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Post/Author/DateTime Post
gRuDzZiE
04-19-04, 06:07 PM OK i am a fairly new player. People more experimented than me helped me build my character but they mostly play fighter. So, I was wondering if you guys could help me find stuff "on my own" to make my spell's DC higher...

I already got:
- Spell focus (evo)
- Spell casting prodigy

With my headband of intellect i got an intel score of 21.

I am a lvl 6 wizard/5mindbender :cloud9:

Thank you in advanced! :angel:

-A girl who kinda need help-
Son of Khoron
04-20-04, 05:02 AM Try to be a specialist mage or a Red Wizard of Thay or both.
GoodTeletubby
04-22-04, 05:50 PM spell focus evocation with a mindbender? you're going the wrong way your specialty should be enchantment

try reposting this in charachter optimization, you'll get better advice there
LiXinjian
04-22-04, 06:21 PM If you use the updated rules (Player's Guide to Faerūn), Spellcasting Prodigy no longer provides a +1 to DC. If your DM hasn't bought the book yet, so much the better for you.

Fox's Cunning (a 2nd-level spell) boosts DC by +2. It's your one and only wizard buff (kinda). But chances are that, as a mindbender, you use most of your spells outside of combat... still, it can help offset the pesky -5 bonus to saves vs. your charm person/charm monster spells when your targets are already being threatened by you and your allies.. like during combat.

I don't see how being a specialist mage can make a spell DC increase. Furthermore, Red Wizards of Thay get the nerfed version of Spell Power nowadays, which no longer boosts spell DCs.

spell focus evocation with a mindbender? you're going the wrong way your specialty should be enchantment
Indeed, it seems like a weird choice. If you want to play a Mindbender, why bother with damage-dealing spells? Spell Focus (enchantment) would be better for you IMHO.

Oh, and there's also the Shadow Weave Magic feat that grants a +1 to DC for spells from the schools of Enchantment, Illusion and Necromancy.

Now, you should go check the Character Optimization forums. There's a thread on this very same topic being discussed right now.
gRuDzZiE
04-24-04, 09:57 PM OK first of all, i chose Evocation cos at the time I did not know that I would go for a mindbender PrC..... My character was a wizard who needed to survive by herself and she was thought self-defense in a massive destruction way... :eek: That's how it all started... :D

Well, thanks for the advice, since i'm new to this I'll try exposing what you guys said to my DM, he might understand better and help me in consequence... Thanks! :)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
gRuDzZiE 04-19-04, 06:07 PM	OK i am a fairly new player. People more experimented than me helped me build my character but they mostly play fighter. So, I was wondering if you guys could help me find stuff "on my own" to make my spell's DC higher... I already got: - Spell focus (evo) - Spell casting prodigy With my headband of intellect i got an intel score of 21. I am a lvl 6 wizard/5mindbender :cloud9: Thank you in advanced! :angel: -A girl who kinda need help-
Son of Khoron 04-20-04, 05:02 AM	Try to be a specialist mage or a Red Wizard of Thay or both.
GoodTeletubby 04-22-04, 05:50 PM	spell focus evocation with a mindbender? you're going the wrong way your specialty should be enchantment try reposting this in charachter optimization, you'll get better advice there
LiXinjian 04-22-04, 06:21 PM	If you use the updated rules (Player's Guide to Faerūn), Spellcasting Prodigy no longer provides a +1 to DC. If your DM hasn't bought the book yet, so much the better for you. Fox's Cunning (a 2nd-level spell) boosts DC by +2. It's your one and only wizard buff (kinda). But chances are that, as a mindbender, you use most of your spells outside of combat... still, it can help offset the pesky -5 bonus to saves vs. your charm person/charm monster spells when your targets are already being threatened by you and your allies.. like during combat. I don't see how being a specialist mage can make a spell DC increase. Furthermore, Red Wizards of Thay get the nerfed version of Spell Power nowadays, which no longer boosts spell DCs. spell focus evocation with a mindbender? you're going the wrong way your specialty should be enchantment Indeed, it seems like a weird choice. If you want to play a Mindbender, why bother with damage-dealing spells? Spell Focus (enchantment) would be better for you IMHO. Oh, and there's also the Shadow Weave Magic feat that grants a +1 to DC for spells from the schools of Enchantment, Illusion and Necromancy. Now, you should go check the Character Optimization forums. There's a thread on this very same topic being discussed right now.
gRuDzZiE 04-24-04, 09:57 PM	OK first of all, i chose Evocation cos at the time I did not know that I would go for a mindbender PrC..... My character was a wizard who needed to survive by herself and she was thought self-defense in a massive destruction way... :eek: That's how it all started... :D Well, thanks for the advice, since i'm new to this I'll try exposing what you guys said to my DM, he might understand better and help me in consequence... Thanks! :)