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<blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 5185106" data-attributes="member: 85158"><p>Isn't the Ogre Mage a CR 8?</p><p></p><p>I'll be sure to lose some sleep over it.</p><p>Glitterdust isn't the best possible counter to the given situation. It is, however, a counter to the situation that I often see wizards prepare.</p><p></p><p>Best possible counter is to cast "Summon Mirror Mephit", use its SLA of Simalicrum to create a Solar, and have the Solar beat up the Ogre Mage.</p><p></p><p>Well, no, that's still not quite as much overkill as possible...</p><p></p><p>Are you confusing me with someone else? I never suggested that the party would have access to reserve feats such as Fiery Burst, and I don't believe I said the wizard would have See Invisibility either. I stuck with Glitterdust and Eyes of the Eagle. A cheap metamagic rod was mentioned as a way to make Glitterdust last longer, but it wasn't critical. I don't believe Orb of Fire was mentioned more than once by myself in a side discussion of how to deal with the Ogre Mage's SR.</p><p>Some people play wizards with an Int score below 10. Some people spend their time learning useless spells like Tenser's Transformation. I choose to assume that the average player is not an idiot and will make reasonable choices.</p><p></p><p> Two Glitterdust spells is not a "fair bit" of a wizard's firepower.</p><p></p><p>Also, Fiery Burst is an at-will reserve feat, Eyes of the Eagle is an wondrous item, and a metamagic rod is a rod, not a spell.</p><p></p><p>I do not believe anyone has been talking about 4-5th level characters, at least not recently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dandu, post: 5185106, member: 85158"] Isn't the Ogre Mage a CR 8? I'll be sure to lose some sleep over it. Glitterdust isn't the best possible counter to the given situation. It is, however, a counter to the situation that I often see wizards prepare. Best possible counter is to cast "Summon Mirror Mephit", use its SLA of Simalicrum to create a Solar, and have the Solar beat up the Ogre Mage. Well, no, that's still not quite as much overkill as possible... Are you confusing me with someone else? I never suggested that the party would have access to reserve feats such as Fiery Burst, and I don't believe I said the wizard would have See Invisibility either. I stuck with Glitterdust and Eyes of the Eagle. A cheap metamagic rod was mentioned as a way to make Glitterdust last longer, but it wasn't critical. I don't believe Orb of Fire was mentioned more than once by myself in a side discussion of how to deal with the Ogre Mage's SR. Some people play wizards with an Int score below 10. Some people spend their time learning useless spells like Tenser's Transformation. I choose to assume that the average player is not an idiot and will make reasonable choices. Two Glitterdust spells is not a "fair bit" of a wizard's firepower. Also, Fiery Burst is an at-will reserve feat, Eyes of the Eagle is an wondrous item, and a metamagic rod is a rod, not a spell. I do not believe anyone has been talking about 4-5th level characters, at least not recently. [/QUOTE]
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