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So let's say you're an illusionist wizard who is specializing in shadow magic, especially the spells that emulate other spell schools (Shadow Conjuration, Evocation, and Enchantment). And let's say you've been buffing up your caster level via Tenebrous Spell, Varisian Tattoo, Shadowcaster trait etc. Is taking the Resilient Illusions arcane discovery as good as I think it is?

To look at some numbers, my 11th level Wizard has can cast Shadow Evocation with a 25 DC save and a caster level of 14. If I roll better than 11 (45% chance) on my Resilient Illusions CL check I'm boosting my DCs, possibly up to 34. And this is only going to get better as I level (and as I pick up an orange prism ioun stone). And as a nice side effect of the CL boosting my spells get stronger, and SR is easier to beat. I just want to make sure this is all legit rules-wise. Am I missing something?

Also, the text for Resilient Illusions states:

"Anytime a creature tries to disbelieve one of your illusion effects, make a caster level check." Does this mean I can roll a CL check for each creature affected by my spells since they all have to roll to disbelieve?

What are some good spells to use with the Tenebrous Spell, Umbral Spell, Shadow Grasp line of metamagic feats? I have a Shadowcaster wizard and I want to make the best use of these feats, but I am having a hard time finding useful spells to apply them to. Specifically since Shadow Grasp only applies to spells with the darkness descriptor you pretty much have to combine it with Umbral Spell to use it and Umbral spell has this language that seems to rule out a lot of potential spells "You cannot use this feat on a spell with an instantaneous duration or a spell that does not target a creature or object.". I guess I originally thought I'd be combining them with the X Image spells or cloud spells, but that doesn't seem possible. So what are some non-instantaneous spells that target enemy creatures or objects?