What are the best spells per level and what schools would you drop??
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I would drop Enchant and Evocation first and formost. They're the easiest to replace with other schools. If you go focused specialist (I wouldn't recommend this with Abjurer, really) or Incantatrix (I would, however, recommend this) and have to drop a third, it would be either Ill or Nec, depending on which of the two flavors I preferred for that character, but probably Nec, unless it was an undead heavy campaign.
Best abjuration spells/level, for me, would be...
1st-Protection from X (one of the best defensive 1sts, period)
2nd-Arcane Turmoil (Targeted Dispel Magic+ as a 2nd)
3rd-Anticipate Teleportation (though I like this less if you're starting high enough to have greaters at 6th)
4th-Dispelling Screen (I've screwed enemy casters over with this a number of times)
5th-Spell Theft (best debuff in the game, best self-buff if your DM is the type to throw DMM-persist clerics at you)
6th-Greater Anticipate Teleportation (mmm...chpwnage)
7th-Energy Immunity (persisted immunity to energy types, extend with rods or auto-extend from AbC for even more fun)
8th-Mindblank (I'm oldschool)
9th-Maw of Chaos (who says you need Evo to blast)
See also...http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=990722
Oh, wait, that's what TM already linked to...well, maybe that'll save you a click.
abjuror3/MS2/incantrix3/MS1/IotSFV7/MS or Archmage 4
(is a very efficient buid)
but i would go:
Conjuror 5/Incantrix 4/IotSFV 7/Archmage 4
Its very feat hungry build but if your DM lets you get flaws and you are human or stronheart halfling you can get:
-Abrupt jaunt (instead of your familiar)
-A domain or spontainous divination (instead of your 5 level feat)
-A extra spell slot from one of the best schools instead of beeing stuck whit abjuraton
What are you planning to do whit your feats???
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is the Evasion/Mettle ability really that good???, i considered it but found it redundant whit my shields and all, but the again i dont really like MS.
from what ive read counterspelling isn't that efficient
From what I've played it is
The gist is that there are fundamentally two ways to go about it, and that they differ pretty considerably. Unoptimized counter-spelling is fairly useless, but if you can reliably catch the initiative, a little countering can go a really long ways. I have a guide to what I mean by counter casting, let me dig it up.... here.
is the Evasion/Mettle ability really that good???, i considered it but found it redundant whit my shields and all, but the again i dont really like MS.
It probably is redundant, 95% of the time. Most prc's and abilities are once you get 9th level spells. It is however an (Ex), though, which means you get to keep it when the (Su)'s would fail. It's also still there when your out of your wards for the day, and when your out of counterspells. That's probably not going to come up all that often, and it may never come up if your DM doesn't push his players that far, but it may come up every game if your DM does.
Hell, I'd probably take the Planar Touchstone-Catalogues of Enlightenment feat just to get the domain power from Pride (re-roll ones on saves), just to make me even that much harder to kill.
If you're plan is to play the 'unkillable' wizard, you might as well go for broke.
can you explain, because every guide i have read says to avoid it,
I recommend in investing in the inquisition domain power (Through planar touchstone or ACF granted domain power) and the arcane mastery feat (Which is good for SR also), and preparing at least 1 battlemagic perception (From heroes of battle) and spellcaster's bane at all times.
Mmmm, free action 100% success rate counterspelling.
Which planar touchstone grants it, by the way? I think a short list of good planar touchstones is going in my war weaver handbook at this rate. Crucially, you can also counter-cast alongside this, for maximum devastation. It's pretty simple after thirteenth level to insure that if you win initiative, the other mage dies.
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counter-casting seens cool, you make him waste a spell and do damage to him.
So...you are wizarding along, minding your own business, and BLAM, someone casts a spell within 120' of you that you don't like. You automatically know it and can spend - effort other than some minor preparations to completely nulify it before launching your own counterattack to reduce the impudent foe to a greasy ink smear on the catalogues of history.
If you want to further boost your counterspellitude, check out the Rings of Greater Counterspelling from the DMGII. Unlike vanillia Rings of Counterspelling, these puppies go up to 6th level (oh look, Greater Dispel Magic! WEEEEEE)
The regular ring goes up to 6th level spells, too. What the Greater Rings do is let you counterspell one spell per day as an immediate action, as if you'd readied a GDM to counter it, IIRC.
let me see if i undestand it its a little complicated, counterspelling is using your spells to nullify your oponents spells??? the problem i see whit it is that your spells get used up to as well as you actions, so esentially you and the other caster are doing nothing, you migth as well agree to grab some popcorn and watch from the sidelines and see whose team wins. Or the one who runs out of spells first loses. Can someone please clarify?
counter-casting seens cool, you make him waste a spell and do damage to him.
yea you don't use readied actions to counterspell with a abjurer build. What you do is use Battlemagic Perception (shared with your familiar) and imbue familiar with spell ability and then use your familiar's actions and your immediate action to do the counterspelling. Ring of counterspelling isn't bad but you don't really need it and there are maybe better uses for your ring slots.