The Melee Wizard

[turboluver]

I have searched the forum about a build like this and what I have found was the opposite of what I was looking for. People have done the 12 Monk and 8 Wizard and I thought that the better option was an undead fighting monk. With the incorporeal, blur, and displacement, and deflect arrows going it is hard to hit. So the following is what I have done and so far has been fun and can hold his own. This is the way I did it and I used the iconic blade forged cause I wanted to try it at higher levels.

Melee Wizard

Class: Wizard 12, Monk 7, Paladin 1
Race: Blade Forged (Iconic)
Lawful Good


Base Stats: 32 Point Build

Strength: 16 to 18
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 12
Wisdom: 6
Charisma: 8

Note:
+2 Tome of Dexterity needed at level 7

Note for Skills: Concentration must be maxed out!!!!

Level 1 – Paladin
Feat: Toughness

Level 2 – Wizard
Wizard Class Feat: Mental Toughness

Level 3 – Wizard
Feat: Power Attack

Level 4 – Wizard
Ability Increase: Strength

Level 5 – Wizard

Level 6 – Wizard
Wizard Class Feat: Spell Focus Necromancy
Feat: Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy

Level 7 – Wizard

Level 8 – Wizard
Ability Increase: Strength

Level 9 – Wizard
Feat: Weapon Focus Bludgeoning

Level 10 – Wizard

Level 11 – Wizard
Wizard class Feat: Improved Mental Toughness

Level 12 – Wizard
Ability Increase: Strength
Feat: Extend Spell

Level 13 – Wizard

Level 14 – Monk
Monk Class Feat: Stunning Fist

Level 15 – Monk
Monk Class Feat: Dodge
Feat: Two Weapon Fighting

Level 16 – Monk
Ability Increase: Strength
Path of Inevitable Darkness: Fists of Darkness

Level 17 – Monk

Level 18 – Monk
Feat: Improved Critical: Bludgeoning

Level 19 – Monk
Monk Class Feat: Deflect Arrows

Level 20 – Monk
Ability Increase: Strength

Enhancements:

** Note - I used the flame manipulation just for a firewall to fight in so it will be your choice. Just remember the offensive spell will be poor as you are melee. Just will be used for a little extra damage.

Static Charge
Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Way of the Patient Tortoise II
Way of the Patient Tortoise III
Ninja Spy I
Adept of Flame
Paladin Focus of Good I
Racial Toughness I
Racial Toughness II
Improved Concentration I
Improved Concentration II
Improved Concentration III
Combustive Spellcasting I
Combustive Spellcasting II
Wizard Energy of the Scholar I
Wizard Energy of the Scholar II
Wizard Energy of the Scholar III
Flame Manipulation I
Flame Manipulation II
Flame Manipulation III
Flame Manipulation IV
Flame Manipulation V
Flame Manipulation VI
Wizard Intelligence I
Wizard Intelligence II
Monk Wisdom I
Monk Wisdom II
Paladin Toughness I
Warforged Inscribed Armor I
Warforged Power Attack I
Warforged Power Attack II
Warforged Power Attack III
Warforged Tactics I
Warforged Tactics II
Warforged Tactics III
Pale Master I
Pale Master II
Shroud of the Vampire
Shroud of the Wraith
(Points left over your choice, I did Summon skele’s)

Spells I took:

Level 1
Detect Secret Doors
Grease
Jump
Nightshield
Shield

Level 2
Blur
Invisibility
Knock
Resist Energy
Touch of Idiocy

Level 3
Dispel Magic
Displacement
Haste
Magic Circle Against Evil
Rage

Level 4
Death Aura
Dimension Door
Negative Energy Burst
Firewall

Level 5
Dismissal
Mind Fog
Protection from Elements
Teleport

Level 6
Create Undead
Greater Heroism
Tenser’s Transformation
True Seeing

[Soulfurnace]

I'd just like to interject, if I may. (And yes, I may. :3)
Deflect arrows, last time I tried it, was pretty much broken. You'd be better off with something like mobility imo. If it's fixed, feel free to ignore that.
Aside from that, I'd be tempted to go 6 monk, 12 wizard, 2 paladin, just for the saves bonus. 7 monk doesn't give that much to an undead if you ask me, and I'll never turn down saves.

[turboluver]

I'd just like to interject, if I may. (And yes, I may. :3)
Deflect arrows, last time I tried it, was pretty much broken. You'd be better off with something like mobility imo. If it's fixed, feel free to ignore that.
Aside from that, I'd be tempted to go 6 monk, 12 wizard, 2 paladin, just for the saves bonus. 7 monk doesn't give that much to an undead if you ask me, and I'll never turn down saves.

