It goes without saying that aimed spells are your friend, especially when you can pull off a 30-foor ranged Sneak Attack.

The Magical Knack Trait () won't get you any more spells, but it does at least make up for what your Caster Level counts as by 2. I am far from an expert optimizer, but I did play a Rogue/Wizard/Arcane Trickster all the way up through a Pathfinder-ized War of the Burning Sky, so I can tell you what my experience was: Another option, if you're willing to wait, would be Wizard (VMC Rogue) and grabbing Accomplished Sneak Attacker as a retrain option at level 7.īeyond that see if your GM is comfortable with the fractional BaB rules listed in PF Unchained, will help buoy up your frankly appalling BaB. That'd net me a +1 base attack bonus at level 5, though (wizard 3/rogue 1/trickster 1). what do I do for 5 or 6 levels with my casting 3 levels behind a regular wizard? And for that matter, what order do I take these levels in? What sorts of spells should I prioritize, and when should I use them? I haven't even played a regular wizard in ages, so I'm worried I'm going to get lost and end up with a useless character.ĮDIT: I noticed the Accomplished Sneak Attacker feat, which would let me only take 1 level of rogue. (The character was going to have lots of scrolls anyway.)īut, I mean. All I can think of to fix that right now is to focus on stealth to do sneak attack damage more often via sniping and to make sure to get lots of scrolls of the spells I need but can't reliably prepare. But frankly I'm worried about being just terrible until level 6 or 7, not doing much more than Ray of Frost + piddly sneak attack damage sometimes. I'm gearing up for Curse of the Crimson Throne (no spoilers please) and I'm trying to decide between straight Wizard and Wizard/Rogue/AT.

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