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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volomon" data-source="post: 5242281" data-attributes="member: 91317">First off I just want to say, this is an awesome place to get answers.  If not the best place.  Since I keep getting questions in my head I'm just calling this thread Questions and then I can come back and edit this post with questions instead of racking up a ton of threads.  I'm not sure I'll have any more but I might.#1: Why do people keep saying that the Candle of Invocation is auto win for a wizard?  It gives +2 spell level for CLERICS, and it grants gate.  Apparently the idea is to gate an Efretti and ask for a Staff of Wishes.  Get infinite stats, but I see problems with this first you have to be the same alignment as the Efretti Lawful Evil, I don't know that many campaigns that makes it easy to be that alignment when your in a party of Good.  Eventually by 5th level under a decent DM you've probably already shifted alignment by the time you had money to purchase this candle.  As for the "infinite" stats the most you can get is +5 from an inherit bonus.  So I'm lost there too.  Then to get an Staff Of Wishes it has to be 25,000 gp or less, otherwise a decent DM would probably hand you a Staff owned by the most powerful wizard in the land, and your about to die.I also don't understand how it would help you cast Shapechange sooner in your Wizard career.So what am I missing here?#2: Are fighters really fundamentally broken at higher levels?  I hear theres really no point as a Cleric can equally do what fighter can potentially do and more, same goes for Druid, is this true?  A wizard can also out do a fighter simply summoning a creature as a fighter basically while he blasts the fighter with controls and damage.Ultimately if you had to build a character out of all the core books PHB, DMG, and all the complete 3.5 class guides like complete warrior and complete mage with limited magic items from DMG only.  What would you make for min/maxing purposes?</blockquote>

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