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Well I finally have a good bit of coin saved on my PFS character, but I am yet unable to spend it on something of awesomeness, so I've instead decided to spend about a thousand or so gold on "useful" potions to carry around and some of what's left over on other "essential" gear (max amount I can spend is 8k).
Any advice on that front?
I already have myself a cloak of resistance +1 and a handy haversack.
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Well I finally have a good bit of coin saved on my PFS character, but I am yet unable to spend it on something of awesomeness, so I've instead decided to spend about a thousand or so gold on "useful" potions to carry around and some of what's left over on other "essential" gear (max amount I can spend is 8k).
Any advice on that front?
I already have myself a cloak of resistance +1 and a handy haversack.
What class/level is your character?
Wizard 6 at the moment.
Looking at my sheet I also realize I have a pearl of power (level 1). I really need to remember to use that more.
Ring. of. Sustenance. No question.
Also, spend some of that dough on spells for your book. There's a lot of good 3rd level spells.
babes
and maybe booze
[Draconic Smile]You can send your gold my way![/Draconic Smile]
Absolutely, positively invest in some of the new metamagic rods from the Advanced Player's Guide, if you have a chance. Lesser Rods of Focused Spell, Selective Spell and Bouncing Spell (I think the price is switched between Bouncing Spell and Persistent Spell) are 3,000 gp each and they're flat out awesome.
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Absolutely, positively invest in some of the new metamagic rods from the Advanced Player's Guide, if you have a chance. Lesser Rods of Focused Spell, Selective Spell and Bouncing Spell (I think the price is switched between Bouncing Spell and Persistent Spell) are 3,000 gp each and they're flat out awesome.
Yeah, this was catching my eye a little. But it just feels so damned cheesy (the new metamagic that is).
As for the ring of sustenance, why? In PFS I've found far less of a use for it than I would in standard play.
Absolutely, positively invest in some of the new metamagic rods from the Advanced Player's Guide, if you have a chance. Lesser Rods of Focused Spell, Selective Spell and Bouncing Spell (I think the price is switched between Bouncing Spell and Persistent Spell) are 3,000 gp each and they're flat out awesome.Yeah, this was catching my eye a little. But it just feels so damned cheesy (the new metamagic that is).
Hey, cheese is delicious. ;-)
(I admit, I have mixed feelings about the Bouncing Spell and Selective Spell rods; they seem a bit cheesy to me, too. But I'm definitely going to buy the Focused Spell rod for my wizard with no qualms whatsoever.)
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(I admit, I have mixed feelings about the Bouncing Spell and Selective Spell rods; they seem a bit cheesy to me, too. But I'm definitely going to buy the Focused Spell rod for my wizard with no qualms whatsoever.)
The character is an evoker though and I use tons of Area Effect spells. That selective rod is just so darned appealing. Focused spell is nice, but my saves are high enough at the moment that it might be an item I can put off a little while.
Pearls of power. Int boosters. meta magic rods. Pearls of power. Spells. Pearls of power.
Did I mention pearls of power? Those are awesome.
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Pearls of power. Int boosters. meta magic rods. Pearls of power. Spells. Pearls of power.
Did I mention pearls of power? Those are awesome.
You know, I'd normally agree but I'm finding myself barely using the Pearl of Power (Level 1) I have at all in Society Play and I rarely find myself wanting one of a different level. I did forget I picked up a Headband of Vast Intellect +2 (it's late and I'm forgetful). And don't worry about spells, the reason I'm branching out is I have all the spells I want.
"Ale and Whores" is a great short term investment. Long term, a selective rod for a blaster is a good choice if the rod works on spells you cast often. Empower and Maximize can be good on low end spells with a tighter EoF. Max Magic Missle is a no miss 30 point hit.
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"Ale and Whores" is a great short term investment. Long term, a selective rod for a blaster is a good choice if the rod works on spells you cast often. Empower and Maximize can be good on low end spells with a tighter EoF. Max Magic Missle is a no miss 30 point hit.
The problem I'm having with the 3,000 gp minor rods is that I'm only a session or two away from the 11,000 gp standard rods. Being able to cast through a rod spells of all levels allowed in society play would really be a good investment. Now it looks like I'll just horde gold again.
And my local GM wouldn't let me write "Ale and Whores and Chlamydia" on the "Conditions Gained" section of my sheet.
You know, I'd normally agree but I'm finding myself barely using the Pearl of Power (Level 1) I have at all in Society Play and I rarely find myself wanting one of a different level. I did forget I picked up a Headband of Vast Intellect +2 (it's late and I'm forgetful). And don't worry about spells, the reason I'm branching out is I have all the spells I want.Pearls of power. Int boosters. meta magic rods. Pearls of power. Spells. Pearls of power.
