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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4571693" data-attributes="member: 62992">Jack7; I agree that mundane tactics are very important but magic is not all about flashy one time effects. You don't need high level magic to win either, just a good knowledge of a variety of spells. The spells I describe below are for 3.5E and most come from spell compendium. There are all sorts of useful spells to prevent the enemy gaining a tactical advantage. For example, grapping monsters can be thwarted by using grease on your friend to lend him a +10 to escape artist. Or you can summon a low level monster and use benign transposition to swap whoever is grappled with the summoned monster. I once saved an enveloped character using this tactic after he had been engulfed by a gelatinous cube. I also use summon monster I or Summon undead I to put a monster behind the enemy lines and then swap places using Benign transposition. Similarly, persistant blade can be used to flank enemies and is a great choice for a rogue, since the blade can't be attacked. I play a multiclass rogue/wizard so this is a favourite tactic of mine. I then escape by using benign transposition again. Stand is also very annoying for DMs relying upon trip attacks, as it allows the tripped PC to stand up as an immediate action. Shock and awe gives a party complete iniative (-10 to monster iniative) and is a much underused spell. Backbiter is also nasty as it turns polearms back on their wielders for an auto-hit and if the weapon is mundane there is no saving throw. You can also divide the party from monsters using wall of smoke that can nausate anyone passing through it. Similarly wind wall is good against archers. Caltrops is also vicious against charging monsters as they can get hit easily (it attacks AC12 regardless of magical protection) and it halves their speed. Very useful for escaping and retreating. I agree that attack magic is boring but spells have lots of good uses. You just need plenty of scrolls to cast spells that help the party to dominate.  Finally, there is the be-all and end all of retreating spells; wall of stone. We always carry a scroll of that to get out of those really tight battles. My current character can only cast first level spells (Rog 7/Wiz 1) but since my caster level is +4 (from the practised spell caster feat from complete arcane) I can have some quite nasty effects. I seem to cast 3-4 spells per battle, though it does sometimes limit my effectiveness as a rogue. Having said this, it gives me something to do when we face undead or constructs as I am not so useful against them anyway.</blockquote>

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