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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harmon" data-source="post: 1928480" data-attributes="member: 24357">Thanks for the suggestions esp the Transmute R/M, I had forgotten about that.  We have four wizards (one of an unknown but surely not that high of level (3+), one at 9th (is she 10th now?), an arcane archer (wiz4) and my character 10th), a cleric and a bard.  So Dispel Magic is something that better then half of them might well have.The slow, and haste tricks are used often enough, GMW is something I usually save up for the rogue, the archer or the fighter- we have a two wpn fighter and- one of his blades is unmagiced.Something I tend to use is Invisibility, sneak up on wounded comrades and Endrance them to increase their hp, or just move into possition unnoticed to Sonic Orb a baddy in the back- it ends the spell but it is usually the day saver.The problem seems to be that I gather up all these spells, there is one fight and I expend most if not all of my combat spells just trying to keep up with the fight- I can't hold back because we often get overwhelmed then the other Players B&C that we have to retreat and rest another day so I can get my spells back.I tend to use a lot of delaying actions or Readys and let the other PCs do battle, should something big and bad show then I will enter the fight with spells.  Should the fight be with menions or little things then I tend to use my trusty cane (+1 Darkwood club) to crack a skull.  Something I am thinking about while I write this is that perhaps I am not using the right tactics.  In all the years of gaming I have played very few wizards and those that I have tend to run out of spells very quickly, is this the norm?  Should I use 60-100% of my spells/encounter, spend so much time retreating and avoiding HtH fights or is there something here that I am missing?Another update on spells listed for my wizard- 2nd lvl- Resist Elements, Melf's Acid Arrow, Web, Detect Thoughts, Locate Object, Daylight, Flaming Sphere, Invisibility, Alter Self, Bull Str, Cat's Grace, Darkvision, Endurance and Foxs Cunning.Thank you for you positive response.</blockquote>

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