What 2nd-level spells should any Wizard have?

[Hannibal Barca]

Glitterdust
Invisibility
Alter Self

Honorable Mention: Scorching Ray

 

[Harmon]

Endurance makes for a pretty good heal spell. Your cleric is down to -5 hp give him a +4 to his con, now how many hp does he have? Useful vs Con drains too.

For combat I like Melf's (who doesn't-? oh, wait spelled the wrong, nevermind ) and Web.

I have a 10th lvl wiz that 90% of the time takes Invisibility.

Meta-ed spells are cool ideas too- Extend that Mage Armor, or something like that. You can even get the idea of leaving empty slots for the utility spells.

 

[Thanee]

empty slot > ALL, anyways.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Falling Icicle]

2nd level spells is where Illusion really shines. Two of the most useful and powerful low level Wizard spells, Invisibility and Mirror Image, are both 2nd level Illusions. Blur and Minor Image are also very useful.

And don't forget the new "must have" combat spell, Scorching Ray. False Life is also a no-brainer. If you have a spell slot to spare and don't know where to spend it, get False Life. More HP never hurt.

 

[Doug McCrae]

I can't believe Web wasn't in the oiginal list. It's the best 2nd level spell IMO. The poor man's fireball. False Life should've been in too. My necromancer's got a lot of use out of it, especially empowered in the 4th level necro slot.

 

[ForceUser]

Detect Thoughts (Invaluable!)
False Life
Glitterdust
Invisibility
Resist Energy (This is a must!)
Rope Trick
Scorching Ray
See Invisibility
Web

That's my list of mission-critical 2nd-level spells.

 

[Testament]

Scorching Ray, great attack spell.
Alter Self, fear the Troglodyte.
Glitterdust, anti-invisibility status breaker.

 

[dcollins]

Okay, this is a fairly old thread that was recently resurrected. The poll is deficient because at the time I thought there was a 20 item limit (first one I did). I'll be asking the Moderators to lock it down, and start up a new one with all the 2nd level spells as options. I hope to see how accurate this one was in comparison.

 

[Morrus]

Closed at dcollins' request.