NEW: What 2nd-level spells should any Wizard prepare?

[Thanee]

See Invisibility is way too low ranked, anyways. Glitterdust cannot even compare with it (altho it is the all-around better spell), as it does not detect invisible opponents. See Invisibility is invaluable.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Nail]

I limited myself to three. (Hello, Guys? He said "about three". How come many picked at least four? )

I picked

• Invisibility: This is the ultimate utility spell...good for scouting, ambushes, and defence.
  
• Web: It's at its most powerful at around this level, as you're starting to run into large groups of foes...and this does a wonderful job shutting down enemy archers and spellcasters. It also does a wonderful job of dividing the battlefield in your favor. Did I mention there are precious few counters for it (other than burning yourself out)?
  
• Glitterdust: It's a Will save, so excellent for taking out the large HD, high damage, low Will save monsters prevalent at this EL.

Damage spells are okay too at this level....but battlefield control spells have the highest bang for the buck. What monster at this EL is really going to mind a 4d6 scorching ray (ave. 14 hp)? Let the fighters deal the damage.

 

[Nail]

dcollins:

You'll post the results of all levels, right? Perhaps in a separate thread? That would be tres cool.

 

[Thanee]

@Nail: Take a look at The "dcollin's poll" sorcerer thread.

Bye
Thanee

 

[dcollins]

You'll post the results of all levels, right? Perhaps in a separate thread? That would be tres cool.

Yeah, at the very least I'll post a collection of links to all the polls. Thanks for asking.

 

[Nail]

That would be a Good Thing(tm).

 

[Shard O'Glase]

pyrotechniks: increibly versatile decent effects, and its cool
see invis: some like gliterdust over this but I like this better overall though its a close call.
web: top notch crowd control spell for its level it limits you ability to target those affected but its a second level spell and at the lower levels you can't be too choosy over crowd control.
levitate: I preferd it in 2nd edition when you could effect foes but still I love this spell its versatile as heck, movement or telekinesis with just a vertical movement limitation.

 

[dcollins]

Thanks to everyone who's replied so far. It certainly looks like I really boned the first poll a few months ago, having edited out "glitterdust" and "web" which are running #2 and #3 in this poll.

However, I'm a bit worried that I'm getting such a lower response rate. Most of the previous polls have gotten 100+ votes on them, while this one only got 48 before slipping off the first page. Seems at least open to the possibility that we created a "market desire" for "glitterdust" and "web" while other folks are skipping over this reprise. Hmmmm, dangit.

Anyway, here's the ordered tally as of 48 votes. Anyone else feel free to chime in and cast votes for the duration. (Those within 50% are in bold.)

26 Invisibility
21 Glitterdust
20 Web
15 Scorching Ray
11 Alter Self
10 See Invisibility
9 Mirror Image
6 Rope Trick
5 Blindness/Deafness
5 False Life
4 Flaming Sphere
3 Bull's Strength
3 Cat's Grace
3 Pyrotechnics
2 Acid Arrow
2 Bear's Endurance
2 Blur
2 Darkvision
2 Detect Thoughts
2 Protection from Arrows
2 Resist Energy
1 Fox's Cunning
1 Hideous Laughter
1 Levitate
1 Scare
1 Shatter
1 Spider Climb
1 Touch of Idiocy
0 Arcane Lock
0 Command Undead
0 Continual Flame
0 Darkness
0 Daze Monster
0 Eagle's Splendor
0 Fog Cloud
0 Ghoul Touch
0 Gust of Wind
0 Hypnotic Pattern
0 Knock
0 Locate Object
0 Magic Mouth
0 Minor Image
0 Misdirection
0 Obscure Object
0 Owl's Wisdom
0 Phantom Trap
0 Spectral Hand
0 Summon Momster II
0 Summon Swarm
0 Whispering Wind

 

[Lodow MoBo]

Locate object

A wonderful spell if you have any kind of NPC/non combat/figure out whats going on/ on going foe.... yada yada yada situations.

I abused the heck out of this spell the last few sessions.

Ghost - "You must find my burial shrowd in this monster infested temple to lift the curse.

We have this necromancer pest. He dresses in a Black robe and Mask. Once I got within 30 feet of him. I could track him down in the town. Track his movements. Set up an ambush, foiling some major plot point.

Once you learn the proper uses it's really a powerfull divination

 

[dcollins]

I'm going to bump this once more. Would really love to get 100 votes on this one (currently at 61).