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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magius del Cotto" data-source="post: 302588" data-attributes="member: 6554">You're missing something...Spell level.  Yes, it's been thrown around, but I don't think you guys really understand the importance of it.  Yes, you can have a 21st level Horrid Wilting, but it will still be countered by an unenhanced 9th level dispell.  Thus, you'd be taken down to 17th level spells before you can actually do something (barring high int bonuses and whatnot), whereas the MM intensive guy (without taking any Improved Spell Capacity) has 8 chances (for a wizard, more for a Sorceror) to cast the enhanced, empowered (x3), and intensified Fireball.Also, you don't need to have higher level slots.  What good is your uber-empowered 21st level spell, if it's countered by a single ninth level spell?  Especially if you only have one of them.  It's the classic argument of breadth vs depth: you can take high-level slots, but have fewer slots/level; or you can take lower level slots, and have more of them.  All you really need is a 9th level spell to take out any MMed spell.[edit] You also only need to take Enhance Spell once every ten levels for any spell with a cap over 20 (at the beginning, twice for 10+, thrice for less).  You can either focus on IMM or ISC for all the extra slots between those (7 feats every 10 levels after 21, remember).  Yes, eventually, you'll need to build up higher level slots, but those slots (IMO) should be depth based, not bredth based (more chances to cast a powerful spell = more likely to cast it). [/edit]Adios.</blockquote>

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