Could really use some help as a newbie Wizard

[Captnq]

Haha!! That would be so awesome!    I've never seen that magic missile/fell drain combination before! I'll have to remember that!

Here's the basic things you can do with magic missile and the various feats.Magic Missile

[Captnq]

Okay. Do this.

1. Get a cleric who can cast 5th level spells.
2. Buy a ring of spell storing.
3. Get him to cast Triadspell into it.
4. Triple all your 3rd and lower spells.

TRIADSPELL
- SPELL COMPENDIUM (3.5)
Read this spell carefully. It isn't limited to 3rd level clerical or lower. It's ANY third level spell or lower. It can be cast once PER MEMORIZED SPELL. This spell rocks. It's Rary's Mnenomic Enhancer on steroids. It's one of the few spells I'd get as a spell-like ability just so I could cast it three times a day. If you’re a 3rd level wizard/3rd level cleric/6th level Arcane Mystic (almost makes Arcane Mystic not suck. Almost.) you can cast this on yourself over and over and effectively triple your 0-level, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level spells. Of course it interfers with dumping a spell for a cure/inflict wounds spell, but if you devote one slot per level to healing, you'll have three anyways. The other option is to spend 50,000 gp on a ring of spell storing, cast this spell into the ring, then hand the ring off to the wizard. Repeat the next day. I'm sure he'll love being able to cast fireball three times for one slot. The down side is time. Using this particular trick isn't going to work in the middle of the adventure. Between adventures, when you have a few weeks of down time, there is no reason every spellcaster in the party shouldn't be heading off to battle with the ability to cast every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level spell three times each.

But you want core only headbutting?

Okay, remember this: Damage is capped depending on the level of the spell with a few exceptions. The only way to get beyond the 1d6/level is disintegrate, scorching ray, and empower spell. Rods are your best friend. A metamagic rod... oh hell, just down load the metamagic section of THE SPELLBOOK. Here. If you check back in a week, I should be done with SSI 2.01 and maybe SSII 1.11. I'd REALLY wait on SSI 2.01, as it should be chock full of goodies involving spell rules and theory.

It has everything you need to know about metamagic including comments, suggestions and what not taken from the internet. You'll need to stick to the feats that are from the PHB, every feet is labled as to the origin, so you'll know which feats to read and which ones to skip.

[Dawnmor]

@Lycan: Doesnt Enervate require SR? and Save?.

@Daven: I suggest you try to get your sorcerer to be more offensive, Sorcerers from what I read are all about Casting the same spell over and over again.  If your DM allows her to rebuild her character and select new spells, let me know.  I have been going threw the books and find out which spells would be great to have as a sorcerer.

Like me, I am planning a Dragonwrought Kobold Sorcerer that is a generalist Sorc with Metamagic Specialist (PHB2) Feature Variant, If you can get her to have that Feature variant and get her some good offensive spells with 1 or 2 utility/defensive spells per level while choosing one or two attack spells.  Then choose feats that can benefit both her archery and her casting, she should be alright.  She wont get a long bow but if done right you wont need it.

Rapid shot, Point Blank Shot, Precise shot (This works for ray spells if you concentrate on most of them), then choose Empower spell, she should be OK.  That is if the character dies or something.  LOL.  But I suggest she rebuilds and you or someone who knows what she is doing helps.

Dont do what I did the first time I played a Wizard or Sorcerer and pick continual flame as a spell to cast ALOT! LOL.

Im trying to offer advice that can help her out as well sense it kinda is part of this thread .  But lately people disagree with my way of thinking and what I call fun!, FUN and Crunching numbers doesnt go hand and hand usually.

[phaedrusxy]

@Lycan: Doesnt Enervate require SR? and Save?.

There is no saving throw vs. the negative levels. The saving throw happens 24 hours to see if the level loss is permanent or not. Spell Resistance is usually a minor concern.

[Daven]

@Lycanthromancer - Wow! Yea an Empowered Enervation would be insane!!! That just seems crazy overpowered! haha!

@Captnq - Thanks for that magic missile page! That's got some awesome ideas for both magic missile and burning hands. haha! I'll definitely be waiting for your Metamagic Spellbook to be finished!! Now I can't wait! It'd be great to get some ideas on things like spell combos and what spells mesh really well with others. Not even just Metamagics, but all spells in general. Some people can come up with some awesome and powerful combinations! It's great! And the Triadspell idea would be sweet, but 18,000 gold just for the minor storing ring!!!! >.< It'll be a loooooong time before I could afford that! After a couple weeks of playing I've only been able to save up about 4000 gold! And I still haven't really bought any items yet either. haha.

@Dawnmor - Yea we're working on getting her sorcerer a little more powerful. We're all still only level 4, so she doesn't have too many spells yet. She finally just got her 2nd level spells now, so she's got some firepower. We're trying to just kind of slightly help her here and there on things, but we wanted to let her do most of the work building the character to let her learn more. She's doing pretty good so far. We've only had to help out a couple times. We'll see how things go when she starts getting higher level and more powerful spells. Then we might have to help out a bit more. haha! And I agree! There are lots of ways to have fun! I love theorycrafting and doing some number crunching. It's great though, how there's so many people that've done quite a bit of theorycrafting already. It's just trying to find all of it that's tough!! haha!

[Esgath]

Okay. Do this.

1. Get a cleric who can cast 5th level spells.
2. Buy a ring of spell storing.
3. Get him to cast Triadspell into it.
4. Triple all your 3rd and lower spells.

If you can use items from the Magic Item Compendium, then use a Greater Glyph Seal (MIC, p. 161, 4000 gold) and seal a pouch on your belt with it. Activate it, as you open your pouch (or do something similar as a free action).