DnD assistance

[bipolarbear]

dnd always looked cool, but inever kniow anybody who plays it, so i never got to try it . I used to have one of those character glossary books when i was a kid though, it is really good for an overactive imagination!

[Jon Miller]

another question

is all that a wizard can summon be fiendish and celestial things?

or can a wizard summon things like elementals and the like

Jon Miller

[Urban Ranger]

I think there are separate spells to summon elementals.

[duke o' york]

Yes - it depends upon what kind of wizard you've got.

[Jamski]

And spells to summon "creatures" and undead as well...

A wizard can summon most things.

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

btw

this is just a general question

what two Spell School would you drop in order to specialize

Jon Milelr

[Jon Miller]

also

what feats would you take as a wizard?

JOn Miller

[Jamski]

I'd drop "Enchantment" (pah, charm spells) and "Erkentniss" (The school that has Identify in) but try and get a wand of Identify made.

As for feats, extend spell, maximise spell, empower spell are all nice. Elemental focus is good, still spell is handy. Wizards get loads of feats anyway. Take them all. You don't need the weapon feats. Take school specialisations Evokation and Necromancy and Spell penetration too.

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

umm

divination can't be dropped as a standard cost, since spells in it are less important than spells in the other schools

so I can't drop that one

I was thinking I would drop necromancy

if you specialize (if I understand that right) than you have to drop two other schools completely (unless you specialize in divination in which case you only have to drop one other school), I don't want to do that twice (anyways you can only do it twice if you become a wizard of thay or an incantrix)

JonMiller

[Jamski]

Oh. We've been playing wrong then.

Either DON'T specialise (be a sorc if you must have more spells) or specialise in "Divination" and drop the charm spells. They always make the save and you have to kill them anyway...

OR, don't be a powergamer like me, and drop Necromany and Evocation

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

I figure that I only need one set of attack spells

so Evocation it is (I like Fireball and Magic Missile, but maybe Necromancy is better?)

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

lower levels evocation difintiely seems better than necromancy

level 1

Necro
Cause Fear: One creature of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds.
Chill Touch: One touch/level deals 1d6 damage and possibly 1 Str damage.
Ray of Enfeeblement: Ray deals 1d6 +1 per two levels Str damage.


Evoc
Burning Hands: 1d4/level fire damage (max 5d4).
Floating Disk: Creates 3-ft.-diameter horizontal disk that holds 100 lb./level.
Magic Missile: 1d4+1 damage; +1 missile per two levels above 1st (max 5).
Shocking Grasp: Touch delivers 1d6/level electricity damage (max 5d6).

2 level

Necro
Blindness/Deafness: Makes subject blinded or deafened.
Command Undead: Undead creature obeys your commands.
False Life: Gain 1d10 temporary hp +1/level (max +10).
Ghoul Touch: Paralyzes one subject, which exudes stEnch
that makes those nearby sickened.
Scare: Panics creatures of less than 6 HD.
Spectral Hand: Creates disembodied glowing hand to deliver touch attacks.


Evoc
Continual Flame M: Makes a permanent, heatless torch.
Darkness: 20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow.
Flaming Sphere: Creates rolling ball of fire, 2d6 damage, lasts 1 round/level.
Gust of Wind: Blows away or knocks down smaller creatures.
Scorching Ray: Ranged touch attack deals 4d6 fire damage, +1 ray/four levels (max 3).
Shatter: Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline creatures.


3rd

Evoc
Daylight: 60-ft. radius of bright light.
Fireball: 1d6 damage per level, 20-ft. radius.
Lightning Bolt: Electricity deals 1d6/level damage.
Tiny Hut: Creates shelter for ten creatures.
Wind Wall: Deflects arrows, smaller creatures, and gases.


Necro
Gentle Repose: Preserves one corpse.
Halt Undead: Immobilizes undead for 1 round/level.
Ray of Exhaustion: Ray makes subject exhausted.
Vampiric Touch: Touch deals 1d6/two levels damage; caster gains damage as hp.


these are from http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35

JOn Miller

[Jamski]

I was joking.

I would NEVER drop evoc and necro. (because I am a powergamer, but you could role-play a non-bombarding wizard)

-Jam

[Jamski]

Oh, and those low-level "scare" spells are GREAT. Goblins and Kobolds flee in terror

Isn't "Skull Trap" a 3rd level necro spell? That's better than Fireball.

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

I can see that Necro is good (As is Enchantment)

I just think that it is good to have some Envoc arround if Dam needs to be dealt

so I guess I am trying to decide which of these three to drop

enchantment, necromancy, illusion

trans, evoc, and conjur I am all pretty sure that I want to keep

abjur is crucial, and div I can't drop (Besides it is useful)

Jon Miller