NEW: What 2nd-level spells should any Wizard prepare?
- Thread starter dcollins
- Start date
dcollins
Explorer
Yeah, I agree with that (and I don't know what I was thinking when I deleted Web from the first poll. Good grief).
However, I think when this poll started Glitterdust and Web were #1 and #2. But, as we get more votes (currently 70), Invisibility is #1 (makes sense to me), Glitterdust is #2, and it looks like Web is about to slip down to #4 after Scorching Ray.
Anyway, we can probably all agree that more votes are better.
However, I think when this poll started Glitterdust and Web were #1 and #2. But, as we get more votes (currently 70), Invisibility is #1 (makes sense to me), Glitterdust is #2, and it looks like Web is about to slip down to #4 after Scorching Ray.
Anyway, we can probably all agree that more votes are better.
LeifVignirsson
First Post
*Sorry, this isn't directed at the author of this poll to be cruel, just some amusement running through my head*
Summon Momster II? Hmmm, I summon... Billy's mom! She will sweep away the torrent of crime from my eyes... that and she is HOT!
Sorry... back to the poll...
I picked Fox's cunning and Invisibility, though my third one is kinda up in the air. Both are for protection, giving me a temp AC bonus and keeping me invisible against attackers... Then again, I love playing Illusionists so the crafty side of me comes out with these spells.
Summon Momster II? Hmmm, I summon... Billy's mom! She will sweep away the torrent of crime from my eyes... that and she is HOT!
Sorry... back to the poll...
I picked Fox's cunning and Invisibility, though my third one is kinda up in the air. Both are for protection, giving me a temp AC bonus and keeping me invisible against attackers... Then again, I love playing Illusionists so the crafty side of me comes out with these spells.
Nail
First Post
N'prob, dcollins.
Gort: the problem I see at this spell level, and at the appropriate EL, is that most monsters can take the niggling damage done by 2nd level spells. Doing damage with 2nd level spells is....well, IMHO, not the most effective use for the slot.
"Battlefield control" is were it's at. Or even area affect spells that require saves. Third on the list should abe a utility spell -- and what utility spell isn't second level?
Gort: the problem I see at this spell level, and at the appropriate EL, is that most monsters can take the niggling damage done by 2nd level spells. Doing damage with 2nd level spells is....well, IMHO, not the most effective use for the slot.
"Battlefield control" is were it's at. Or even area affect spells that require saves. Third on the list should abe a utility spell -- and what utility spell isn't second level?
dcollins
Explorer
Here's some interesting changes between old poll & new poll.
Old poll: 143 votes.
New poll: 87 votes (currently)
Now, I'll compare old to new by taking out all the different spells (glitterdust & web weren't in the first), along with the animal-buff spells that were batched together in the first poll. Here's the top-10 ordering you get from the remainder, just to compare equivalencies:
OLD POLL
1 Invisibility
2 Scorching Ray
3 See Invisibility
4 Mirror Image
5 Alter Self
6 Knock
7 Acid Arrow
8 Rope Trick
9 Resist Energy
10 Hideous Laughter
NEW POLL
1 Invisibility
2 Scorching Ray
3 Alter Self
4 Mirror Image
5 See Invisibility
6 False Life
7 Acid Arrow
8 Flaming Sphere
9 Rope Trick
10 Blindness/Deafness
So, "see invisibility" has dropped from in this list from #3 to #5 (I guess maybe with "glitterdust" available it's not picked as frequently). In its place, "alter self" went up from #5 to #3.
Big losers: "resist energy" dropped from #9 to #13 -- and "knock" dropped from #6 to #19 (wow!). Didn't expect to see major changes in the options that were the same from one poll to the other.
Old poll: 143 votes.
New poll: 87 votes (currently)
Now, I'll compare old to new by taking out all the different spells (glitterdust & web weren't in the first), along with the animal-buff spells that were batched together in the first poll. Here's the top-10 ordering you get from the remainder, just to compare equivalencies:
OLD POLL
1 Invisibility
2 Scorching Ray
3 See Invisibility
4 Mirror Image
5 Alter Self
6 Knock
7 Acid Arrow
8 Rope Trick
9 Resist Energy
10 Hideous Laughter
NEW POLL
1 Invisibility
2 Scorching Ray
3 Alter Self
4 Mirror Image
5 See Invisibility
6 False Life
7 Acid Arrow
8 Flaming Sphere
9 Rope Trick
10 Blindness/Deafness
So, "see invisibility" has dropped from in this list from #3 to #5 (I guess maybe with "glitterdust" available it's not picked as frequently). In its place, "alter self" went up from #5 to #3.
Big losers: "resist energy" dropped from #9 to #13 -- and "knock" dropped from #6 to #19 (wow!). Didn't expect to see major changes in the options that were the same from one poll to the other.
Similar Threads
