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Violist said:
Spell Like Ability on Greater Teleport sounds extremely useful, since we seem to use that frequently, and I dislike the Teleport's failure chance... so unless anyone can think of some reason not to, I'll do that.
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That just doesn't seem like much of a benefit to me. It effectively moves one 5th level spell slot to 7th level in exchange for completely giving up all flexibility with that spell slot and another 7th level spell slot. I don't see the lack of components mattering, as it only has a verbal component which is not a problem for escaping from grapples, the main situation I can think of where it would really matter. Besides, Dimension Door will do that job just fine, and it's only 4th level.
By my count you have 4 7th level spell slots and 3 8th level already, including bonus slots from intelligence, which is quite enough to prepare an adequate number of Greater Teleports and still have enough good combat spells. 6th level and lower spells can still be quite potent in combat, you know.
Being able to toss AoE's like, say, Prismatic Spray, Cone of Cold, Fireball, and Waves of Exhaustion without worrying about where the melee guys are, now
that's a handy ability. Unless I miss my guess, the primary reason you haven't been tossing AoE's when we're in melee is entirely because you didn't have Mastery of Shaping.