SHAMAN
Level 1
Armor of Faith
- Scales decently. Ideally your shaman should never need it, but if you do, it's nice to have.

Bless
- Not great, but it DOES affect the whole party, so that's nice for a level 1 spell.

Cure Light Wounds
- Mandatory, really

Doom
- Worse than Bless, since it allows a save, but it's still a level 1 AoE spell.

Entangle
- Yet another "nothing else good in this level" spell. Okay if it works, but it really only matters against melee characters.

Spirit Ward*
- Pretty much uselss, but you get it for free, so I guess you can't complain.

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Level 2
Barkskin
- Better AC is always nice. Doesn't stay terribly useful forever, but it's good while it does. Even better, you can cast this on any ally.

Charm Person/Mammal
- Making an enemy into an ally can turn the tide of battle. Great when it connects.

Flame Blade
- Good for finishing trolls, but that's about it. Another "nothing else better in this level" spell.

Resist Fire/Cold
- Handy more often than you might think at first. Plus, 50% resistance to two elements for the cost of one spell is always good.

Slow Poison
- Another gimme.

Writhing Fog*
- Might hit one or two enemies when you cast it on a group. Lob this and pluck away with ranged weapons. Also does token damage. Pretty meh, but again, it's free.

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Level 3
Cure Disease
- Disease doesn't come up often, but it's a huge pain in the ass when it does, hence why I choose this.

Cure Medium Wounds
- Again, mandatory.

Dispel Magic
- See what I said about it above.

Protection From Fire
- Cast this on one or two allies, then have them go ahead to tank, while your party stays back and lobe Fireballs.

Spiritual Clarity*
- Like Cure Disease, not useful all the time, but really nice to have when it is.

Summon Insects
- Beeeeeeeeees. Also totally ruins any enemy spellcaster's day.

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Level 4
Call Woodland Beings
- The nymph is a terrible fighter, but she does have some decent spells, including Mass Cure.

Cure Serious Wounds
- Still mandatory.

Negative Plane Protection
- This makes vampires cry, even if it doesn't last very long. Cast it on a frontliner while everyone else bombards the vamp from range.

Neutralize Poison
- Better than Slow Poison, and by the time you can take this Slow Poison may be losing effectiveness. Also provides token healing.

Protetction from Lightning
- Another 'not useful terribly often, but really nice to have when it is' spell. Watcher's Keep Level 2 comes to mind.

Spirit Fire*
- Basically not!Fireball. You get it for free, even if it's a level higher than the arcane version. Nice to have, but not stellar.

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Level 5
Chaotic Commands
- Lasts a good long time, and protects against some of the nastiest status effects in the game, including Psionic Blast. Can make difficult fights into a cakewalk.

Cure Critical Wounds
- By now you should know what this is.

Insect Plague
- Bees! Millions and millions of bees! Only lasts 6 rounds, but can ruin the day of any enemy group you lob it at.

Iron Skins
- Divine Stoneskin. Not quite as good, but still good.

Mass Cure
- This will eventually become more useful than Cure Critical Wounds, since it scales with level, and this also affects the entire party.

Recall Spirit*
- Basically Raise Dead, and good for all the reasons Raise Dead is.

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Level 6
Conjure Animals
- Another "nothing else that good in this level" placeholder. Calling up bears to maul your enemies is fun, though.

Dolorous Decay
- No-save slow for 2 rounds. Meh. Does a total of 50 damage if the target fails a save though. Another placeholder, pretty much.

Fire Seeds
- Man, there's just almost nothing useful in level 6. This is like a really lame Fireball.

Heal
- Slow casting time, but aside from restoring all the target's HP, it also removes almost all negative statuses, barring only a couple like level drain.

Spiritual Lock*
- I once cast this on Firkraag just because I had nothing else to cast and was getting my ass kicked and figured I might as well try it before reloading. I got it to connect, and trundled off to Spellhold with Keldorn wielding Carsomyr as a result. ANYWAY, like most instant save-or-die/save-or-suck spells, this rarely works on anything you'd want to cast it on unless you drop a couple Greater Malisons first.

Wondrous Recall
- Fantastic spell. I mostly use it to get back two castings of Mass Cure, which means an additional 40+ HP restored for everybody in the party.

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Level 7
Creeping Doom
- BEEEEES! That aside, it does okay damage, but there's probably something better you could be doing.

Ether Gate*
- This would be okay if not for the Range: Touch limitation. As it is, you'll probably never use it. At least it has a fast cast time and doesn't allow a saving through.

Regeneration
- Pop this on a couple frontliners before sending them into the fray, and this will help mitigate a good bit of the damage they suffer. Otherwise it's not all that useful.