Invisible needle

[Ahku]

Thanks for the feedback, it all helps!

I often try to group up but miss out due to that 'your too low or too high level' spread quite often...very frustrating.

[Storm Munin]

Enchantment speciality really work best with a trickster or otherwise melee build, since many successful enchantment spell attempt invites flanking bonus to SA and possibly coup de grace.
In part this is due to the server's massive nerf of the school, then again if we had the better spells of the school little would have to be done by the character in person at all.

Ever so grateful for the new Germidan bolt spell when I am running low level enchanter arcane tricksters.

IMHO

/M

[Ahku]

was also thinking of putting points into the parry skill to aide survivability for the following build:

can parry mode work while spell casting?

School focus: Illusion
Wizard 26
SD 4 (for Hips)

Also,

could we get invisible needle set to at least medium range so that we can use it again?

~A

[chad878262]

Better off with defensive casting or ICE.

[Ahku]

ICE?

[V'rass]

Improved Combat Expertise.

[Ahku]

I am curious, just how effective is defensive casting?

would it require me to take other feats to augment it, etc...?

[chad878262]

Requires nothing besides maxing concentration, which you'll do anyway.

[V'rass]

Its useful until you get your concentration skill high... after that its not needed. Best not to take the feat as it is not worth it.

[Ahku]

ah, so the character takes a beating but can still cast effectively...
and ICE give +6 to ac...

would ICE work with Hips?

not that any of this would be of immediate benefit to my toon - its for the future aftter he levels a bit more...

[chad878262]

Yes, combat expertise is a mode so can't work with power attack or flurry of blows, but works with hide fine.

Defensive casting is a mode so doesn't work ICE, but as stated doesn't matter since the attack of opportunity shouldn't hit (high AC, displacement, mirror image, etc)

[Convolutedline]

Are reserve feats impacted by quicken or other metamagic feats?

My understanding is no

Please echo this no with experience as I am planning rebuild for invisible needle :3

[Valefort]

Metamagics don't apply to reserve feats.