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You and my friend seem to enjoy the same characters; he made that one too.

Adin Lir didn't pick up any additional traits. The feat is what allows her to have traits AT ALL.

If a character has traits without said feat, I list it in the file name, as I do with all optional rules. As written, it is assumed she would be used in a game where traits were not given freely. In a game with traits by default, I would recommend adding two additional traits, or switching out the feat.

It is generally beneficial for a wizard to leave a few spell slots open for the unexpected, particularly if said wizard can prepare new spells in the open slots quickly. I would not, however, ever recommend leaving an entire spell list empty. Doing so makes you worse off than a typical full spellcaster in just about every way and kind of defeats the purpose of being a mystic theurge in the first place.

characters with spells just come off more interesting to me than martials.

My question was not worded properly but I appreciate the advice. The skinny is Hero Lab does not calculate the preparing of a spell from the either spell list (Cleric, Wizard, vice versa) at a higher level. There are adjustments you can make to combine lists but that's it. An example, if I wanted to select the spell Shield when selecting my cleric spells it should fill a 2nd level spell slot. Hero Lab doesn't support that yet and instead would come in as a 1st level spot on the cleric list.

Hopefully that's more clear. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't gimping myself by electing to stick to their respective lists when selecting spells for Cleric and Wizard.

I would finish his build as someone who always wins initiative and finishes the fight in the first round. That's supposed to be his whole schtick pretty much.

The concept was actually put together by a friend of mine years ago, and originated in D&D/Forgotten Realms v3.5, where he actually had levels of the Mage Killer prestige class. He was also known for using magical gems and for having crazy high saving throws.

He was a holy terror in our games back in the day precisely because he would often go first and then end an encounter with an effective save or die spell in the first round (his favorite being Glass Strike, which is basically flesh to stone, but turns the subject to glass). On the rare occasions he didn't go first, he would just shrug off enemy spells and attacks before winning on his turn anyways.

Thanks.

Adin Lir.

What additional traits did she pick up aside from the magical knack: wizard and reactionary? Also, as a Mystic Theurge, is there any problem with not choosing to prepare spells from your other spell list and just choose straight from each list? Or would that be a waste of not using some nice ability I'm failing to see?

Hello RD,

Thank you for your inspiring characters. I would like to ask about Gilgeam in particular. If you were to take him to 20 and give him mythic levels how would you finish his build?

I'm jumping into a homebrew campaign that's going to incorporate mythic levels to tier 3 at best. The GM wont promise anything more than that. I'm rolling a Diviner Wizard which is provided below. I'm shooting for the conjuration, transmutation, and necro schools eventually with spell focus feats to help boost their DCs. I'm still not sold on the familiar because I don't plan on using her for much than a "helper" of sorts and RP enrichment and wondered if that might be a waste compared to an bonded ring? Also, I think I gimped myself with nearly 17k gold in spells across 5 books. Should I trim my spell book? I was only allotted 8th level wealth of 33k

A lot of this character is built from advice I searched for on the forums and RavingDork's crazy ass characters so any other advice or interesting information I can utilize for my wizard would be appreciated.

I think you still need to purchase them, as far as I can tell the literal interpretation is you don't need a spell book to prepare spells but still need a book to record them (for spells known), the one that I think is intended is that your head becomes your spell book..

I thought that too but then it says "you can discard your spell book or familiar" and I thought I just know the spells. The idea of still paying for them makes sense, but why would I need the spell book anyhow? Just to hold the spells? Anyhow, since I basically don't have to pay material cost, I'm just paying a wizard to read his spell book or scroll at this point. How much would that cost for each level of spell?

Does this mean I know every spell and no longer need to purchase spells?

Playing a 10th level Wizard with a WBL of 8. Looking for advice on optimizing my gold for equipment and spells. I plan on creating a golem in the next 5 levels, so having some gold left over may be a good thing. I'm just so indecisive.

Thank for all the input in advance.

Can you use Many shot and Rapid shot in conjunction? Ideally, to use many shot for the extra arrow for the first attack and then then use rapid shot at -2 for the subsequent attacks?

Need some help with maxing out a cohorts to hit. I have a halfling honor guard cavalier at 5th level who is going to be my witch's personal bodyguard. I'd like to get the most out of his hitting prowess but still have him be able to soak damage decently. What gear would be good for this at his current WBL? Stats are the following:

STR: 17
DEX: 19
Con: 15
INT: 10
WIS: 13
CHA: 13

Feats I plan on taking: 1]Combat Reflexes, 3]In Harms Way, 5]Halfling Luck, Teamwork Feat] Shake it Off or Paired Opportuntist

Also, do mounts count as allies for teamwork feats?

I would suggest either a witch or gunslinger. Witch hexes are nasty and they automatically hit even if the target saves. If the target saves it lasts for one round. Atleast for evil eye. Gunslingers use touch AC for attack rolls which are much less then a check against AC. Matter of fact, a player in a Kingmaker games chose gunslinger because she rolls bad too and hasn't regretted it once. The choices given in earlier posts are fine as well.

Upon hitting level seven with my witch I was going to take leadership. I want a bodyguard, the ultimate bodyguard, so what would be idea for this class wise? I was thinking a human fighter because of the feats. Any suggestions?

I chose the time patron basically for silence, haste, and time stop should we get that high. I think my group has buffing down with the bard and my occasional haste for our ranger/cav and rogue/monk. Other than that Ill be using a lot of battlefield control and maybe some blasts.

UMD will always be maxed.

The group consists of a ranger1/cavalier5, traditional bard, dark tapestry oracle, and a rogue/monk I believe.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Anymore ideas out there?

Playing a witch for a Kingmaker campaign and wanted some advice on gear. I can kind of speculate but I know there might be better ideas for what I maybe had in mind. Heres the skinny:

No more than 4,000gp on weapons, 4,000gp on armor/shields, 4,000gp on other permanent magic items, 2,400gp on potions, scrolls, and other disposables, and keep 1,600gp in non-magical equipment, gems, and coins. There is a little wiggle room here. Also, if you havent figured it out the character level is 6.

Stats in case you need them:

Race: Elf
STR: 9
DEX: 17
CON: 14
INT: 20
WIS: 13
CHA: 14

How are witches by level 15? Whats some good ways to help with lack or armor at those levels? I saw some robes that I could maybe fashion as a dress of some sort. I will be taking mage armor and false life spells.