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He must be confused by the Staff of the Magi. That Spell Trap is undispellable by Pierce Shield or Ruby Ray of Reversal. The memorized one goes down perfectly. I reworded the Staff of the Magi note a little.
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I see. I will have to give Pierce Shield more credit then.
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Alson said "name TEN mages".  Besides, I can't remember anyone but Lavok cast Horrid Wilting myself, and I remember only liches casting Skull Trap, after 15 other spells. Must be the mods he has installed.
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I am referring to unmodded encounters.
Were I to include modded encounters, my list would be much, much, longer.
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There's some mythical aura about spells that people have gotten lucky with one or two times against dragons. The idea is apparently that if it takes down a dragon in one casting, it must be the best spell ever. Luck, for some reason, suddenly has nothing to do with it anymore.
Greater Malison FAR FROM ensures that it will work, since it still leaves the average dragon (save vs Spells 5) with 50% chance of making the save (and that's not even including magic resistance).
All this spell has over Polymorph Others is the -2 save penalty and some pathetic damage. I don't consider that a good trade for THREE levels difference.
Does he use clones much? I'm currently reading through the ToB part of Elmonster's Journal, and he writes that, halfway through ToB, he's going to memorize Project Image for the very first time. He's obviously someone who has a way with spells, but somehow he never realized the potential of cloning.
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I am flattered, but... I am not the guy behind Elmonster.
As for cloning, I use it a lot. Alson knows about my PRATI cheese.
As I have mentioned in my earlier reply, Polymorph Other works differently from Feeblemind and Finger of Death. They use different saving throws to determine the success of the spell. As a result, Polymorph Other suffers badly in ToB, but Feeblemind and FoD continues to work well.
One of these days I should only cast FoD at a Dragon though, they do not usually survive to get hit by the level 4 spells... too many level 1-3 spells hitting them. I would garner that my success rate with sniping with FoD is around 75%, which is very good odds already.
If you want to talk about luck though... there was this one time where I slayed a Mind Flayer with a Chromatic Orb, and another time, a Pit Fiend. Now THAT, is luck.
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"Super Sorcerer Spell List"? But he's right. Who needs Breach? Handy but easy to work around (all you need is a little patience =D).
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Solo Sorcerer Spell List, it has a cousin, the PartySSL( PSSL). Speaking of which, I should update it to reflect changes needed for mods.