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#1 CbgH Sep 21, 2015 11:00:55	Hey guys,   I will be hitting level 6 soon and I'm really having trouble picking which spells to get. My idea was to grab find steed (we have a good mix of indoor and outdoor enviroments). My DM will allow any animal that could technically be purchased (as long as its CR is below ours).   for my second spell I was thinking of taking Spirit Guardians. I like the idea of being able to dish this damage along using other non-concentraiton spells. (my group is majority melee users)
#2 jaappleton Sep 21, 2015 11:16:31	If the group is mostly melee users, the best way you can contribute is by helping them. Find ways to grant them crits. Hold Person, stuff like that.
#3 rgoodbb Sep 21, 2015 11:29:26	For me   Lots of melee users: Bless or Haste?    Damage: Good ol' Fireball?       Lots of Damage: Spirit Guardians and Fireball/s?    I also have a fondness for Flaming Sphere.   But what you said already works great for you, and both have massive badass flavour. (depending on steed)   The great thing about this feature is in the choosing, but If you can't decide, why not stick with your gut.
#4 Veleria Sep 22, 2015 19:31:30	As a rule I like to look at the paladin and ranger spell lists for gems that are rarely seen until much later level. Paladin auras can be fun for example healing your entire party with a single spell after a tough battle.
(Reply to #4) jaappleton	Veleria wrote:
#6 Mazzy Sep 23, 2015 6:44:42	If you don't have a dedicated cleric you should definately take Revivify. You can retrain it at level 9, but until then there is nothing the other players will thank you for having more.   Secondly my vote if for Fireball. As a melee heavy party you have only single target attacks and fireball will speed up the game dramatically against encounters with lots of enemies.   I disagree with the other posts that encourage spells to make your allies better. As a melee heavy party does not need more help being better in melee, they need someone who can shore up areas where melee are illequipped to handle.
#7 Coredump00 Sep 26, 2015 9:56:56	Depends a lot if you need healing or not.   Aura of Vitality Prayer of healing Revivify Counterspell Haste Bless Vitriolic Sphere   If your DM is going to let you 'match' your CR... then Find Steed does become very powerful.  Is he only allowing Beasts? or anything of that CR? Will he allow you to 'ride' a Giant Ape? Just grabbing a Mammoth pretty much breaks the spell.  Oh, don't forget to buy it some armor....
#8 Tfuture Sep 28, 2015 18:48:29	I like to actually take eldritch blast, so u have a decent attack when your not  wanting to use spell slots And if there are a number of enemy mages then counterspell too   Its a good mix of offense and defense... and bumps your base damage up  a little