[Jondifool]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
Thanks much!!
One more question:
I think part of my failures is that I do not understand the magic paths very well -- nature and fire and death combos I mean...
What spells do you like to research when-ish?
What schools are generally good bets (besides construction and evocation)?
I am a big thaumaturgy fan, but since Machaka has NO astral, I don't really know what to do.
How do you guys dispel? How do you get those neato ++path boosting items (rings of sorc, staffs of elemental mastery) without air or astral? I like the idea of a Virtue for air, but cant see me getting an Air and Astral pretender (which one??)....

Uh, sorry, main question here: Magic. Which spells, which paths?
Thanks much!

to the main question

Besides construcktion to lvl 4 and 6 (+ items )
it's for me Alteration all the way to level 6!

I think evocation is in a lot less hurry,
whats so important to get there? please enlighten me.

enchanment (flaming arrows) should be seleckted early.

And conjuration could.
Summons for pd as suggested in this tread I think is a wonderfull idea. And why not use them for some punch early. As machaka can get a good shoot at gem income early. (a black and a normal sorc searching together finds around 2/3 of ALL sites in the game, if having air/astral/water as their random.)

but for Alteration
massprotecktion at lvl 6
and acsees to spells like Invulnerability, Incinerate, Drain Life, Elemental Fortitude

btw alteration does gives good posibilitys for making early mini SC out of black sorcerer. Buff them and attack, and the oppenent will hope not to hurt them lightly!!