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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 3116096" data-attributes="member: 3929">If you're going to look at the arcane spells and decide which are absolutely necessary, you have to look at them as how they perform together; what kind of synergy will they have? Will spells become redundant in the presence of other spells?Passwall and Disintegrate arn't the same spell, but they can perform the same function: boring your way through a physical obstacle. Passwall does it much more efficiently, but lacks other applications. I would argue Disintegrate is the better option here.Similarly, you don't want to have all of Wall of Fire, Ice, Force and Stone; pick which one suits what you want to do with battlefield control and go with that one.A sorcerer shouldn't have both Limited Wish and Wish, nor do I think it would be wise to have each Summon Monster spell (though a few of them for varying purposes wouldn't be necessairly unwise).Other spells become much more attractive in conjunction with others; the Symbol spells are permanent until discharged, but they are much more useful when you also have access to Permanency.----That being said, there are no real "must-haves" for arcanists; it has everything to do with what is in your spellbook, or in your spells known, and how they work together: to protect you, to sustain you, to attack, and to revive.</blockquote>