Elven Spellslinger

[Errant Inlad]

Today I'm building my first ever caster class, an' I'm nothing if not lost. I understand my class abilities well enough, but I'm rather clueless when it comes to spell selection. Making this worse, SpellSlinger comes with a heavy restriction, School of the Gun.

School of the Gun::

The rigor and care required by arcane guns is so great that a spellslinger forsakes four schools of magic. These opposition schools are chosen at 1st level and cannot be changed later. A spellslinger who prepares a spell from his opposition school must use two spell slots of that level to prepare the spell. In addition, the spellslinger takes a –4 penalty on any skill checks made when crafting a magic item that has a spell from one of his opposition schools as a prerequisite. This ability replaces arcane school.

For a first time caster, this restriction has the potential to be crippling. I have no idea which spells fall under what schools, and which choices could cripple my fledgling elf.

Pointers?

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

Spellslinger is probably not a good choice for dipping your toe in the caster pond. Just saying.

However, if you are set on spellslinger just choose evocation as your school and you should be fine. You'll be primarily a blaster type anyway. As far as opposition schools go just pick schools that you wont use much. In my case (OPINION ALERT) I'd probably choose to forsake Divination, necromancy, illusion, and enchantment. I don't use those schools much anyway for an offensive caster.