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<blockquote data-quote="Zurai" data-source="post: 4212628" data-attributes="member: 52324"><p>I'm starting work on the BBEG for one of the campaigns I'm running, and I decided to solicit a little help with his (extensive) spell list. I want his spell list to reflect the character's two themes as much as possible while still being a viable epic-level encounter (ie, can still TPK a high-level gestalt party).</p><p></p><p>The character's two themes are greed/avarice and transformation/battlefield transformation. I do want to shy away from polymorph type spells, though, and he's already well aware that the entire party has Evasion, so Reflex Half spells are low-priority.</p><p></p><p>Any wizard spell or divine spell is a valid choice; he's a gestalt wizard-archivist, and I have access to every WotC 3.0 or 3.5 book.</p><p></p><p>Here's his current spells prepared, with the spells I'd most like to get alternatives to in <em>italics</em>, though feel free to suggest any spell:</p><p></p><p><strong>Wizard Spells Prepared:</strong> enchantment, illusion forbidden; DC 21 + spell level + 4 (Transmutation) + 2 (Necromancy, Conjuration, or Evocation)</p><p>1st - <em>Expeditious Retreat</em> (already cast), <em>Ray of Enfeeblement</em> x2, <em>Shield</em> (already cast), Nerveskitter (already cast), Spirit Worm, <em>Magic Missile</em>, <em>Lesser Orb of Sound</em></p><p>2nd - <em>Body of the Sun</em> (already cast), <em>Scorching Ra</em>y x3, <em>Glitterdust</em>, Wither Limbs x2, Arcane Turmoil</p><p>3rd - Haste, Drown, <em>Shivering Touch</em>, Dragonskin (already cast), <em>Chain Missiles</em>, <em>Sound Lance</em>, Alter Fortune, Scattering Trap (already cast)</p><p>4th - Sandform, Evard's Black Tentacles, Solid Fog, Celerity x2, Ice Web, Vortex of Teeth, Wall of Water</p><p>5th - Greater Blink, Baleful Polymorph x2, Cloudkill, Wall of Force x2, Channeled Lifetheft </p><p>6th - Disintegrate, <em>Quickened Scorching Ray</em>, Heartfreeze, Entomb, Extract Water Elemental, Steal Summoning, <em>Karmic Retribution</em></p><p>7th - Reverse Gravity, Limited Wish, Mass Flesh to Salt x2, <em>Quickened Sound Lance</em>, Quickened Drown, Necrotic Curse</p><p>8th - Temporal Stasis, Mind Blank (already cast), Maze, Bestow Greater Curse, Avascular Mass, Prismatic Wall, <em>Horrid Wilting</em></p><p>9th - Time Stop x3, Wail of the Banshee, Frostfell, Transmute Rock to Lava, Reality Maelstrom</p><p></p><p><strong>Archivist Spells Prepared:</strong> DC 21 + spell level + 4 (Transmutation) + 2 (Necromancy, Conjuration, or Evocation)</p><p>1st - <em>Shield of Faith</em>, <em>Protection from Good</em> (already cast), Ice Slick, <em>Cure Light Wounds</em> x3</p><p>2nd - Barkskin (already cast), <em>Black Karma Curse</em> x2, Drifts of the Shalm, Briar Web, Living Undeath (already cast)</p><p>3rd - Meld Into Stone, Stone Shape x2, Column of Ice, Black Sand, Favorable Sacrifice (already cast)</p><p>4th - Death Ward (already cast), Call of Stone x2, Stop Heart, Slipsand, Sudden Stalagmite</p><p>5th - Transmute Stone to Sand, Blizzard</p><p>6th - Heal x2, <em>Antilife Shell</em>, Animate Snow</p><p>7th - <em>Blasphemy</em>, Wrack Earth, Blood to Water, Fortunate Fate (already cast), <em>Heal</em></p><p>8th - Chain Dispel, Glacier, <em>Summon Giants</em>, Heat Drain</p><p>9th - Gate, Summon Golem, Cast in Stone, Tsunami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zurai, post: 4212628, member: 52324"] I'm starting work on the BBEG for one of the campaigns I'm running, and I decided to solicit a little help with his (extensive) spell list. I want his spell list to reflect the character's two themes as much as possible while still being a viable epic-level encounter (ie, can still TPK a high-level gestalt party). The character's two themes are greed/avarice and transformation/battlefield transformation. I do want to shy away from polymorph type spells, though, and he's already well aware that the entire party has Evasion, so Reflex Half spells are low-priority. Any wizard spell or divine spell is a valid choice; he's a gestalt wizard-archivist, and I have access to every WotC 3.0 or 3.5 book. Here's his current spells prepared, with the spells I'd most like to get alternatives to in [i]italics[/i], though feel free to suggest any spell: [b]Wizard Spells Prepared:[/b] enchantment, illusion forbidden; DC 21 + spell level + 4 (Transmutation) + 2 (Necromancy, Conjuration, or Evocation) 1st - [i]Expeditious Retreat[/i] (already cast), [i]Ray of Enfeeblement[/i] x2, [i]Shield[/i] (already cast), Nerveskitter (already cast), Spirit Worm, [i]Magic Missile[/i], [I]Lesser Orb of Sound[/I] 2nd - [I]Body of the Sun[/I] (already cast), [I]Scorching Ra[/I]y x3, [I]Glitterdust[/I], Wither Limbs x2, Arcane Turmoil 3rd - Haste, Drown, [I]Shivering Touch[/I], Dragonskin (already cast), [I]Chain Missiles[/I], [I]Sound Lance[/I], Alter Fortune, Scattering Trap (already cast) 4th - Sandform, Evard's Black Tentacles, Solid Fog, Celerity x2, Ice Web, Vortex of Teeth, Wall of Water 5th - Greater Blink, Baleful Polymorph x2, Cloudkill, Wall of Force x2, Channeled Lifetheft 6th - Disintegrate, [I]Quickened Scorching Ray[/I], Heartfreeze, Entomb, Extract Water Elemental, Steal Summoning, [I]Karmic Retribution[/I] 7th - Reverse Gravity, Limited Wish, Mass Flesh to Salt x2, [I]Quickened Sound Lance[/I], Quickened Drown, Necrotic Curse 8th - Temporal Stasis, Mind Blank (already cast), Maze, Bestow Greater Curse, Avascular Mass, Prismatic Wall, [I]Horrid Wilting[/I] 9th - Time Stop x3, Wail of the Banshee, Frostfell, Transmute Rock to Lava, Reality Maelstrom [b]Archivist Spells Prepared:[/b] DC 21 + spell level + 4 (Transmutation) + 2 (Necromancy, Conjuration, or Evocation) 1st - [I]Shield of Faith[/I], [I]Protection from Good[/I] (already cast), Ice Slick, [I]Cure Light Wounds[/I] x3 2nd - Barkskin (already cast), [I]Black Karma Curse[/I] x2, Drifts of the Shalm, Briar Web, Living Undeath (already cast) 3rd - Meld Into Stone, Stone Shape x2, Column of Ice, Black Sand, Favorable Sacrifice (already cast) 4th - Death Ward (already cast), Call of Stone x2, Stop Heart, Slipsand, Sudden Stalagmite 5th - Transmute Stone to Sand, Blizzard 6th - Heal x2, [I]Antilife Shell[/I], Animate Snow 7th - [I]Blasphemy[/I], Wrack Earth, Blood to Water, Fortunate Fate (already cast), [I]Heal[/I] 8th - Chain Dispel, Glacier, [I]Summon Giants[/I], Heat Drain 9th - Gate, Summon Golem, Cast in Stone, Tsunami [/QUOTE]
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