Best 11th level and under rituals?

[Voadam]

I'm making an 11th level character with the ritual caster feat. The DM is letting me swap out one of my items for a stocked ritual book. I've got the PH but not DDI, the DM has DDI and will let me get stuff off of it. What would you say are the best rituals for 11th level and lower and if they are not PH ones what do they do?

Thanks.

 

[Ryujin]

Bard, or something else? It matters, since there are rituals that are Bard-specific, that are extremely useful. Glib Limerick (lvl 1) and Song of Sustenance (lvl 8) come to mind.

Of course there's Brew Potion, Enchant Magic Item, Knock, Transfer Enchantment, Tenser's Floating Disk, Shadow Bridge, Endure Elements, Undead Ward, and Magic Circle that I wouldn't be caught dead without.

 

[Voadam]

Bard, or something else? It matters, since there are rituals that are Bard-specific, that are extremely useful. Glib Limerick (lvl 1) and Song of Sustenance (lvl 8) come to mind.

Of course there's Brew Potion, Enchant Magic Item, Knock, Transfer Enchantment, Tenser's Floating Disk, Shadow Bridge, Endure Elements, Undead Ward, and Magic Circle that I wouldn't be caught dead without.

Ranger multied into wizard, not bard. I've got nature, heal, and arcane as trained and my religion is decent but untrained.

Can you describe shadow bridge and undead ward? I've heard of transfer enchantment straight from the DM already. Thanks.

 

[Flipguarder]

raise dead...?

 

[Turtlejay]

Linked Portal, Tree Stride

 

[yesnomu]

Transfer Enchantment is a priority. Enchant Magic Item is also handy.

After that, I'd say:
-Linked Portal
-Inquisitive's Eyes (magic bullet for murder mysteries)
-Hand of Fate (dirt-cheap divination)
-Sending
-Animal Messenger (discount snail mail Sending)

EDIT:
And of course Remove Affliction and Raise Dead, though you hopefully won't need either.

 

[Ryujin]

Ranger multied into wizard, not bard. I've got nature, heal, and arcane as trained and my religion is decent but untrained.

Can you describe shadow bridge and undead ward? I've heard of transfer enchantment straight from the DM already. Thanks.

Undead Ward is essentially Magic Circle, but just for undead. If you have the latter, then the former is superfluous.

Shadow Bridge is based on Arcana and lets you make a bridge out of solid shadow, which can foil the best laid ambushes of a DM. It takes 5 minutes to cast and lasts for 10. It has to start and end on a solid surface.

19- 1X10 squares
20-29 2X20 squares
30-39 3X30 squares
40+ 4X40 squares

It doesn't say anything about needing to be level, so it could be rather useful for getting over keep walls or up cliffs

 

[surfarcher]

Raise Dead is a pretty obvious one. But so far I have found Remove Affliction to be even more useful. For my players anyway.

 

[fba827]

if you want a divination type thing themed with nature (rather than religious divinations or arcane scrying) there is Speak with Nature (PHB2 - plants and animals tell you what they've seen in the area, so you can get some info to help you find a lost dungeon entrance or know if the bandits you are chasing came through, etc; number of questions you can get answered depends on how high your nature check is).

 

[spayne]

Comrades' Succor