casters (and casters in general) is Reduce Person, btw. I like to keep a balance between Dex and Con, but I must admit that Dex often does more for you than a few more HP and a slightly better Fort save can provide. My current wizard PC has higher Dex than Con, and I have yet to regret that decision, although we are playing at a rather low level so "I'm untouchable!" buff routines aren't online yet. Name three divination spells per level that you absolutely want to memorize any day, every day. Can't? Don't play a Focused Specialist. Regular Specialist is just fine, though! You basically free a spell slot each level in exchange for a single school, since there will always be some mileage you'll get out of a single divination at each level. Furthering the ray argument above, True Strike'd be my candidate for 1st level... [/QUOTE]

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