Well it seems that they did fix deflect arrows i see "Deflected" quite often. And second what extra saves from Paladin, if u mean divine grace well charisma is a dump stat no need at all for wiz or monk. but the reason for pally in this build was to start at high lvl so used new iconic but seems a good choice so far.

[Soulfurnace]

Well it seems that they did fix deflect arrows i see "Deflected" quite often. And second what extra saves from Paladin, if u mean divine grace well charisma is a dump stat no need at all for wiz or monk. but the reason for pally in this build was to start at high lvl so used new iconic but seems a good choice so far.

I know, however, I don't see what 7 monk gives you. Even if charisma is a dump stat, +2 tome and +8 item, there's 4 saves (assuming you start at 8), which is hardly a negative. Just my thoughts, aside from that it looks fun.

[unbongwah]

Why did you gimp your DPS by not taking ITWF & GTWF? Why go PM on a BF when you get Incorporeality from Shadow Fade and vamp form is a trap? Why WF:B and IMT? And I concur with Soulfurnace: even with mediocre CHA, Divine Grace is more useful than monk 7 to this build, since heal amp + Wholeness of Body are irrelevant.

[turboluver]

Why did you gimp your DPS by not taking ITWF & GTWF? Why go PM on a BF when you get Incorporeality from Shadow Fade and vamp form is a trap? Why WF:B and IMT? And I concur with Soulfurnace: even with mediocre CHA, Divine Grace is more useful than monk 7 to this build, since heal amp + Wholeness of Body are irrelevant.

Well the more monk the more DPS for die damage. Plus being undead gives more immunities then shadow fade. And from what i have seen shadow fade last a minute here wraith form is always. The vampire form is because it is bugged at the moment. And not all quests will you use the wraith form so going in as regular to repair and use wholeness of body is a must. But between the warforged traits and the undead traits you are much better off. Just stating what I have noticed playing the toon where I had another and didnt do so good.

[DrNuegebauer]

Well the more monk the more DPS for die damage. Plus being undead gives more immunities then shadow fade. And from what i have seen shadow fade last a minute here wraith form is always. The vampire form is because it is bugged at the moment. And not all quests will you use the wraith form so going in as regular to repair and use wholeness of body is a must. But between the warforged traits and the undead traits you are much better off. Just stating what I have noticed playing the toon where I had another and didnt do so good.

Please educate me! How much more die damage does 7 monk give over 6 monk?
[it's 0]

If you're taking 1 pally level, then the second Pally level >>>> 7 monk.

[turboluver]

Please educate me! How much more die damage does 7 monk give over 6 monk?
[it's 0]

If you're taking 1 pally level, then the second Pally level >>>> 7 monk.

2 pally would probably work. But i rather put points in strength then charisma for the saves. My personal opinion. U need charisma for the saves where points in intelligence and strength would be more beneficial in my opinion.

[unbongwah]

Well the more monk the more DPS for die damage.

Except you don't go up another die going monk 6 -> 7; you have to take at monk 8 before your next increase. And that still doesn't explain why you gave up +40% offhand proc by not having ITWF & GTWF. I know Bladeforged take -2 DEX, but it's still pretty important...

And not all quests will you use the wraith form so going in as regular to repair and use wholeness of body is a must.

You're WF; why are you not just using Repair / Reconstruct? WoB is only for out-of-combat heals.

[CoasterHops]

I agree pretty much with what most others are saying, quickened reconstruct is superior to Undead Healing by a country mile.

If you really want a melee wizard you could try 12 Wiz,6fighter,2 pally, built as a sword and board/THF build dependent on the situation and gear, I had one close to this and it was tough to kill, in the right destiny you can hit 110 AC and100PRR etc which makes it pretty hardy.

[Lanhelin]

Also consider to take Spell Focus Enchantment and GSF Enchantment instead of Necromancy for all the Hold Person / Hold Monster spells and the additional 50% melee damage to helpless enemies. As Warforged I'd take Archmage rather than Pale Master for the extra 100 Spellpoints, because of the heavy use of repair spells.

[unbongwah]

Also consider to take Spell Focus Enchantment and GSF Enchantment instead of Necromancy for all the Hold Person / Hold Monster spells and the additional 50% melee damage to helpless enemies.

On a heavily-MCed STR-based melee wiz, though? Pretty sure OP's DCs & Spell Pen will be way too low for Enchantment spells to do any good.

