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<blockquote data-quote="Antoine" data-source="post: 1712971" data-attributes="member: 13307">About spell selection, I'm personnaly fond of versatile spells for sorcerers (as bards too), e.g. : Shatter at low levels : can protect from archers, big raging barbarian with axes, or simply remove a stuck door, chest lid…Blink : defense against attacks, area effect spells, and walking through walls recon capacityAll time winner : false lifeStay away from : enchantment (to many immune monsters : undead, plants… and nasty mind blank at high levels for opposite mages/sorcerers and some clerics. If you like some enchantment spells, at least don't spend too many feats on it.If you want to battle other mages, there's a great combo around heighten spell and improved counterspell, so you always have a higher level spell in each school as long as you have enough spell slots. Don't neglect your cantrips selection <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> .Craft wand rocks for defensive/miscellaneous or no save attack spells. You'll probably be better off with a staff at higher levels.If you have a high charisma, why not try use magic device and skill focus, from 9th level and up. You'll probably have enough concentration/spellcraft at that time, a charisma aroud 24 with items, and you'll be happy to access all those fancy spell trigger cleric items. A prestige class may help obtain it as a class skill.At highest levels consider archmages' arcane fire which allows you to get rid of most damage spells you previously learned.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Antoine, post: 1712971, member: 13307"] About spell selection, I'm personnaly fond of versatile spells for sorcerers (as bards too), e.g. : Shatter at low levels : can protect from archers, big raging barbarian with axes, or simply remove a stuck door, chest lid… Blink : defense against attacks, area effect spells, and walking through walls recon capacity All time winner : false life Stay away from : enchantment (to many immune monsters : undead, plants… and nasty mind blank at high levels for opposite mages/sorcerers and some clerics. If you like some enchantment spells, at least don't spend too many feats on it. If you want to battle other mages, there's a great combo around heighten spell and improved counterspell, so you always have a higher level spell in each school as long as you have enough spell slots. Don't neglect your cantrips selection :p . Craft wand rocks for defensive/miscellaneous or no save attack spells. You'll probably be better off with a staff at higher levels. If you have a high charisma, why not try use magic device and skill focus, from 9th level and up. You'll probably have enough concentration/spellcraft at that time, a charisma aroud 24 with items, and you'll be happy to access all those fancy spell trigger cleric items. A prestige class may help obtain it as a class skill. At highest levels consider archmages' arcane fire which allows you to get rid of most damage spells you previously learned. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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