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Originally posted by Mitro Jellywadder:
No, but once I gained chain contingency, it was set to (25% hitpoints) target: nearest enemy 3 x Abi's Horrid. I'm not saying I never used the 3 Lower Resistance contingency, but like you said, only when I knew a battle where I needed it was coming. My contingency was set to stoneskin at the same 25% of my hitpoints.
Okay. Both are powerful, but (you saw that coming didn't you 
) if both a mage and a cleric (of high levels) got any equipment they wanted, the mage would win 99% of the time. Spell trap soaks up 30 levels of spells cast at them. Example: 15th level mage. A spell sequencer loaded with three second level spells and a minor sequencer loaded with the same spell could do a total of 10d4 for a total of 6 rounds, that's 60-240 points of damage. Not to mention, it could possible disrupt your attempts to cast spells or even to neutralize the acid (exactly what spell does that?) 
and while your attempting to neutralize it, your cleric is still going to absorb the next spell too.
Blade barrier is nice, but it would only eat through one stoneskin per round. Not quite devastating is it?
But it still is matter of circumstance. Mages have waaayyy too many protection spells I can't stand it! I think a cleric if he played it cool sent in a group of summoned skeletons to disable contingencies of course the mage would have to cast a death spell which he certainly wouldn't have because it wouldn't hurt the cleric the mage wants to do damage he can't cause death but even if he did he would have to take time to cast it but THAT is when a cool headed cleric would attack. Eventually the undead would fall but as the mage was combating them the cleric could ... do a number of combative things energy disks, wand of the heavens, more summoning, or ranged weapons. It has been eons since my last play; but, doesn't greater restoration cast in like a fraction of a second?
But chances are the Wizard would of put on his God mode and it wouldn't matter no magic, weapons, magic weapons would effect him it is that simple. Wizards do have the damage down but as in most situations solid planing and strategy will succed which is precisely why this is an argument based on the circumstances and with unlimited circumstances there is no true answer each one could win but then again each one could lose. There is no definate truth with this matter. Just let the stinking thing go it really doesn't matter.