Quote Originally Posted by Nettlekid View Post
My DM isn't going to play it at all like you would. I don't think he's aware of the Craft Contingency feat, and he's not the sort to use it if he did know it.

He was disappointed that taking more levels of Epic Sorcerer wouldn't get you more spell slots without spending feats on Improved Spell Capacity or things like that, so he's most likely gone some form of Caster 10/Other Caster 10/Theurge class 10 so he has more spells per day and more spells known. I don't expect him to use Shapechange, and if he did he would stick mostly to the Monster Manual I think.

He's said Metamagic specialist, but I don't know what he means by that. He's never played a caster, so I don't know if he knows what Metamagic is worth it or not. He was concerned about the HP of his caster and was asking me what usual damage for certain classes would be, so he seems more focused on direct damage. I expect him to basically be more like a Mailman than anything.
Oh, then Shapechange into a Shadesteel Golem and throw up a Globe of Invulnerability (totally shuts down all of the Orbs unless they throw in a Heighten to make them 5th level). Combine with a Selective (yourself) Impressing Field (CM) set to Abjuration and with the CL pumped as high as you can; this forces a CL check to use Abjuration spells (such as dispel magic or Disjunction) in the area.

Shadesteel Golem protects you against anything that is SR: Yes. Globe of Invulnerability protects you against the Orb line (and any other SR: No spells of 4th level or lower). The Impressing Field protects your buffs and the Globe from being removed with any ease.

Use a targeted Dispel to bring down the dragons Mind Blank and follow it up with an Analyze Dweomer (quicken with a rod or use a Belt of Battle for an extra standard action) as your first spell combo against the dragon to ID all his buffs (note that the dragon doesn't get a save, only attended objects technically do). Use the extra targets to get anything that your permanent Arcane Sight shows as particularly magical.

Now that you know what all is there use a Greater Celerity to get a full round of actions. Use a Rod of Quicken on a Reaving Dispel, your +20 on the Dispel check should be enough for you to beat the 11+CL dispel check around half the time, so you can steal a bunch of the dragons buffs. Now for the extra cheesy fun. Buy a +1 Vorpal Serpantounge Thinaun arrow from Races of the Wild (it's slashing so you can make it Vorpal), trigger a Surge of Fortune (auto natural 20) and then a Moment of Prescience+True Strike (you haven't made an attack roll yet so you can carry it from before the fight or contingency it if necessary). With AB+45 to hit you should confirm the critical. At this point the dragon looses its head and can't be resurrected without that arrow on hand.

So there you go, that should do it. Sure you are blowing a lot of spells but it is a CR +9 fight against an epic caster; that is expected.