I just want to applaud Robin for his excellent post up there. I havent read anything like that to make me rethink the uses of common spells before.
Well written and informative mate!
Oh and some other things.. spells like Disentegrate and Flesh to Stone might sound cool for the instant death thing, but most of the creatures you'll need it for are either nearly immune, or carry items worth salvaging that will potentially be destroyed by using the above spells. Spells worth using are Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, which does not damage your party but does craploads of damage, and Finger of Death, which can be very useful to take out tough baddies.
And I've forgotten, but I believe that Power Word:Kill issint as potent as it is in Planescape or Icewind Dale, so don't rely on it. In fact, most of the lvl 9 spells are pretty weak, so your best bet would be to use Black Blade of Disaster, Timestop or Spelltrap.
(this taken into consideration that you'll be using the expansion or have an XP cap remover)
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