end game DC's for a wiz

[Darsith]

I am looking to TR my sorc into a wiz for some more wiz past life feats.

The main issue that I am running into is that I am unsure if I should be Human or Drow. The spell DC's as I have broken them down are:

Int
Human
18 - base
05 - lvls
04 - enhancements
07 - item
01 - excep
02 - excep
02 - tome
01 - litany
02 - ship
02 - capstone
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44 - total
17 - casting modifier

Drow:
20 - base
05 - lvls
03 - enhancements
07 - item
01 - excep
02 - excep
02 - tome
01 - litany
02 - ship
02 - capstone
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45 - total
17 - casting modifier (actually 17.5, but the .5 is useless)

DC's are:
10 - base
09 - spell lvl (w/heighten)
17 - int
02 - grt focus item
01 - wiz p/l (have a single wiz p/l already)
01 - focus feat
01 - grt focus feat
02 - enhancement (most likely archmage with this)
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43 - total (for both races)


Now my dilemma here is did I miss anything (other than Yugo/ddo store pots)? I have always been told to go drow for a higher DC, but the DC's look the same when all the gear is collected.

I would prefer to go human for the bonus feat and not take a con hit. Any help with this is appreciated.

[Viisari]

There's no point going drow if you want max spell dc, because with all possible int gear drow will put you at an uneven number as you yourself found out. Human gets the same spell dc, a feat and some more hp and a free skill point per level. Imo the feat is most significant advantage even on a wizard.

So the only reasons to go drow are for flavor or more charisma. The spell resistance is useless at endgame content since the mobs will autopass the check due to their high CR. It is quite nice while leveling though. The hit to con drows get is rather insignificant imo, since even while using yugo pots and having 50% fort on my wizard, I don't bother using full hp gear, and started with con 16 anyway. The loss of +6 str I have in draconic ring actually hurts more than the loss of +2 exceptional con it gives. But since spell pen IX is awesome I've taken to using epic shamans band in most situations.

[mystafyi]

you made a mention of AM prestige line and past lives. if your just grinding the past lives then go WF AM line or drow/human PM line. the +7 int item or +3/4 int tomes wont apply really, since you would tr upon 20.