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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 3161648" data-attributes="member: 141">I put a preliminary build for Jake on page 11.&nbsp; I've kept him a generalist wizard but I think it would be a really good idea that he take levels of archmage.&nbsp; He can sacrifice a few slots for things like arcane reach, which will save him precious USP for certain spells (he can keep them range touch instead of close, which is valuable).&nbsp; That requires two Spell Focus feats; I'd just ditch the GSF.&nbsp; Improved Counterspelling might be handy too.&nbsp; The archmage ability that reflects countered spells on the attacker would be excellent against a metamagic specialist like Matt.&nbsp; Without AMC and MF the lower level spell slots aren't worth as much; might as well sacrifice them to feed archmage abilities.Matt has a lot of spell slots available, and 8 levels of metamagic makes them pretty powerful.&nbsp; Matt can also switch around metamagic deployments on the fly.&nbsp; If he learned delay spell along the way he could cast a quickened, maximized time stop at the first round of combat, and then cast a slew of spells that will go off just as the time stop ends.&nbsp; Jake's non-epic spells aren't capable of such effects, so he'll need to parallel this exploit with far fewer epic spells.&nbsp; One epic spell to emulate a quickened, maximized time stop - I don't know how he'll use the resulting 5 round window.Some long duration buffs will be needed, too, to replicate these week long mind blanks and such that Matt has.&nbsp; And a variety of attack spells.I hope 15 epic spells is enough.&nbsp; He could get more, but if he gets many more his equipment will really start to hurt.[edit] Actually, forget what I just said about the archmage.&nbsp; There's no epic progression for this class, and taking it will mean no epic bonus feats until the missing 5 levels of wizard are made up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 3161648, member: 141"] I put a preliminary build for Jake on page 11. I've kept him a generalist wizard but I think it would be a really good idea that he take levels of archmage. He can sacrifice a few slots for things like arcane reach, which will save him precious USP for certain spells (he can keep them range touch instead of close, which is valuable). That requires two Spell Focus feats; I'd just ditch the GSF. Improved Counterspelling might be handy too. The archmage ability that reflects countered spells on the attacker would be excellent against a metamagic specialist like Matt. Without AMC and MF the lower level spell slots aren't worth as much; might as well sacrifice them to feed archmage abilities. Matt has a lot of spell slots available, and 8 levels of metamagic makes them pretty powerful. Matt can also switch around metamagic deployments on the fly. If he learned delay spell along the way he could cast a quickened, maximized [i]time stop[/i] at the first round of combat, and then cast a slew of spells that will go off just as the [i]time stop[/i] ends. Jake's non-epic spells aren't capable of such effects, so he'll need to parallel this exploit with far fewer epic spells. One epic spell to emulate a quickened, maximized [i]time stop[/i] - I don't know how he'll use the resulting 5 round window. Some long duration buffs will be needed, too, to replicate these week long [i]mind blanks[/i] and such that Matt has. And a variety of attack spells. I hope 15 epic spells is enough. He could get more, but if he gets many more his equipment will really start to hurt. [edit] Actually, forget what I just said about the archmage. There's no epic progression for this class, and taking it will mean no epic bonus feats until the missing 5 levels of wizard are made up. [/QUOTE]

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