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Can some of you kind folks suggest some spells for a 14th level Elven Bladebound Magus with an INT of 20 and a Neutral Evil alignment? I've been working on this baddy for my group off and on all day, between dashes to the lavatory, and I'm too worn out to do anymore. ANY suggestions are welcome, even if it's only a handful.
Thanks in advance,
DMC
Staples, such as Intensified Shocking Grasp (2nd or 1st) and Intensified Vampiric Touch (3rd) (which is also somewhat thematic). If you use the trait that lets you lower the metamagic level, Quickened Intensified Shocking Grasp (5th) can let you pile the damage on fast. Vanish (1st) is good in a pinch. Haste is still a good buff spell. Bladed Dash (2nd) lets you pseudo-pounce. Protection from Energy (3rd) is a good pre-battle defensive buff, especially if your Magus knows your party likes a certain type of energy. Arcane Mark (0th), for the easy bonus damage. Long Arm (1st) is also a good buff (gives reach), but you'll probably want Combat Reflexes and pre-battle buff time to use it. Similar deal with Shield (1st) and Expeditious Retreat (1st), although you should limit your choices. Magi have the action economy to use True Strike (1st), if you really need to take someone down. Cloudkill (5th), Stinking Cloud (3rd), Web (2nd), and Grease (1st) all are still useful for area denial. Displacement (3rd) basically halves your opponent hit chance. Similar deal with Mirror Image (2nd). Stoneskin (4th) and Fly (3rd) are fairly essential. Teleport (5th) is a good bug-out spell. Wall of Force (5th) is another good area denial, especially if you have a passage you need to escape out of, or want to go toe-to-toe with an enemy wizard, solo. Toppling Magic Missile (2nd) can be fun, especially since it's basically a free ranged trip attempt.
List of things to pick from: (Assuming trait to reduce Shocking Grasp metamagic level)
0: Arcane Mark
1: Intensified Shocking Grasp, Vanish, Long Arm, Shield, Expeditious Retreat, True Strike, Grease
2: Bladed Dash, Web, Mirror Image, Toppling Magic Missile
3: Intensified Vampiric Touch, Haste, Protection from Energy, Stinking Cloud, Displacement, Fly
4: Stoneskin
5: Quickened Intensified Shocking Grasp, Cloudkill, Wall of Force
Those are great suggestions. Thank you!
If I'm feeling better tomorrow I'm going to complete the character. Throw in a good dash of Mythic abilities (the PCs are 4th to 5th Tier Mythics) and a cohort of lower level bad guys to try and overwhelm them.
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No problem. Hope you get better and your game goes well.
If you have lower level allies, Haste gets a higher seat.
Perhaps also:
1: Thunderstomp
2: Shifted Steps, Frigid Touch
3: Force Punch, Fireball, Slow, Wind Wall
4: Complex Hallucination, Black Tentacles, Dimension Door, Greater Invisibility
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My wife has, and youngest had the flu, too! And so did I! I'm so sorry, and hope you get better, soon! I'll be praying...
(... that's all I've got; sorry it's off-topic...)
I had it once already, leading up to Christmas Eve. Thought I was done with it. And prayers are always a good thing. Unless they're to Set or Asmodeus. Or Orcus. You get the picture.. lol.
And pray for one of my occasional gamers. She's 48 and has had her 2nd heart attack in a year and a half. And her husband, the same age, has had 3 mini strokes. They're having a tough go at it right now. Makes me feel somewhat embarrassed to complain about a stomach bug.
Have you ever considered doing some sort of meteor drop with your guy and all his minions using Intensified Mythic Feather Fall? Or a large handful of pebbles, but that might turn into an arms race.
In my present state of mind, no. But by golly I'm going to look into that.
@My Self - I'm been going over the spell list and the metamagic feats and this one guy could probably kick all 4 of my players' arses alone. He may not even need a band of other warriors, unless they're there to look impressive. Thanks again!
No problem.
I'd just note that you might want to pad your spell list with a few less-lethal AOE abilities, just in case you need to adjust the combat difficulty. Magi are excellent at burst damage against single targets, and have a good set of single-target crippling debuffs as well, but there's a good chance that your Magus will get ganged up on if he fights alone. Given the way that Magi fight, a combat could end with a dead Magus, and 1 or 2 really, really dead player characters, with everyone else pretty much fine. Padding the battlefield with low-level chaff will at least slow the pace of combat a little.
Anyways, I hope you and your group enjoy your game.
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