Gear selection Help

[Matamane]

I'm a gnome illusionist with a massive gp supply. What is the best gear I can get?

[Ernir]

A Rod of Excellent Magic and a Book of Exalted Deeds. :smalltongue:

Sorry.
What level are you at now, and what items do you already have? What sources are allowed? What do your feats look like?

[Matamane]

lv 15 gestalt,

Full build

Artificer 15|Gnome Illusionist 3/Master Illusionist 4/Incantarix 3/Shadowcraft Mage 5


Feats, non bonus

Spell Focus, Earth Sense, Iron Will, Earth Spell, Arcane Thesis, Arcane Disciple

all 3.5 books are legal

I never was good at doing gear

[Kroy]

lv 15 gestalt,

Full build

Artificer 15|Gnome Illusionist 3/Master Illusionist 4/Incantarix 3/Shadowcraft Mage 5


Feats, non bonus

Spell Focus, Earth Sense, Iron Will, Earth Spell, Arcane Thesis, Arcane Disciple

all 3.5 books are legal

I never was good at doing gear
How many monies? (Cookie to anyone who got the reference)

[Matamane]

200K, but consider I can create up to my culmalitive craft reserve

[deuxhero]

Obviously INT and CHA boosters (note that MIC let's ability boosts stack without extra costs, so you can just add them to any cape and helm you wear) and a + UMD item (plus masterwork tool if you can make one)

What schools did you bar?

[Matamane]

Evocation
Conjuration
Necromancy

[deuxhero]

What? Why conjuration and not enchantment?

In that case (if you can't change it) you want the rainment of the... someone piece that let's you drop a spell slot for teleport times/day (the entire set is cheep with nice stuff for specialist and Warmage and co focused casters).

[Matamane]

Conjuration is pointless with shadowcraft

[deuxhero]

Isn't Shadowcraft the cheese that lets Shadow Conjuration mimick spells greater than it's level (or was it the one that let every illusion act as a shadow ____ spell?)? Shadow Conjuration still can't mimick [calling] spells and a few other sub schools that aren't [creation] or [summoning].

[Yuki Akuma]

Shadow Illusion can only mimic Evocation, Conjuration (Summoning) and Conjuration (Creation) spells. Nothing else.

Don't ban Conjuration, seriously.

As for equipment... a Lesser Rod of Quicken Spell never hurt anyone. There's plenty of lower-level spells you'll want to be able to cast quickly.

[Matamane]

Arcane Disciple(Luck) fixes everything. Shadow Illusion Miracle to mimic any spell of 7 or lower, or any cleric spell 8th or lower.

[Kosjsjach]

If I was in your shoes (which I'm a bit glad I'm not; a fully-cheesed shadowcraft mage incantarix//artificer feels a bit too much for me), I'd just go through the Treasure Tables in the back of the Magic Item Compendium and work my way down from 15th-level items.

Since no-one's yet mentioned a "must-have" item for your build, it's pretty safe to assume there isn't one, and just buy whatever interests you.

[Matamane]

seeing as our DM party wiped us twice in the span of 4 sessions, I dont feel so bad. :)

[Yuki Akuma]

Arcane Disciple(Luck) fixes everything. Shadow Illusion Miracle to mimic any spell of 7 or lower, or any cleric spell 8th or lower.

And what if you want a Conjuration spell of 8th or 9th level, [i]huh[i]?

[Matamane]

not a priority to me, can't see what I am really barring there

[sofawall]

not a priority to me, can't see what I am really barring there

O.o No, seriously, O.o

[Matamane]

Looking only at SRD spells atm.

I lose Teleportation Circle, Maze, and Greater Planar Binding

What's the big deal?

I have Greater Planar Ally

[Pharaoh's Fist]

Use your imagination.

[Matamane]

what do you mean

[Yuki Akuma]

You lose Gate's calling function, Refuge, Teleportation Circle, Maze and Greater Planar Binding.

Let me say this again: You lose Gate's calling function.

Do you really want to miss out on that?