[Impaqt]

2 pally would probably work. But i rather put points in strength then charisma for the saves. My personal opinion. U need charisma for the saves where points in intelligence and strength would be more beneficial in my opinion.

how exactly does taking 2 paly exclude you from putting more points into Strength?

Every excuse you have come up with for not taking that 2nd paly level is misconception or just plain wrong.

You do not need a lot of charisma to make divine grace worthwhile.

Wholeness of body on a Warforged arcane build is useless. This is not an opinion. It is fact.

Monk Gains nothing else going from 6 to 7. No extra damage. No Dodge. No AC.

Divine grace with no effort at all can give you +3 to all saves and use 0 slots or items.

with some careful planning it can get you +8 or more. This increase in saves makes Evasion worth wile in a LOT of situations it would of been useless in.

[unbongwah]

Monk Gains nothing else going from 6 to 7. No extra damage. No Dodge. No AC.

Well, you do gain +10% heal amp if you want...though again we're back to "useless to WF and PM."

[Aolas]

Just going to make a few points but before I do would like to say that practice makes perfect and forums are here to help so don't be dissuaded if people appear critical or let it put you off posting again in future.

STATS
* If you are going to have to make Concentration checks then you should really aim for more Constitution. With a 32 point build you should be looking at 18 Constitution or even 20 Con.

CLASSES
* Since you dumped Charisma there is some logic in why you didn't take Paladin(2). Without high Reflex you can probably forget about Evasion anyway. I would point out that you would have gained an extra feat from Fighter(1) or an upgrade to your unarmed damage with one extra level of Monk. Dropping Paladin would also allow you to free up your Alignment.

FEATS
* You don't need Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy until 12th level so you could swap it round with Extend Spell and get more value out of your spells earlier on.
* Just Two Weapon Fighting on it's own? You won't proc many offhand attacks
* Improved Mental Toughness. Is 60 ish SP really worth a feat?
* Lack of Cleave & Great Cleave is going to really hurt your combat potential

So if you went Fighter(1) instead of Paladin(1) and dropped Improved Mental Toughness you could pick Improved Two Weapon Fighting and Greater Two Weapon Fighting or Cleave and Great Cleave.

SPELLS
* You missed Lesser Death Aura at level 2
* Knock probably won't be reliable without a high Intelligence modifier. Swap for Owl's Wisdom and get more Will & AC
* Touch of Idiocy? Ironic but useless, swap for Cat's Grace or False Life
* Invisibility. Lesser/Death Aura is going to blow your invis so maybe swap for something else
* you missed Stoneskin at level 4
* You missed Reconstruct at level 6!
* Create Undead at level 6? They are only CR12 summons, swap it for Reconstruct or Globe of Invulnerability

I did a 28 point build for a Barbarian type fighting Pale master. Put the extra +4 points for a 32 point build into Intelligence. Unlike a normal Barbarian you have a lot of concealment for defense which is what I think you were aiming for with your Warforged/Wraith. I put Quicken Spell in this so no worries about Concentration checks. Developed Repair spellpower rather than anything else to give you the option to play normally without the shroud. Skill points went into Jump, Repair and Balance.

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Warforged Necrobarb
Level 20 True Neutral Warforged Male
(2 Fighter \ 6 Barbarian \ 12 Wizard) 
Hit Points: 342
Spell Points: 721 
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 5
Will: 8

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(28 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             18                    24
Dexterity             8                     8
Constitution         18                    22
Intelligence         10                    12
Wisdom                6                     6
Charisma              6                     6

Level 1 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Quicken Spell
Spell (1): Shield
Spell (1): Repair Light Damage
Spell (1): Expeditious Retreat
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation I
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar I


Level 2 (Wizard)
Spell (1): Nightshield
Spell (1): Detect Secret Doors
Enhancement: Wizard Improved Quickening I
Enhancement: Reconstructive Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence I
Enhancement: Warforged Inscribed Armor I


Level 3 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Cleave
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I


Level 4 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I


Level 5 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Great Cleave
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I


Level 6 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I


Level 7 (Wizard)
Spell (2): Lesser Death Aura
Spell (2): Resist Energy
Enhancement: Mighty Reconstruction I
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation II


Level 8 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (2): Blur
Spell (2): Fox's Cunning
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution II


Level 9 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Spell Focus: Necromancy
Spell (3): Displacement
Spell (3): Haste
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar II
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude I
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude II


