How to Keep Mages Alive at High-Level

[princeimrahil]

What spells/items do you guys consider essential for mages to have active in order to stay alive at high levels?

[Hawktitan]

A well worded Contingency spell for starters.

[Morain]

I use moment of prescience and spell turning a lot, oh and mind blank.

[Morain]

As for items I like neclace of adaptation and robe of eyes.

[ashern]

Cloak of resistance, ring of freedom of movement jump to mind. Saves are important, as is not being grappled.

[ossian666]

Basically lots of invis and teleports.

[Torquar]

Win initiative.

[james maissen]

princeimrahil wrote:

What spells/items do you guys consider essential for mages to have active in order to stay alive at high levels?

1. Don't be seen.

2. Misdirect (not the spell per say).

3. Let others be flashy.

Spells like Veil are wonderful, but so is mundane stealth and traveling with very nasty fighters with reputations of being very deadly.

All that said, I think that PF has made the diviner specialist *very* strong. Never being surprised, bonuses to init, etc.

-James