Hey thanks everyone. As usual, it prompts questions from me. 1) OK, I had a spellcraft of 43 when I had the monk20/wizard8/palemaster12 and still no hellball. 2) Robert, are you talking about not being a monk with the discussion of fighter levels? 3) Why is it 16th level for PM to get epic spells? Seems like with my current plan, I'd only get to 15th level PM?
Life was so much simpler when I didn't read all this stuff on the forums! *grin* One class, 40 levels. . .

Thanks for the help.