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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 183166" data-attributes="member: 2486">Not to seem brash, but some of Thanee's suggested feats are no-nos.Greater Spell Penetration?  Are you joking?  I mean, Spell Penetration is probably a tad over the top but a *second* feat to overcome the SR of those rare creatures which have it.  IMC, we have three arcane spellcasters: not one has Spell Penetration.Eschew Materials?  Are you honestly suggesting that having to spend a full-round to cast a spell is worth the saving of not having to have a material component pouch?  This is a wasted feat.Instead, consider Improved Initiative.  Mage-battles often boil down to Initiative, especially at higher-levels.Go easy on metamagic feats: one or two could be handy, but be careful about them due to the full-round requirement.  Empower, Maximise and Chain are usually pretty good bets.  Definitely take Greater Spell Focus.Prestige Classes: Consider Elemental Savant from Tome and Blood, or perhaps a few levels of Fatespinner.  Both are very powerful.As for frontline-sorceror, be careful.  Dispel Magic can end your fun and your life.  If you're insistent, Dragon Disciple is the way to go, but buffed-frontliners are better suited to combat clerics (divine favour, death ward, divine might, righteous wrath, recitation...).  Artillerist is better.Spellswise:1st: Magic Missile, Shield, Mage Armour, Expeditious Retreat.2nd: Melf's, any buff spells (starting with Eagle's Splendour), GLITTERDUST (often overlooked- blinds in a 10' radius and reveals invisible creatures)3rd: Haste, Slow, Blink, Fly, one of Lightning Bolt/Fireball.4th: Improved Invisibility, Polymorph Self/Other, Evard's Black Tentacles (overlooked but perfect vs. enemy spellcasters).5th: Feeblemind, Dominate, Wall of Force, Cone of Cold6th: Disintegrate, Antimagic Shell, Mass Haste, Tenser's Transformation if you're that way inclined7th: LIMITED WISH (most useful spell of its level for sorcerors by a LONG way), Prismatic Spray, Teleport w/o Error, Forcecage.8th: Horrid Wilting, Otto's Irresistable Dance, Maze, Polymorph Any Object (yes, it supersedes Poly Other, but PO is so powerful at its level that its obsolescence at ultra-level doesn't really matter, and PAO is both a great utility spell and combat spell)9th: Time Stop, Imprisonment, Meteor Swarm, Energy Drain, Shapechange.  NOT Wish: at 5000XP a hit, you will hardly ever want to cast it.</blockquote>

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