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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1423013" data-attributes="member: 6875">The creation of that spell is strictly by-the-book; all the Exodus says is "thou shalt not exceed X, nor add Y, nor benefit from X, when designing any epic spell".  Rod of Excellent Magic - that 2,000XP only means having to buy a single item.  An EXPENSIVE item, yes, but only the one.  And it's worth plus thirty to intelligence.  Human, 18 base intelligence, +6 from level, and +5 from a Tome ... that's a 29(+9) intelligence.  This raises that to 59(+24), a full 18(+9) higher than could be achieved with even the best Epic items (which would cost 1,440,000gp, by the way - XP cost aside, the spell is a bargain by comparison).  Actually the other two are more expensive - bonus types other than enhancement cost more in termsof DC.  The +20/insight spell is DC 92, and much more costly.  Between the three of them, some 69,000XP was spent, and a couple million GP (at ECL35, with 7,900,000gp expected wealth, a wizard spending 2Mgp on epic spells is no big deal ...).  Actually, a 37th level caster could have 4 epic slots, not just 40th.  And my entire point is, there are PLENTY of Epic spells that are entirely worthwhile for csters well below 40th level.  Most of them being long-duration "bufs", mind, but "buff" can be for armor class, absolute immunity to certain spells (or entire LEVELS of spells, even), damage resistance, energy resistance, and so on.  Since the Fortify seed doesn't say you have to name a sINGLE attribute for it to improve - there's no reason why you couldn't have ONE epic spell ("+30 enhancement to single attribute of choice"), and cast it four times.  For, say, a Cleric ... Wisdom, Strength, Constitution, and Charisma (especially if they have the Mysticism prestige domain, or two levels of Paladin, or whatever).  For a Wizard, Intelligence, Constitution, Dexterity, and maybe Wisdom for ungodly will saves.</blockquote>

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