time efficient wizard?

[shandiris]

I’m currently working on a new character for a solo campaign.
I got a nice character concept but I just need to work it out a bit better I think.

My idea is a time-efficient wizard. Who uses his talent to grow into the most powerful mage in the shortest of times. So I started looking at things that would let me negate time-wasting. Like sleeping/eating/travel. Now for sleeping and eating I’ve got a couple ideas. I think I can research a spell that gives me the benefit of Heward’s Bedroll (CM) every day, but I still need to check that. Eating is solved with a ring of sustenance. 
Are there any better/other ways to negate timewasting?

Now the build; my current idea is this: Which I’ll be playing from lvl 4 and up.

Wizard 5/Incantrix 10/Halruaan Adept 5

With some of these feats I think:
Spell Thematics
Halruaan Adept
Iron Will
Extend Spell
Persistent Spell
Quicken Spell
Improved Initiative

I would ban Evocation for Incantrix. And I think I can take the elf sub lvl with any race.

I’m not sure about specializing since this is a solo campaign so I need a lot of options. The build idea is to use Halruaan Adept and Incantrix to start quickening spells at +2 adjustment at high levels. It sort of is in the theme and I think it will work nicely.
Race is not set at all, and ideas are welcome.

I also want the character to be good at spell duels. Any ideas for low lvl on tactics and spells for those?

Together with my DM we’ve got nearly all books except UA and Dungeon or Dragon Magazine. No leadership although i can get followers trough roleplay.  The game is set in Faerun in 1374. It will probably be 36 point buy.

[Rebel7284]

you need to be an elf to take elf generalist levels...

[SixthDeclension]

you need to be an elf to take elf generalist levels...

Nuh-huh!

[shandiris]

you need to be an elf to take elf generalist levels...

I thought I made it quite clear that i can.

And I think I can take the elf sub lvl with any race.

But I'll say it again, I can because of a DM fiat I will most likely get.

[Rebel7284]

Oh I thought that you meant that you can take it within the rules.  If the DM is letting you, go for it.  Without a party, bufs and debufs are not as great generally.  You have to focus on save or dies and battlefield control (and on teleporting the fuck out when you're in trouble.)  Incantatrix is good for save or dies though.  Arcane Thesis on enervation or ray of stupidity or disintegrate or scorching ray all work nicely.

[SorO_Lost]

Undead Warlock: "Who needs sleep and food?"

I think you can just ask for more house rules if you wanted to.

[Akalsaris]

If you can use material from other settings, Unseen Crafter (Lvl 2 spell) from Races of Eberron will let you do any crafting you need to do while you sleep or whatever. 

I think casting a lot of Haste spells would be pretty flavorful for the character, since you're always in a hurry.  Same with nerveskitter.

Prepare Detect Thoughts and Locate Objects so you don't waste time trying to figure out what she wants for Christmas or where you left your keys.  Disguise Self so nobody notices that you haven't shaved or changed your clothes in weeks - you're too busy poring over arcane lore for that.  Phantom Steed for traveling around quickly.  Keep a Secret Chest with all your most useful stuff so you can retrieve it when convenient.  Telepathic Bond so you don't need to waste time talking with the party members.  Magic Jar so that when your body is exhausted, you can take over your apprentice and keep on going while your body rests.

Purchase a 3rd arm so you can multi-task even better.

[woodenbandman]

Dude stop trying to use Wizards the way they weren't designed. Everyone knows that to truly optimize the art of not eating/sleeping you need to play a shadowcaster. Preferably a vampire shadowcaster with LA buyoff.

[Negative Zero]

To truly optimize the art of not eating/sleeping, don't play a caster. Warforged Fighter 1 doesn't eat or sleep or rest ever. But I get the feeling that he isn't going for that, either.

[shandiris]

Thanks for the advice on spells Akalsaris.

I will also look into necropilatan

Woodenbandman: You're making no sense what so ever. A shadowcasters needs 8 hours of rest before he can prepare a wizard 4... And a vampire has to stick in the same place half of the time (the sun part).