Level 10 (Wizard)
Spell (3): Rage
Spell (3): Repair Serious Damage
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master I
Enhancement: Shroud of the Zombie


Level 11 (Wizard)
Spell (4): Death Aura
Spell (4): Negative Energy Burst
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation III
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack II


Level 12 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy
Spell (4): Stoneskin
Spell (4): Fire Shield
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence II


Level 13 (Wizard)
Spell (5): Protection From Elements
Spell (5): Cloudkill
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation V


Level 14 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Mental Toughness
Spell (5): Break Enchantment
Spell (5): Teleport
Enhancement: Wizard Improved Quickening II
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack III


Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Spell (6): Greater Heroism
Spell (6): Tenser's Transformation
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation VI


Level 16 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (6): Reconstruct
Spell (6): Globe of Invulnerability
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master II
Enhancement: Shroud of the Wraith


Level 17 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage I


Level 18 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Handed Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude III


Level 19 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack II


Level 20 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Frenzied Berserker I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution II

Cloudkill gives you an extra 20% Concealment and lots of other nice stuff, I thought this would be better than Firewall for your AoE. Should be around +50 damage per hit with a 2-handed weapon. Spellpoints should be around 1000 with added INT and SP items thrown in.

[turboluver]

I agree pretty much with what most others are saying, quickened reconstruct is superior to Undead Healing by a country mile.

If you really want a melee wizard you could try 12 Wiz,6fighter,2 pally, built as a sword and board/THF build dependent on the situation and gear, I had one close to this and it was tough to kill, in the right destiny you can hit 110 AC and100PRR etc which makes it pretty hardy.

Well first reconstruct is better in some situations but having only a limited spell points because only 12 wiz limits that and second with the undead form, blur, displacement and deflect arrows u dont need to reconstruct the death aura is plenty. As I play it I do not get hit often enough to justify staying out of undead form to use the reconstruct. And i am in Draconic Epic Destiny which is for when I get surrounded the Energy Burst is quite useful and does a great job and the extra sell points. The energy burst does 1500+ damage for 20 spell points and when I get to energy vortex will be even added damage out put. And the monk is for evasion also.

[turboluver]

Just going to make a few points but before I do would like to say that practice makes perfect and forums are here to help so don't be dissuaded if people appear critical or let it put you off posting again in future.

STATS
* If you are going to have to make Concentration checks then you should really aim for more Constitution. With a 32 point build you should be looking at 18 Constitution or even 20 Con.

CLASSES
* Since you dumped Charisma there is some logic in why you didn't take Paladin(2). Without high Reflex you can probably forget about Evasion anyway. I would point out that you would have gained an extra feat from Fighter(1) or an upgrade to your unarmed damage with one extra level of Monk. Dropping Paladin would also allow you to free up your Alignment.

FEATS
* You don't need Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy until 12th level so you could swap it round with Extend Spell and get more value out of your spells earlier on.
* Just Two Weapon Fighting on it's own? You won't proc many offhand attacks
* Improved Mental Toughness. Is 60 ish SP really worth a feat?
* Lack of Cleave & Great Cleave is going to really hurt your combat potential

So if you went Fighter(1) instead of Paladin(1) and dropped Improved Mental Toughness you could pick Improved Two Weapon Fighting and Greater Two Weapon Fighting or Cleave and Great Cleave.

SPELLS
* You missed Lesser Death Aura at level 2
* Knock probably won't be reliable without a high Intelligence modifier. Swap for Owl's Wisdom and get more Will & AC
* Touch of Idiocy? Ironic but useless, swap for Cat's Grace or False Life
* Invisibility. Lesser/Death Aura is going to blow your invis so maybe swap for something else
* you missed Stoneskin at level 4
* You missed Reconstruct at level 6!
* Create Undead at level 6? They are only CR12 summons, swap it for Reconstruct or Globe of Invulnerability

I did a 28 point build for a Barbarian type fighting Pale master. Put the extra +4 points for a 32 point build into Intelligence. Unlike a normal Barbarian you have a lot of concealment for defense which is what I think you were aiming for with your Warforged/Wraith. I put Quicken Spell in this so no worries about Concentration checks. Developed Repair spellpower rather than anything else to give you the option to play normally without the shroud. Skill points went into Jump, Repair and Balance.

