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Originally Posted by Scatty
No Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting? That one is a killer, usually on my "got-to-have" list. Add to it Vecna's Robe and Amulet of Power and you can get it out at decent speed. Protection From Magic Weapons can also be useful sometimes, even with Stoneskin, especially if playing without party, and facing a dragon going nuts for example.
Looking at the amount of spells, I take it you didn't have Intelligence above 18?
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I personally prefer damage-over-time spells for their much higher summed damage then Abi-Dhalzim's. Incindenary Cloud is perfect with a mage, as for lvl 8 there are basically no good spells for BG2. The drawback of course is, that it deal fire damage, but at least in massive amount. Abi-Dhalzim is "cast it in the heat of battle", preferably with improved alactricity, and although not fire-based, but when that question comes into play magic resistance will also be an issue (where long duration again helps, eg. drows).
I did not found prot. from magic weapon, and it has short duration to my liking, and to be honest I wasn't whacked too much with my summon + boots of speed + stoneskin (what I regularly memorize 2-3 at once). I also not fought any dragon (no reason to).
My stats:
22/19/18/21/22/5 after all the bonuses and downs. When I've rolled were:
18/18/16/18/17/3
Note: I've in my spellbook ALL the spells avaiable in the game, except of course Summon Cow what is only a wild surge effect, and Improved Chaos Shield what I'll investigate soon if I can aquire it if started from BG2.