Best Spellcaster Feats, Icewind Dale 2 IWD2

List of IWD2 Spellcaster Feats

Spellcasters include Wizards, Sorcerers, Clerics and Druids. It depends on IWD2 Build, but the best spellcaster feats in Icewind Dale 2 are Dash, Expertise, Rapid Shot, Subvocal Casting and Spell Focus (and GSF).

The best spellcaster feats are highlighted in blue.

• AEGIS OF RIME. Your mastery of cold magic has yielded impressive results.

◦ Prerequisites: You must be able to cast 4th level spells and have a Spellcraft of 10 or higher.

◦ Benefit: Grants 5 Cold Resistance (permanent), and a +20% increase to all Cold Damage done.

• AQUA MORTIS. Your mastery of acid magic has yielded impressive results.

◦ Prerequisites: You must be able to cast 4th level spells and have a Spellcraft of 10 or higher.

◦ Benefit: Grants 5 Acid Resistance (permanent), and a +20% increase to all Acid Damage done.

• DASH. Your character moves a little faster than his or her comrades.

◦ Benefit: Your character moves about 15% faster than normal.

• DODGE. You are adept at dodging blows.

◦ Prerequisite: Dex 13+

◦ Benefit: You receive a +1 dodge bonus to armor class against attacks from an opponent.

• EXPERTISE. You are trained at using your combat skill for defense as well as offense.

◦ Prerequisite: Int 13+

◦ Benefit: When you use the attack action or full attack action in melee, you can take a penalty of as much as -5 on your attack and add the same number  (up to +5) to your Armor Class.  This number may not exceed your base attack bonus.  The changes to attack rolls and armor bonus last until your next action.  The bonus to your Armor Class is a dodge bonus.

• RAPID SHOT. You can use ranged weapons with exceptional speed.

◦ Prerequisite: Dex 13+

◦ Benefit: You can get one extra attack per round with a ranged weapon.  The attack is at your highest base attack bonus, but each attack (the extra one and the normal ones) suffers -2 penalty.  NOTE: This feat does not increase the reload time for crossbows.

All ranged units should take the Rapid Shot feat (bows and slings only). Even Wizards.

• SCION OF STORMS. Your mastery of electrical magic has yielded impressive results.

◦ Prerequisites: You must be able to cast 4th level spells and have a Spellcraft of 10 or higher.

◦ Benefit: Grants 5 Electrical resistance (permanent) and a +20% to all electrical damage done.

• SPELL PENETRATION. Your spells are especially potent, breaking through spell resistance more readily than normal.

◦ Benefit:  You get a +2 bonus to caster level checks to beat a creature's spell resistance.

◦ Special: You can take this feat a second time in Icewind Dale II to give yourself Greater Spell Penetration, which provides a +4 bonus.

• SPELL FOCUS, ENCHANTMENT, SPELL FOCUS, EVOCATION, SPELL FOCUS, NECROMANCY, SPELL FOCUS, TRANSMUTATION. Your spells with this school are more potent than normal.

◦ Benefit: Add +2 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against spells from this school of magic.

◦ Special: You can take this feat a second time in Icewind Dale II to give yourself GREATER SPELL FOCUS in this school, which provides a +4 bonus.

• SPIRIT OF FLAME. Your mastery of fire magic has yielded impressive results.

◦ Prerequisites: You must be able to cast 4th level spells and have a Spellcraft of 10 or higher.

◦ Benefit: Grants 5 Fire Resistance (permanent), and a +20% increase to all Fire Damage done.

• SUBVOCAL CASTING. You have been trained in the art of casting spells even while silenced.

◦ Prerequisite: Ability to cast Arcane or Divine spells.

◦ Benefit: This feat conveys the ability to cast spells while silenced.

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