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Neonsamurai 10-28-03, 05:45 AM	I am going to play in a calimshan capaign and will take the part of the mage. I decided to play a gnome focusing on illusion and enchantments and thought a shadow adept would be a nice path to go. And best of all, this is my first spellcaster i play in my whole life ! :D STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA -2 +2 12 10 14 16 14 12 32pt 10 10 16 16 14 12 total wiz: wizard sha: shadow adept ard: arcane devotee *: bonus feats 01 wiz scribe scroll*, spellcasting prodigy 02 wiz 03 wiz shadow weave magic 04 wiz 05 wiz empower spell* 06 sha pernicious magic*, tenacious magic*, insidious magic*, craft wand 07 sha 08 sha 09 sha craft wondrous item 10 sha quicken spell* 11 sha 12 sha craft portal 13 sha 14 sha 15 sha enlarge spell 16 ard 17 ard 18 ard twin spell, bonus feat* 19 ard 20 ard As you can see i chose a lot of craft feats. Yeah thats not terribly min/maxed, but i think it fits the image of a gnome : building stuff, which will this character do - a lot ;) As he researched new ways to create his machines, he stumbled over the secrets of shadowlore, and eventually gets cursed by mystra for this (the whole -2 wis thingie) and he's going to try to shrug it off. I am not very fond of arcane devotee, just thought it might be a nice addition *IF* he manages to shrug off the curse by help of a deity or something. Any suggestions to that topic would be pretty nice ;)
nikademus 10-28-03, 06:11 AM	Hello Neonsamurai, another attribute distribution could be better : Str 10 (2) / Int 16 (10) / Wis 12 (4) / Dex 14 (6) / Con 15 (8) / Cha 10 (2) Str 8 / Int 16 / Wis 12 / Dex 14 / Con 17 / Cha 10 raise con at 4. lvl Feats I would definitely take extend spell. Do you need craft wands ? Perhaps you could change that. Shadow Adept is not bad, but i think there are stronger spellcasters. It depends on what do you like to play and whether you are playing 3.0 or 3.5. I have magic user 2 characters i will play sometime. 1) Star Elf Sorcerer 10 / Master of Yuirwood 10 2) Cleric 3 / Wizard 7 / Mystic Theurge 10 Nikademus
Neonsamurai 10-28-03, 06:40 AM	I'm playing 3.5. I thought craft wands is useful, so i could place my main combat spells within some wands and free up my slots a bit. A wand of shadow evocation is kind of nice i think =D I could substitude empower spell for extend spell, though i don't see for what spells except for mage armor i could use extend spell. Any suggestions ? I need WIS 13+ to take shadow weave magic, since i won't worship shar (has to do with character background, shar just doesn't fit a gnome's personality) Furthermore i suspect that my character will have to take some leading position since i doubt that the two fighters and the druid will have a reasonable charisma or roleplaying experience to accomplish that. Which boils down to the score array that i chose. However i will think about this array : STR 10(2) DEX 10(2) CON 15(8) INT 16(10) WIS 14(6) CHA 12(4) STR 8 / DEX 10 / CON 17 / INT 16 / WIS 14 / CHA 12
nikademus 10-28-03, 07:39 AM	Hello, I think the second attribute array is better. Craft Wand / Extend spell Spells i like to extend : Mage Armor Shield Expeditious retreat or Longstrider Melfs Acid Arrow (against spellcasters) Mirror Images Invisibility Haste Improved Invisibility Major and Greater Resistance (great spells from Savage species) Empower spell is good with scorching ray in 3.5 but in my opinion it is no must, but that is personal taste. Nikademus