[silverdragon72]

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4th PC:


role: main arcane caster


race: aasimar female (gender doesn't matter)


alignement: lawfull good (must)


stats: STR 11 - DEX 18 - CON 18 - INT 3 - WIS 10 - CHA 20


comment on stats: increase CHA as far as possible!


major class: sorceress 25/28 (for breaking SR, damage multiplier uncapped spells & special spells like lower resistance)


mix-ins: PAL 2 - optional: fighter 2 - rogue 1


order of levels:

1st & 2nd paladin
after 27th: paladin 2 - sorceress 25
final: paladin 2 - sorceress 25/28 - optional: fighter 2 - rogue 1 (EXP-hit!)


most important spells HOF: WotB, Symbol: hopelessness, FoD, malison, lower resistance, imp. invis., low level defensive stat buffs for the whole party: stoneskin, prot. miss.!


most important spells normal: fireball, DBFB, chain lightning, chromatic orb, icelance!


comment on spell selection: As sorcs have a limited spell selection don't give her spell like mass haste! This spell you cast only once or twice berfore/per combat and are better casted by one of your support arcane casters.

Give her e.g. cats grace or other spells you cast several times per day, as the sorc has a great number of spells per level available and don't need to memorize them! (I cast cats grace, bulls strength, prot. missiles, stoneskin and other long-duration buffs on every party member after resting)!


most important feats:
- GSF evoc (asap), necro - optional: enchantment (for mass domination in HOF!)
- elemental feats, spirit of flame asap - optional: a 2nd one
- don't take spell focus cause
a) you will damage your own party more then the enemy this way!
b) there are only very few enemies with SR
c) the lower resistance spell works quite well on them!


comment on feats: as this PC gets only gets a maximum of 11 feats (at level 30), you need to choose quite well which feat to take at what point:

- 4 or 6 feats for GSF (evoc 1st, necro mid/end normal game)
- 2 or 3 elemental feats (spirit of flame asap)
- 1 for combat casting (?)
- 1 for subvocal casting (?)


skills: concentration maxed & spellcraft 10 for elemental feats


general comments: main arcane caster & and master of mass-destruction especially in HOF: cast symbol: hopelessness and malison from a secondary caster - then walk in the middle of your enemies cast WoB - and nearly everybody drops dead!!! - this build rocks in HOF!

taking the 2 Pal levels first (all weapon & armor feats for free, immunity to fear and excellent saves) she is a very good melee fighter early in the game! Having 8(!) MI available I always send her on melee against golems or in the middle of an enemy crowd to cast WoB! If you give her tensers and M-sword or BBD she could deal melee damage at almost any point of the game to magic resistant enemies!

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