What spell do you use the most?

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everybody comes up with Low level spells... does nobody use the higher level spells often?

 

Well as i said earlier, Wyvern Call is very useful. Summon Hakaeshar is also good, but nothing really beats Gate hehe

 

Infravision.....It's gotta be the most USEFUL spell....especially for my elf F/M/T

 

Arcane: Magic Missile
Divine: Heal

(Hey, what's that deformed avatar with two meat cleavers? Something from HoW or TotL?)

End boss of Icewind Dale, Belhifet.

[This message has been edited by Taluntain (edited August 15, 2001).]

 

magic missile, later it's abi dalzim

 

i really like the Gate spell i just cast PFE and set him loose i killed the evil necromancer in the planar sphere very quickly. also web M.M. and horridwilting

 

I love magic missile for pure speed and killing pesky weak enmies eg gobbos,kobolds etc that it would be a shame to waste disintegrate on. I also like minute meteors for when dealing with easily burnable creatures (trolss/aire elementals)

 

When I played as an elven sorcerer, I always had some minute meteors on hand. Great for use between spells since you can throw them so quickly, and nothing burns a troll quite like a well-placed meteor. They can be used to disrupt an enemy spellcasters spells too if used right.

 

I guess noone thought my infravision spell joke was funny

Has ANYONE ever cast this spell?

 

My favourite spells are the spell triggers.
No Llandon i haven't cast infravision. Imagine a elven wizard cast infravision. Doh!


[This message has been edited by Tasohan (edited August 15, 2001).]

 

Silence

 

Seriously....I have found that I only cast about 10 or so spells during the game (not counting cleric heal spells)

Magic Missle
Mirror Image
Invisibility
Fireball
Haste
Sunfire
Stoneskin
Breach
Pierce Magic
Summon Nicheru (I know I spelled that wrong )
Summon Monsters

 

Magic Missles is probably the most versatial spell in the game. It is one of the few spells you get early that continues to grow in power as you progress levels (imagine if you could progress beyond 5 missles). In many respects it is almost to usefull and I personally fall into the trap of always using them and never experimenting with some of the other spells in the game. Some of the later spells are very cool but they are typically very situational (i.e. remove another mages protection) or mass destruction that are hard to control.

 

magic missile, fireball, and the brilll spell sequencer...

 

My most-cast spell other than MM is easily Holy Armor. My paladin, Keldorn, and Minsc all have only low spell-casting power, so they use it to beef up before a fight 'cause there aren't any other useful level 1 spells available to them (other than healing).

But as far as standard spell-casting goes, I love the entangle/web + stinking cloud/icestorm. And usually I even let them see me before casting it. Lead off with a Greater Malison just for fun.

If I could only get Jan to quit casting fireballs when so many of his party members are within the blast radius....

 

Turn of the AI so he won't automatically throw fireballs around.

 

He doesn't. I tell him to and then pretned he did it on his own. I like role-playing in self-destructive ways.

(Actually I'm just too lazy to figure out the radius of the spell so I end up estimating and guessing too low.)

 

Hmmm...here are my everyday spells:

- magic missile(good damage)
- fire ball(good ol' goblin-buster)
- abi dalzim's horrid wilting(goodie!)
- finger of death(I like that! )
- death spell(hail necromancy!!! )
- power word stun(one of my favorites)
- breach(it's a must to cast)
- and summoning spells(spider spawn, animate dead, invisible stalker)

 

I forgot to mention Mordenkainen's Sword. It's a great spell, with immunity to mind spells and phisicals attacks, it's absolute deadly. Imagine that 2 or three spells like that has cleared the Mind Flyer City
The negative side is that is very hard to get this spell, I finished the game twice without finding this spell.

 

I thought your Infravision joke was funny, Llandon. I think I've used it one less time than I've used Protection from Petrification, which I've used . . . once. Let's get together and eat some Goodberries, and see if we can make Shillelagh useful, while we're at it. A +1 hammer, you say? Thanks. Now I can fix my roof . . . .

Loooove Khelben's Warding Whip, followed by a Pierce Magic or two (Breach thrown in if I want Mazzy to disrupt target's spellcasting with her 7 arrow attacks every 2 rounds), and a few Lower Resistances and Greater Malisons (maybe, a Doom, too) on those higher-level, magic-using meanies one might encounter later in the game. It's nice how effective those lower level spells work on . . . well, just about anything . . . after lining up all those spells on a baddie. Ever Spooked/Slept/Slowed/Blinded/Silenced/Enfeebled/Held the Slayer? Aerie can, pretty much, tap dance on his head wearing nothing more than her pretty, little smile after a good spell beat-down like that . . . .

Speaking of Aerie, I'm amazed how many beasties she's dispatched with Holy Smite . . . a few of those back-to-back can wipe out a pack of demons (just what IS the grouping-term for demons, like a flock of seagulls, a gaggle of geese, or a murder of crows?), or even a foul-tempered dragon that's been suitably . . . prepped.

[This message has been edited by Gibben (edited August 22, 2001).]