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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 183421" data-attributes="member: 308">I think the key to spell selection is map your spells out for at least a few levels. - Don't take spells that will be superseded by higher level versions (Teleport vs Teleport without Error; Invisibility vs Improved Invisibility; Alter Self vs Polymorph Self). You can ignore this if you absolutely want multiple versions of the same spell, so you can tailor which level to use based on circumstance, sort of like a poor man's Heighten.- Don't take spells that will be superseded by higher level situations. (Sleep has a HD limit that quickly passes). You can ignore this rule if you have find a good non-combat use for it (Sleep can knock out low level guards and shopkeepers all the way out to 20th).- Don't take a lot of combat spells. You only need one every other level or so since you can cast on the fly. Ignore this if you're a theme sorcerer and want lots of Summon Monster spells, or lots of Illusions. Very often this leads to redundant spells, which is a problem as mentioned above.- Don't take all spells of the same flavor. Having every fire spell makes for a really cool concept, but when the monster immune to fire eats the cleric, the fighter and the rogue, a fella has to think about his future. You can ignore this if you take Energy Substitution, especially if you take it two or three times.- Don't let anyone tell you what's a stupid spell; that's all subjective. I'm running a Sorcerer with a Sleep spell. For low levels it's a life saver and it'll have the occasional high-level use. It's important to know when you're wasting a spell for flavor or you'll wind up all flavor and no fire.Skills are important, too. I recommend a few skill points spent on Celestial or Infernal, to help issue commands to summoned monsters if you plan on summoning a lot. Bluff, Sense Motive and similar CHA skills are expensive to get because they're cross-class, but you'll get a lot of mileage out of them because they're CHA-based.Hope that helps,Greg</blockquote>

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