Did I mention pearls of power? Those are awesome.
Likewise, I think my wizard doesn't run out of spells very often, although I have used his pearl of power at least once.
While he's nominally an evoker, he has SF/GSF (Conjuration), and I think he'll get a lot of mileage out of casting Focused Glitterdust, Focused Stinking Cloud, Focused Grease, etc. There's no such thing as "my save DCs are high enough"! ;-)
As for the ring of sustenance, why? In PFS I've found far less of a use for it than I would in standard play.
Well, you might be right on that one, though if you _do_ get a chance to rest in PFS, 2 hours and you're good to go - so you too can take watches, not worry about interrupted rest. You could even cat-nap at odd moments to regain spell capacity. And then there's that "don't need food or water" thing, which is cool.
Anyways, "less use" doesn't mean it won't still be useful, right?
Wizard 6 at the moment.
Looking at my sheet I also realize I have a pearl of power (level 1). I really need to remember to use that more.
My PC loves her pearl of power. She has one level of Druid, and with the pearl, can prepare Cure Light Wounds once, but cast it twice.
She also has a Brooch of Shielding. It's a nice item if the DM likes to have evil wizards appear suddenly to throw magic missile spells at the PCs.
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I agree about the new APG metamagic rods. They look very useful.
I have a PFS wizard 6 too. In addition to a 1st level Pearl of Power, I also have a 2nd level one. It is very nice to have an extra Glitterdust or Invisibility.
In your original post you mentioned spending about 1K. Have you looked at any mundane items? I bought the spring-loaded wrist sheaths from the Adventurers Armory. I keep my Wand of Magic Missile in one of them. Very handy.
What 1st level wands do you own?
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My PC loves her pearl of power. She has one level of Druid, and with the pearl, can prepare Cure Light Wounds once, but cast it twice.
She also has a Brooch of Shielding. It's a nice item if the DM likes to have evil wizards appear suddenly to throw magic missile spells at the PCs.
This isn't as big of a deal for me because the character is a specialist wizard with a 23 INT (with the +2 Headband of Vast Intelligence he's wearing). As it stands I already have more first level spells than I normally use in a day and at level 6 I'm finding what I regularly select to be diminishing already. Normally I love the things, but for PFS play, due to the way the encounters usually occur, I just don't have the need for them. Maybe the level 2 one would see some action though.
The same holds true to a Brooch of Shielding. I can't remember the last time in PFS play that I got magic missiled (normally you're getting fireballed or lightning bolted at this level).
I agree about the new APG metamagic rods. They look very useful.
I have a PFS wizard 6 too. In addition to a 1st level Pearl of Power, I also have a 2nd level one. It is very nice to have an extra Glitterdust or Invisibility.
In your original post you mentioned spending about 1K. Have you looked at any mundane items? I bought the spring-loaded wrist sheaths from the Adventurers Armory. I keep my Wand of Magic Missile in one of them. Very handy.
What 1st level wands do you own?
I mentioned 1k because I'm interested in mundane gear and potions too (I think that got lost in the shuffle). I have general ideas, but I just wanted to know if there's any "outside the box" thinking I'm not looking at. Such as, potions of hide from undead. Cheap as hell and they can actually completely eliminate the need to fight in some places if everybody was smart enough to buy one for 50gp. I'll look at some of the Armory items, I hadn't gone there yet.
I already have pile of alchemical items, and I'm happy with my spell selection so far (I'm onto my second spellbook), I have a couple "vital" items (short of the ring of sustenance), and while I think the metamagic rod idea is a great one (why I hadn't gone to the new APG items I don't know), I think at this point I'm going to save until I can buy the normal instead of the lesser one. That would still leave me about 2k-3k to spend on something.
As far as 1st level wands go, I currently have a Wand of Mage Armor with around 35 charges left on it. I could spend PA on wands and potions (and probably will since I broke the 16 barrier awhile ago), but really none are jumping out saying "buy me" when I consider how often I use the one I have.
babes
and maybe booze
Totally seconded.
Plus, a donation to the churches of Calistria and Cayden Cailean can't hurt, ever.
So eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!
Granted I'm relatively new to the game, but:
1. Wand of Protection From Evil, at least if you fight a lot of evil things.
2. Is it really worthwhile to have a wand of Mage Armor, especially past low-level? Already an hour per level so it lasts a while, and if you extend it starting at level 5 it'd last quite a while.
3. More pearls of power to get even more mileage out of your spells. Scribe scrolls for what's in your book but you wouldn't want to have to memorize.