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Warforged Necrobarb
Level 20 True Neutral Warforged Male
(2 Fighter \ 6 Barbarian \ 12 Wizard) 
Hit Points: 342
Spell Points: 721 
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 5
Will: 8

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(28 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             18                    24
Dexterity             8                     8
Constitution         18                    22
Intelligence         10                    12
Wisdom                6                     6
Charisma              6                     6

Level 1 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Quicken Spell
Spell (1): Shield
Spell (1): Repair Light Damage
Spell (1): Expeditious Retreat
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation I
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar I


Level 2 (Wizard)
Spell (1): Nightshield
Spell (1): Detect Secret Doors
Enhancement: Wizard Improved Quickening I
Enhancement: Reconstructive Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence I
Enhancement: Warforged Inscribed Armor I


Level 3 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Cleave
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I


Level 4 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I


Level 5 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Great Cleave
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I


Level 6 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I


Level 7 (Wizard)
Spell (2): Lesser Death Aura
Spell (2): Resist Energy
Enhancement: Mighty Reconstruction I
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation II


Level 8 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (2): Blur
Spell (2): Fox's Cunning
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution II


Level 9 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Spell Focus: Necromancy
Spell (3): Displacement
Spell (3): Haste
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar II
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude I
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude II


Level 10 (Wizard)
Spell (3): Rage
Spell (3): Repair Serious Damage
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master I
Enhancement: Shroud of the Zombie


Level 11 (Wizard)
Spell (4): Death Aura
Spell (4): Negative Energy Burst
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation III
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack II


Level 12 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy
Spell (4): Stoneskin
Spell (4): Fire Shield
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence II


Level 13 (Wizard)
Spell (5): Protection From Elements
Spell (5): Cloudkill
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation V


Level 14 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Mental Toughness
Spell (5): Break Enchantment
Spell (5): Teleport
Enhancement: Wizard Improved Quickening II
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack III


Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Spell (6): Greater Heroism
Spell (6): Tenser's Transformation
Enhancement: Repair Manipulation VI


Level 16 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (6): Reconstruct
Spell (6): Globe of Invulnerability
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master II
Enhancement: Shroud of the Wraith


Level 17 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage I


Level 18 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Handed Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude III


Level 19 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack II


Level 20 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Frenzied Berserker I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution II

Cloudkill gives you an extra 20% Concealment and lots of other nice stuff, I thought this would be better than Firewall for your AoE. Should be around +50 damage per hit with a 2-handed weapon. Spellpoints should be around 1000 with added INT and SP items thrown in.

Well I am sorry to inform you about Quicken Spell I have it on my cleric and i get interrupted quite often when using quicken. As far as i can see your concentration is still a factor. So dont expect quicken to go every time. My build so far has never been interrupted with a 63 concentration.

And yes cloudkill or solid fog would be better for concealment but that firewall is just a something i like thats all I had cloudkill for a while, But because of equipment I have I went with firewall.

Also I went with the Pally because it was the Iconic class because I wanted to start at a higher level, so thats the reason for 1 ally other wise I woud have done a straight 12 wizard and 8 monk.

Concerning spells: 1 you dont need lesser death aura for 2 reasons: 1 if u start at level 15 then u can get death aura and 2 if u build it from level one then u dont want to use the forms until level 12 anyway because f the 20% less attack speed for zombie form. And also it is a wizard you can inscribe scrolls so yes i do have stone skin but really dont use it because of all the other defense I find i really dont need it.

[Phidius]

Well I am sorry to inform you about Quicken Spell I have it on my cleric and i get interrupted quite often when using quicken. As far as i can see your concentration is still a factor. So dont expect quicken to go every time. My build so far has never been interrupted with a 63 concentration.
...

The only times I've had a spell interrupted when I have Quicken on is when I walk over a bump in the landscape, in which case Concentration wouldn't help either. Is it possible that you're getting interrupted when using a scroll instead?

[turboluver]

The only times I've had a spell interrupted when I have Quicken on is when I walk over a bump in the landscape, in which case Concentration wouldn't help either. Is it possible that you're getting interrupted when using a scroll instead?

Nope i dont use scrolls on my cleric i use the quickened mass heal and quickened heal. So i know for a fact that quicken does not work like it should because i also see the die roll for concentration.

[AtomicMew]

Nope i dont use scrolls on my cleric i use the quickened mass heal and quickened heal. So i know for a fact that quicken does not work like it should because i also see the die roll for concentration.

OP, there's so much wrong with everything you're saying. You're basically trying to reinvent the wheel, not very successfully. Don't always assume that you're right when you haven't even played end game yet, listen to what others are saying because there's a lot you can learn from this thread if you want to improve and become a better player.