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A half-orc barb/fighter/wizardr who doesn't know what to do with his spell slots.

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#1
neilthrun
Sep 29, 2010 22:48:02 Hey guys, I'm making a desert half-orc barbarian(bear totem)/Pugilist/Wizard/HorizonWalker. I'm not going to write out the whole build (suffice to say it uses Iron Jaw, Troll Blooded and Poison Healer to be an uber meat shield), but I need the wizard level both for knowledge geography and a tiny viper familar (to bite me everyroung and activate poison healer).

What I don't really need are the spell slots, considering I'll be raging most of the time. I've already got a 1 round of buff time with a potion of bears endurance, and don't really want to use spell slots for buffing. Nor do I want to get twilight or blended quartz armor to deal with spell failure. So, what do with the spell slots?

I'm looking for some kind of ability like reserve feats or Arcane Strike (complete warrior) that allows me to benifit from having uncast spells or sacrificing spell slots.

Anyone got ideas?
#2
dandu
Sep 30, 2010 15:53:49 Nerveskitter. Mount.
#3
neilthrun
Sep 30, 2010 19:34:09 Nerveskitter has arcane spellfailure, I suppose I could cast before I don armor, but since I'll be wearing a chainshirt, I prefer the never take off my armor route.

I don't think mount will be usefull.

As far a spells go, blades of flame and deep breath seem like decent choices for no arcane spell failure, but they're of limited use if I'm raging.
#4
phaedrusxy
Oct 01, 2010 14:38:12 Get a mithril chainshirt and use them for Nerveskitter, IMO. The added cost of making a chain shirt mithril is minimal, and if the spell fails, so what? It's not like it really cost you an action you'll miss. Most of the time it won't fail, anyway. So it's like a free +5 to initiative 90% of the time.
#5
Maat_Mons
Oct 01, 2010 18:04:20
Also, the feycraft armor template (Dungeon Master's Guide II 275) costs an extra 500 gp and reduces the arcane spell failure chance of the armor it's applied to by 5%, and a thistledown suit (Races of the Wild 168) costs 250 gp and reduces the arcane spell failure chance of the armor it's worn under by 5%. So, it costs 1,850 gp to get a chain shirt with no arcane spell failure chance.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 neilthrun Sep 29, 2010 22:48:02	Hey guys, I'm making a desert half-orc barbarian(bear totem)/Pugilist/Wizard/HorizonWalker. I'm not going to write out the whole build (suffice to say it uses Iron Jaw, Troll Blooded and Poison Healer to be an uber meat shield), but I need the wizard level both for knowledge geography and a tiny viper familar (to bite me everyroung and activate poison healer). What I don't really need are the spell slots, considering I'll be raging most of the time. I've already got a 1 round of buff time with a potion of bears endurance, and don't really want to use spell slots for buffing. Nor do I want to get twilight or blended quartz armor to deal with spell failure. So, what do with the spell slots? I'm looking for some kind of ability like reserve feats or Arcane Strike (complete warrior) that allows me to benifit from having uncast spells or sacrificing spell slots. Anyone got ideas?
#2 dandu Sep 30, 2010 15:53:49	Nerveskitter. Mount.
#3 neilthrun Sep 30, 2010 19:34:09	Nerveskitter has arcane spellfailure, I suppose I could cast before I don armor, but since I'll be wearing a chainshirt, I prefer the never take off my armor route. I don't think mount will be usefull. As far a spells go, blades of flame and deep breath seem like decent choices for no arcane spell failure, but they're of limited use if I'm raging.
#4 phaedrusxy Oct 01, 2010 14:38:12	Get a mithril chainshirt and use them for Nerveskitter, IMO. The added cost of making a chain shirt mithril is minimal, and if the spell fails, so what? It's not like it really cost you an action you'll miss. Most of the time it won't fail, anyway. So it's like a free +5 to initiative 90% of the time.
#5 Maat_Mons Oct 01, 2010 18:04:20	Also, the feycraft armor template (Dungeon Master's Guide II 275) costs an extra 500 gp and reduces the arcane spell failure chance of the armor it's applied to by 5%, and a thistledown suit (Races of the Wild 168) costs 250 gp and reduces the arcane spell failure chance of the armor it's worn under by 5%. So, it costs 1,850 gp to get a chain shirt with no arcane spell failure chance.