scroll of disintegrate soonest a cast can make it is 10th lvl it does 2d6 per caster lvl so 20d6 at that point and if they hit 0 hps from it they turn to dust. oh hey thats a pesy giant/troll/ annoying adversary bye bye
here a link for the spell
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/disintegrate
edit: the scroll costs 1800 gold if made by a sorcerer, 1650 gold if made by a cleric/druid/wizard, and 2400 gold if made by a bard, as for the base class's the book doesn't say.
I like setting up the contigency-spell with a trigger that I control. Something like yelling a command phrase (since that's a free action) or similar. In that way, I have full control of when the contigency triggers, and are not dependant on enemies actions.
For the spell chosen, I'll let others advice. I haven't read all published spells. :)
Then there's feather tokens, specially tree feather token. Deepending on creativity and GM's approval, spawning a "5-foot-diameter trunk, 60-foot height, 40-foot top diameter"-tree on a battlefield can have interesting effects. At the very least, it's a quick way to create a good archery/spellcasting-position.
I know you didn't want teleport, but consider using two teleports: 1 to run away, 1 to return to the same spot 1 minute later. You'll be fully healed and buffed, the opponents might have lost their buffs.
There's also the Bag of holding-portable Hole nuke. Have a bag of holding placed wherever you want, then use mage hand or similar to put a portable hole into it: BOOM, 10 foot radius plane shift to the Astral Plane, pr. RAW no save allowed. That'll get rid of most opponents.
Shrink Item. Ravingdork equips quite of few interesting things on his character sheets using this.
Emergency Force Sphere. Immediate action, will block basically any attack or spell. It's Pathfinder's Wings of Cover, except more casters can use it, which means it's probably even more broken.
For offense, I rather like the alchemist-only combo of touch injection + (infused) Skin Send to instantly flay a person alive. They're still alive and if you don't have allies attack right after, the skin and body could re-merge before you take full advantage, but still a pretty awesome game-changer.
At high levels, Polar Midnight + some means to keep enemies from moving for a round is really cool. Ideally, the method of holding them still involves a much lower level spell or an ally, and not say... Mass Hold Monster, as using a 9th level spell to make another 9th level spell work is kind of lame... In my last high level game, 3E stuff was allowed, so another party member had the Crushing Vise maneuver from tome of battle. You hit an enemy with it, do normal melee damage, and their speed drops to 0 ft for all movement modes for 1 round and they cannot move from that space (except with teleportation, but I had quickened dim. anchor for that), with no save or anything else to resist this effect. It's always more satisfying when you can turn your surekill attack/combo into a dual tech with another PC.
I like emergency contingency plans, too. I'm a fan of custom magic staves for this function. Since a staff holds 10 charges and takes a full day to replace each charge, a big-spell option that uses 5-10 charges is like a weekly ability.
A staff with CL9 and three spells each costing 5 charges, one each of spell levels 3, 4, 5, costs only 6,840 gold. Upgrading it to CL11 and adding a 6th level spell costs 8,340 gold, and you can keep doing that as you level up. (You can halve those costs by requiring 10 charges instead of 5.)
One pattern I think would be fun is to put over-leveled Summon Monster spells in a staff. Imagine a wizard who can summon a monster two spell levels higher than expected, but only once per adventure.
Emergency Force Sphere. Immediate action, will block basically any attack or spell. . .
Oh, I didn't know that spell! Combining Emergency Force Sphere with my staff of summoning idea, you could make a pretty sweet 911 button. Summon help, then duck under the force dome and watch it go to work!
Staff of #*@#%!
Aura moderate evocation; CL 11th; Slot none; Price 13,200 gp; Weight 5 lbs.
DESCRIPTION
Crafted from ironwood with adamant caps, this staff allows use of the following spells:
- Summon Monster VI (4 charges)
- Emergency Force Sphere (2 charges)
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Craft Staff, summon monster VI, emergency force sphere; Cost 6,600 gp.
Interesting disintegrate fact: It doesn't work on trees.
Why not?
... Interesting disintegrate fact: It doesn't work on trees. ...Just curious, but how did you arrive at that conclusion?
Seems to me it's either a creature or an object, is there another category in PF?
It is not a creature, so that makes it an object. I don't see why it would not work either.
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One little emergency item I like to get the group is a scroll of reach breath of life. 1650 gp (and a dc 12 caster level check if you're below 11th level) and the cleric can put you back on your feet from 50 feet away.
Emergency Force Sphere. Immediate action, will block basically any attack or spell. . .Oh, I didn't know that spell! Combining Emergency Force Sphere with my staff of summoning idea, you could make a pretty sweet 911 button. Summon help, then duck under the force dome and watch it go to work!
Staff of #*@#%!
Aura moderate evocation; CL 11th; Slot none; Price 13,200 gp; Weight 5 lbs.
DESCRIPTION
Crafted from ironwood with adamant caps, this staff allows use of the following spells:
- Summon Monster VI (4 charges)
- Emergency Force Sphere (2 charges)
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Craft Staff, summon monster VI, emergency force sphere; Cost 6,600 gp.
Works best with a burrow speed. You know, since the hemisphere stays around for a while...
It is not a creature, so that makes it an object. I don't see why it would not work either.
It is in fact true. Plants (not plant creatures) are immune to disintegrate! Why? Well, demonstrating that will require a few quotes...
First of all, from the Plant type:
Note that regular plants, such as one finds growing in gardens and fields, lack Wisdom and Charisma scores and are not creatures, but objects, even though they are alive.
Remember that bolded part, it's going to be important in a moment.
Let's look at Disintigrate now.
A thin, green ray springs from your pointing finger. You must make a successful ranged touch attack to hit. Any creature struck by the ray takes 2d6 points of damage per caster level (to a maximum of 40d6). Any creature reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by this spell is entirely disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust. A disintegrated creature's equipment is unaffected.
As you can see, this part is what happens when used on a creature. But, as per above, plants are objects, not creatures. So, we move on to what the spell says for objects...
When used against an object, the ray simply disintegrates as much as a 10-foot cube of nonliving matter. Thus, the spell disintegrates only part of any very large object or structure targeted. The ray affects even objects constructed entirely of force, such as forceful hand or a wall of force, but not magical effects such as a globe of invulnerability or an antimagic field.
I bolded the important part. A plant may be an object, but it is living matter. Thus, the disintegrate has no effect on it.
The more you know!
False Focus can provide the material component for Symbol of Mirroring, allowing you to set up a Book of Oh S**!. Get a few dozen symbols per page, and quickly read a page when you need to defend the party. Special triggering conditions should allow for it to only hit the group, but even if that doesn't work, it's a good method of getting out of a bad situation.
An Explosive Runes bomb is the more classic offensive variation of that trick.
Best 3825gp I ever spent, was on a scroll of Mass Heal.
DC 18 Caster Level check. My cleric pulled this out in LoF when we were surrounded by undead and getting trounced. Game, Set, Match.
One little emergency item I like to get the group is a scroll of reach breath of life. 1650 gp (and a dc 12 caster level check if you're below 11th level) and the cleric can put you back on your feet from 50 feet away.
I'm playing Kingmaker with an oracle who has the metamagic feat Reach Spell, and recently hit 12th level. It rocks!