I know a caster isn't the easiest way of reaching no eating/sleeping. But then I always have something to do (spells, crafting, researching, reading) in that time.

Anybody got any advice on spell duels at low lvls?

[jameswilliamogle]

Anybody got any advice on spell duels at low lvls?

Grease/Web and Reserve feats like Acidic Splatter and Fiery Burst.  Summons, too.  You need consistent damage output soloing as a Wizard; the reserve feats are good at this (while grinding it out at the low levels).

[Endarire]

Undead warlocks in WoW have little downtime.  I believe that would extend to D&D too.

[Akalsaris]

No, play a troll hunter for no downtime! 

[Negative Zero]

Anybody got any advice on spell duels at low lvls?

Grease/Web and Reserve feats like Acidic Splatter and Fiery Burst.  Summons, too.  You need consistent damage output soloing as a Wizard; the reserve feats are good at this (while grinding it out at the low levels).

Nothing says 'endurance' like a level 1 Wizard with Precocious Apprentice and Fiery Burst.

[Dictum Mortuum]

Plane shift to a flowing time plane (with the best time/time ratio you can find), kill stuff to reach level 20, boom!
1-20 in a few seconds.

[Amadi]

Anybody got any advice on spell duels at low lvls?

Grease/Web and Reserve feats like Acidic Splatter and Fiery Burst.  Summons, too.  You need consistent damage output soloing as a Wizard; the reserve feats are good at this (while grinding it out at the low levels).

Nothing says 'endurance' like a level 1 Wizard with Precocious Apprentice and Fiery Burst.

Azurin Druid 1:
Share Soulmeld, Shape Soulmeld (Acidic Spittle), The feat that increases the amount of max essentia invested in certain soulmeld by 1, any feat that grants 1 essentia.

2d6 damage as ranged touch, your animal companion does the same. To boot: Cast entangle, fire away.

[shandiris]

You're going offtopic here ...

I don't want level 1 builds that have at will powers.

I might use the Time Plane idea although not as radical as you're suggesting. Do you know any planes that exist in Faerun that have that property?

Any (useful) advice on spell duels?

[Amadi]

Well, there's always this..

1. Martial Wizard 1: Improved Initiative, [Any metamagic feat]
2. Human Paragon 1:
3. Human Paragon 2: Iron Will, Sanctum Spell (Needed to qualify for spellshaper early on, retrain out of this, or darksunshuffle.)
4. Metaphysical Spellshaper 1:
5. Metaphysical Spellshaper 2: [Any metamagic feat]
6. Metaphysical Spellshaper 3: [Any feat]
7. Incantatrix 1: [Any metamagic feat]
8. Incantatrix 2:
9. Incantatrix 3: [Any feat]
10.Incantatrix 4: [Any metamagic feat]
11.Incantatrix 5:
12.Incantatrix 6: [Any feat]
13.Incantatrix 7: [Any metamagic feat]
14.Incantatrix 8:
15.Incantatrix 9: [Any feat]
16.Incantatrix 10: [Any metamagic feat]
17.Human Paragon 3:
18.Magical Trickster 1: [Any feat]
19.Magical Trickster 2: [Any metamagic feat]
20.Magical Trickster 3:

Basically your power level will be maximum, you apply metamagics at the fly by taking ability damage, persist each and every spell in existence and reduce the spell level adjustments by 2. Then you go for Arcane Thesis: Ray of stupidity, apply Twin, Maximize, Empower, Split Ray. That'll be level 3 spell for you, afaik. (-1 Empower, -1 Split, +1 maximize, +2 Twin.). 24+2d6 int damage as ranged touch. Do that in spell duels, target loses.

[tusk]

  To maximize the “you lose"card, jack up your init by :

Get a hummingbird(dragon magazine) as familiar

weapon enchantment: eager(Mic)

neverskitter(spc) is always good.