Naerai Tactics

Naerai has a metric ton of options, which can be a bit paralyzing when it gets to his turn and there is no obvious best choice. Keep some of the following in mind if you get stuck. The most complicated of Naerai's choices actually come when selecting which spells to use each day. His usual list is a pretty solid mix, but a bit of tuning based on expected events can go a long way. In any case, once the spell list is fixed, if you are not sure what to do on a given turn, ask yourself some questions in roughly this order:

Is the party hasted?

The haste spell is one of the most useful in the whole game. This should probably be memorized multiple times a day (which is tough, because there are a lot of good third level wizard spells). Keep one in reserve for a "boss battle".

Can I alter the environment to give the party an advantage?

Battlefield control is Naerai's bread and butter.

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