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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 821821" data-attributes="member: 6875">Well, Greycastle, if you want to focus mostly on melee, you can go for spells where your caster level won't eally make an appreciable difference -- IOW, spells you cast on YOURSELF.The highest level spell you wil probably want, is Improved Invisibility ... which would take 7 levels of Wizard, or 8 levels of Sorceror.Most likely, you won't need/want anything form yourself above Haste and Fly, along with the various 2d level buffs.You'll want Haste and/or Fly, Invisibility, Bull's Strength, Endurance, and/or Cat's Grace.  Magic Missile is always useful, and with Spider Climb, who needs a climb skill?Let's say you take 5 levels of Wizard.  For the fighter level, you want at least 4 (for specialisation).Conveniently, that lets you take Rogue (11), which means you can get improved evasion, and hit a Sneak Attack breakpoint (6d IIRC).You won't be an offensive wizard, but you can do your own buffs, aside from GMW.  5 hours or 15 hours, do you expect to need your attribute buffs for much longer than a fight or two, each day?  And duration is one of the two places your caster level will matter (dispels would be the other).In essence -- if you're not going to be a dedicated spelclaster, don't expect to do much at ALL with your spells, aside form your own buffs.</blockquote>