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Originally posted by ZFR:
I'm playing a sorcerer with a party right now and i must say that I find all buffs which affect the caster only (eg mirror image, stoneskin) to be useless (though I suppose for a solo it's completely different. I pick mainly damaging spells and party buffs. I must say I found summons and area damaging spells a little bit more useeles than in Icewind Dale because the former make the latter go hostile.
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Mirror Image, though it is not supposed to, protects from AoE spells. Great defense when that enemy mage gets off an ADHW in the middle of your group. Stoneskin is great when defending against archers, or those damn random encounters that just appear right on your butt. Even in a group, I found that I used those spells in tougher encounters (most time not needed, but when the feces hits the fan...).
ADHW, Chain Lightning, etc. do not affect the party (including your summons). Skull Trap does, as does Death Spell, but both are instants (start the combat off with them, then send in the summon). Spells like Cloudkill, Ice Storm, etc. do not make the list for precisely that reason (turn your summons hostile).