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Originally Posted by Jedi_Sauraus  one more thing; if DC isn't based on level, would it be a good idea to spend 8 feats on all the spell focus ones ?? Wizard types is where I'm having difficulty assigning feats. There's combat casting and discipline, then there's the spirit of whatever that increase damage and add resistance, and thirdly there are the school focus feats that add dc. I'd love all of them but I can't. which ones are best ?? |
The spell focus feats
can be useful. The key is to pick the ones that matter most to the style of casting that best fits the character. if you like to cast a lot of enchantment spells, SF and GSF Enchantment are a VERY good thing. This is particularly true since most Enchantment spells are "pass-fail", not full damage or half damage, which is rather common for evocation spells.
OTOH, if you're more of a "nuker", you may want to focus on the elemental Feats, with Spirit of Flame being the most commonly used, probably followed by Scion of Storms for electrical spells. BTW, both of these two feats will be good for your druid, since some of a druid's best spells are fire and lightning based.
Discipline isn't all that necessary, unless your mage has a truly pathetic CON. If you're taking some points in the Concentration skill and already have the Combat Casting feat, you should be OK.
Don't bother with Spell Penetration. It's a waste of a feat.
Another feat that's quite useful for mages is Subvocal casting. While enemy mages casting Silence spells aren't all that common, when it does occur, if you don't have this feat, you're in for a tough fight. BTW, Sub-vocal casting isnt'a bad choice for a cleric or druid either, whichever is your primary medic. it really stinks when you need your medic and he happens to be silenced.
You need to be a little more careful with your Feat choices with your sorceror than your wizard. Wizzies actually get bonus feats, but sorcs are stuck with the minimum number of feats (1 every 4th level IIRC).