Barred School [Archive] - Wizards Community

Barred School [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Chosen of Bane
01-29-05, 10:48 PM So, I'm making a new character (he's actually a cohort for one of my existing PC's) and I can't decide what school I want prohibited. He is going to be a Dwarven Illusionist.

I don't want him to be like most wizards (at least that I've played with) so I decided to have Evocation as one of his prohibited schools. Now, I'm stuck deciding what other school to prohibit, any suggestions?
superpriest
01-29-05, 11:06 PM Necromancy is probably the easiest one to drop.
HomebrewedMonster
01-30-05, 03:33 AM conjuration and evocation, because he will/has access to shadow conjuration and evocation. Then he can at least mimic the schools he has barred.
gribnit
01-30-05, 04:20 AM If you give up conj and evoc, you're certainly playing a very dedicated illusionist indeed. You lose mage armor, and you lose magic missile. This is a good choice for an illusionist, actually, but difficult at low levels.
Nom
01-30-05, 05:06 AM Somewhat bizarrely, you can make quite a workable Illusionist by choosing Divination as your specialist and dropping Necromancy (always an easy one to discard). Illusionists benefit from divination in that it makes it easier to practice their skills at a distance, and the +2 Spellcraft to learn spells really doesn't make that much difference.

I have an NPC villain who is a gnomish Brd1/Wiz (div) 9 with lots of illusions, and he's a very difficult opponent to pin down. The PCs had an entire adventure against him and they never even saw him ... in person, that is. He was not beyond sending a major image to gloat and taunt them.
Chosen of Bane
01-30-05, 08:23 AM I think I'm going to drop necromancy and evocation. The reason for making this wizard is because our party has none and is weak in ranged combat. If I drop Evocation and Conjuration I won't really be fixing the problem.

If I drop Evocation I can at least not have the mold of the last 20 wizards in my D&D group and I can still use the Orb spells from complete arcane to do damage (conjuration). I decided to drop necromancy because his "leader" will be a Paladin and I know a lot of Necromancy spells have the evil descriptor so I want to get full effect from his spells.

The Wizard will start at 7th level because he will be a cohort for a 9th level character so the lack of magic missle won't be too terrible.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Chosen of Bane 01-29-05, 10:48 PM	So, I'm making a new character (he's actually a cohort for one of my existing PC's) and I can't decide what school I want prohibited. He is going to be a Dwarven Illusionist. I don't want him to be like most wizards (at least that I've played with) so I decided to have Evocation as one of his prohibited schools. Now, I'm stuck deciding what other school to prohibit, any suggestions?
superpriest 01-29-05, 11:06 PM	Necromancy is probably the easiest one to drop.
HomebrewedMonster 01-30-05, 03:33 AM	conjuration and evocation, because he will/has access to shadow conjuration and evocation. Then he can at least mimic the schools he has barred.
gribnit 01-30-05, 04:20 AM	If you give up conj and evoc, you're certainly playing a very dedicated illusionist indeed. You lose mage armor, and you lose magic missile. This is a good choice for an illusionist, actually, but difficult at low levels.
Nom 01-30-05, 05:06 AM	Somewhat bizarrely, you can make quite a workable Illusionist by choosing Divination as your specialist and dropping Necromancy (always an easy one to discard). Illusionists benefit from divination in that it makes it easier to practice their skills at a distance, and the +2 Spellcraft to learn spells really doesn't make that much difference. I have an NPC villain who is a gnomish Brd1/Wiz (div) 9 with lots of illusions, and he's a very difficult opponent to pin down. The PCs had an entire adventure against him and they never even saw him ... in person, that is. He was not beyond sending a major image to gloat and taunt them.
Chosen of Bane 01-30-05, 08:23 AM	I think I'm going to drop necromancy and evocation. The reason for making this wizard is because our party has none and is weak in ranged combat. If I drop Evocation and Conjuration I won't really be fixing the problem. If I drop Evocation I can at least not have the mold of the last 20 wizards in my D&D group and I can still use the Orb spells from complete arcane to do damage (conjuration). I decided to drop necromancy because his "leader" will be a Paladin and I know a lot of Necromancy spells have the evil descriptor so I want to get full effect from his spells. The Wizard will start at 7th level because he will be a cohort for a 9th level character so the lack of magic missle won't be too terrible.