Min/Max Boards

I'm in this for way, way more than I should be. I'm one of the crown jewel backers. If they let me I'll post Picts of what I get.

I think I'm going for Vamp x 2 or 3, plus one of practically all optionals. The two little dragons look cheesy. Anybody have them? Don't need the little 'thulu things, and don't do any underwater stuff for the sadhuagin.

I would love to use the 75% of available spells that are, in my opinion, more interesting than straight up damage or save vs die.

However it all boils down to the DM: do you have a reverse gentleman's agreement that he won't throw BBEGs at you that make such spells pointless? Will he deliberately allow weaknesses, perhaps not to save vs die, but at least to some other effect that isn't HP draining or conditionally terminal? Nothing is worse than being the wizard in a fight with foes who all have high SRs or straight up immunities and you memorized interesting spells that cannot overcome them.
 

So I play it safe with force effects and damage dealing stuff.

Great suggestions, all. I just read the Belt of Battle...my Boccob, who wouldn't want that item?! Thats one of the most powerful wondrous items I've seen. Give a fighter a full round attack, in the middle of another full round attack? FTW.

Opinions on the Boots of Side Stepping (MIC)?

Great question. I'm playing a wizard/beguiler/UltMag PC right now.

It doesn't mean you couldn't build a normal metamagic stack once you gain high enough spell levels. This is a quite useful class for that purpose...keep grabbing those metamagic feats since you can uberpower Augment your spells early on with just one feat (Quickened Wall of Force FTW!), and later on you stack the same metamagic effects per normal casting.

I don't recall if it specifies that you cannot use metamagic rods with augmented spells...my group has a gentlemen's agreement that it cannot.