Help with a Shadowcraft Mage

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#1

b4sik

Jun 11, 2011 21:05:04		Im building a Human Shadowcraft Mage
Going to pick 1st ScM lvl in 6th lvl
I was thinking of going Focused Illusionist (baning Evoc, Enchant & Conj)

H) Spell Focus (illusion)
1) Earth Sense
3) Heighten Spell
5) Earth Spell 
6) Open
9) Residual Magic

I need help deciding the 6th lvl feat, and with magic items

Ty
#2

Tempest_Stormwind

Jun 12, 2011 14:34:18
Im building a Human Shadowcraft Mage

Missed the requirement of "Race: Gnome", or got a workaround?
Going to pick 1st ScM lvl in 6th lvl

Not bad, although it requires some careful spell selection to do that.
I was thinking of going Focused Illusionist (baning Evoc, Enchant & Conj)

Don't dump Conjuration. You can mimic creation and summoning spells, but can't mimic Teleportation, which is the real strength of that school. Enchantment also has some good spells in it - I'd sooner ban Necromancy than Enchantment, but I recognize that's a personal choice since Necromancy is freaking powerful.

Personally i'd suggest dropping Transmutation. There's a lot of good buffs you'll lose, but as an ScM, you're based around blasting and creating things, not buffing the party. You lose Polymorph, but that was broken anyway.
H) Spell Focus (illusion)
1) Earth Sense
3) Heighten Spell
5) Earth Spell 
6) Open
9) Residual Magic

I need help deciding the 6th lvl feat, and with magic items

Ty


community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
#3

b4sik

Jun 12, 2011 19:28:13
Missed the requirement of "Race: Gnome", or got a workaround?

DM allowed the adaptation section of the class

Don't dump Conjuration. You can mimic creation and summoning spells, but can't mimic Teleportation, which is the real strength of that school. Enchantment also has some good spells in it - I'd sooner ban Necromancy than Enchantment, but I recognize that's a personal choice since Necromancy is freaking powerful.

Choosing the banned schools was a pain, but we have another wizard in the party, and he's going domain wizard variant so no banned school for him.
but I'm not really sure I made the right choices... with this information (the other wizard) would u suggest something different?
And the non abusive uses of Polymorph are still really useful imo.

community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...


The handbook was good for inspiring me in playing the class

Just one more question, with spells are best used with high caster level?

Thank You for the help