Spells for Gale.

[Chillearth]

What first and second level spells would you give to Gale, and why ?

[WeenerTuck813]

Armor of Agathis is imo the #1 spell for Gale.

He’s squishy. Make him Abjuration so he gets arcane Ward. Learn Armor of Agathis from a scroll, buy it from the gnome vendor in Druid grove.

Each day, cast Armor of Agathis for a 26HP shield that does 10 cold damage returned to attacker when hit.

It doesn’t take Concentration.

[MayckColares]

Cast fire sphere and hide, it will be a win win.

[Gulabius Jamunius]

Cast cloud of daggers then spend the entire combat throwing people into it.

[ExcaliburV]

I like themes, and his name is Gale. Thunderwave, Witch Bolt, chromatic orb. A lot of lightning-damaging spells, plus a couple other options like hold person, mage armor, etc.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by WeenerTuck813:

Armor of Agathis is imo the #1 spell for Gale.

He’s squishy. Make him Abjuration so he gets arcane Ward. Learn Armor of Agathis from a scroll, buy it from the gnome vendor in Druid grove.

Each day, cast Armor of Agathis for a 26HP shield that does 10 cold damage returned to attacker when hit.

It doesn’t take Concentration.

Isn't Armor of Agatha a Warlock spell?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Chromatic Orb and Magic Missile for damage (be sure to pick up the amulet that boosts MM damage).

Invisibility for infiltration, Misty Step for travel.

The rest doesn't matter, so whatever you want.

[Rhapsody]

Hm... but if you make Gale non-squishy, you might miss out on his spoiler-related thing, yes? lol

[Kryldost]

I always get magic missile for sure, other spells will depend wether I go evo or abju

[WeenerTuck813]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

Originally posted by WeenerTuck813:

Armor of Agathis is imo the #1 spell for Gale.

He’s squishy. Make him Abjuration so he gets arcane Ward. Learn Armor of Agathis from a scroll, buy it from the gnome vendor in Druid grove.

Each day, cast Armor of Agathis for a 26HP shield that does 10 cold damage returned to attacker when hit.

It doesn’t take Concentration.

Isn't Armor of Agatha a Warlock spell?

Yes.
But, unless something changed, wizards can learn any spell that’s on a scroll currently. I haven’t played in a bit so they may have changed it but I don’t think they have.

[WeenerTuck813]

Armor of Agathis + Arcane Ward.

Afterwards, use magic missiles, Hold person, Cloud of daggers.

Another nice move is snagging the staff off the Hag and using the poison resist ring and the poison damage robes for a nice 2d8 + 1d4 + Poisoned cantrip.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by WeenerTuck813:

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

Isn't Armor of Agatha a Warlock spell?

Yes.
But, unless something changed, wizards can learn any spell that’s on a scroll currently. I haven’t played in a bit so they may have changed it but I don’t think they have.

I mean, that won't last, but you could take Magic Initiate: Warlock or multiclass into Warlock eventually...

[Chillearth]

Interesting comments.

I like to abuse the WET condition, along with casting Chromatic Orb (cold or electric versions). I use Raindancer or a bottle of water to impose wet.

I also like Sleep, Hold Person and Tasha's Laughter, especially if my party has two fighters who can take advatage of a disabled condition, to get a critical hit.

Cloud of Daggers can be great, especially if you can pull or push an enemy into the area.

Magic Missile is good for when you need an auto-hit, with Scorching Ray or Shatter for the damage. and Mirror Image for protection.

I probably need to find ways to use Fog Cloud effectively. I don't use Grease because that can be simulated with a grease bottle.

[seandeven]

I cast 2nd level Web then light whomever is caught up in fire.

[Die Eisenfaust am Lanzenschaft]

i give him a teleportation scroll and tell him to get lost.

[mrnecros]

In Patch 8 play test Gale can be metagamed into a ridiculously powerful DPS using Magic Missile.
There are 2 items that stack together to deliver insane damage with this spell:
The Sapphire Spark necklace can be purchased from Blurg in The Underdark Mycoid Colony for about 2000 gold which is easily obtainable even at low levels simply by using an invisibility potion or spell to make your way there (and activate the way-point portal)
Poisoner's Robe drops from the Phase Spider Matriarch which is a pretty hard fight but you can cheese her by standing an invisible character on a web to lure her into a large collection of Smoke Powder/Oil Barrels (Steal these from the Zentrium storeroom in the Goblin Camp which can be cat-burgled into from the roof area.)
Casting level 2 Magic Missile with these items equipped is 100% hit chance regardless of penalties that does 4x(1d4+1)+4x1d4+8x1d4 damage.
He can 2-shot The Hag, Bulette and pretty much any other major fight in the current game.
I expect this to be nerfed in the next patch.