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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pickaxe" data-source="post: 2763837" data-attributes="member: 10812">I don't agree with everything, but KarinsDad has some good points.I don't agree about the leather armor, especially since, once you can scribe some scrolls, you can get Shield and Mage Armor going for most encounters. A high AC is important at 1st level, because, even though most opponents have low BAB, hitting a 13 is fairly likely, whereas hitting a 17 or a 21 is much less so. You could also go for a buckler, rather than a small or large shield, and retain the ability to fire your crossbow (at the expense of the AC bonus). All of this also partly depends on how often you can rest. The more you can rest (or the shorter time per day adventuring), the more you can rely on your spells, rather than the leather.It's a good idea to choose spells that give you offense and defense and do things (like aoe) that others in the party can't. RoE is a good spell, but probably not the best to start with. I would suggest replacing it with shield. Others have suggested Color Spray and Sleep, but you do have an aoe spell on your list: Grease. Consider starting out taking the defensive spells at first (Mage armor and shield), then write scrolls of these as early as possible (as well as of obscuring mist) and prepare Grease and Magic Missile. The latter is probably considered to be a boring choice, but a never-miss ranged attack is pretty nice at first level.As far as what to put on scrolls, Thanee's response is right on. More specifically, consider spells that have a duration of a minute/level or longer as good candidates. Low-level encounters usually don't last more than ten rounds, so a one-minute Shield scroll will do the trick in most combats.Taking a rank in Tumble is good advice.As far as feats go, consider Extend Spell or Spell Focus: Conjuration. Extend will help you out later (3rd level) when you can scribe extended Mage Armor scrolls that will last 6 hours, or just prepare the spell extended. SF will make your Grease spell more effective, and there are other good conjurations to take later, namely Web and Glitterdust. Alternatively, take SF: Enchantment or Illusion and go with Sleep or Color Spray instead of Grease.--Axe</blockquote>

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