No problem. I would like to direct you to the FAQ thread. Ben and I have provided a TON of info on item attributes there. http://www.uoforums.com/f1301/

Think I will pay "Changes since T2A" a big visit hehe

spell weaving mages are good for choke point fighting. thunderstorm and essence of wind OWN other casters. If you're a choke point necro spamming wither, Spell weaving is a great secondary skill.

If you fight in the field a lot, go with a nox ninjitsu mage.

120 eval
120 resist
120 fencing
80 poisoning
120 ninjitsu
120 magery
40 med

mind you, you'll have to get a decent amount of MR on your suit, and max lmc, but it works great if you can pull it off. Always use small spells, don't spam flamestrike, and you'll be fine.

Cast explosion, disarm, toggle poison, toggle deathstrike, explosion, fs combo, usually means instant death.

Thanks mercenary... I will definetly try that build that you wrote there! Seems like a VERY nice and fun PVP build!

Anyways, I was thinking about starting my spellweaver today and got unsure... What skills should I start off with?

Edit: Oh and btw, what stats for that PVP mage that you suggested?

What do you think about this mage? Hes good for PVP or PVM and other things.
Evaluate INT 120
Inscription 100
Magery 120
Meditation 120
Poisoning 100
Resisting 120

THTAS WORKS I KNOW A BUNCH OF PEEPS WHO RUN SIMILAR TEMPLATES

Well I think this is the Typical Mage
P.S. Did Poisoning skill means something to the nox mage? Did he can cast higher level poisons?

I recently turned my old pvp mage into a pvm mage. I was debating whether to take up bardic skills like provoke and discord or try out Spell Weaving. I picked Spell Weaving and I'm very happy with the results so far.

It's worth it for Gift of Renewal and Word of Death alone.

I also mix up the monotony of Energy Vortexes with Nature's Fury's.

This is my template:

120 Magery
120 Eval
120 Med
60 Focus
120 Resist
100 Inscription
120 Spellweaving

That's 760 points because I'm using the Crystalline Ring. This template really abuses every property of the ring. I'm going for (almost) max SDI with the suit. I'm sure you've seen it. Many people run it. It has some different pieces, but the most important pieces are these:

Crystalline Ring
Pendant of the Magi
Spellwoven Britches
Kasa of the Rajin
Vesper Replica Chaos Shield
Stitcher's Mittens
*Scrapper's Compendium

That's already SDI 72%. It's possible to get more but you'll have to give up some resists. That's also all already 60% LRC and 2/3 casting (which is fine alone for pvm).

From there you have the option of picking up a AoF or Orny. But you don't even really need an Orny for this suit. A better bracelet would be a 1/3 with SDI 12% and other mods.

Right now I'm skipping the AoF and using a Carapace for more mana. Getting the 40 more LRC from an Orny and 20% legs. But I'm looking for some 20% arms to get rid of the Orny.

Kasa, Stitchers, and Britches all have good resists. I have all 60+ right now.

Already going for damage, so got GM Inscription.

*Scrapper's Compendium can be swapped out for a Super Slayer. I already get 40% LMC without it. I'm already at max FC, and Slayer deals a lot more damage than SDI 25%. The only thing I'm missing when I swap it is that extra FCR.

I'm on the look out for Super Slayer Scrappers. But they run you 40-65+ mil each.

Chad,
Have you tried dryad's allure on an AOL and use him as an uber pet? Works particularly well for dread horn.

Also interested in damage ranges for WOD, when you have some Chad. Precious little info. Like how much damage does it deal at 100% health? 50%? 25?%?
How much of a factor is SDI in this?

MY BURNING question though is: In wraith form, do you get mana leech from WOD? From the rumors of damage I have seen, you should be able to chain it infinitely.

WOD damage is applied as "chaos" damage at anything over the % your Arcane Focus will allow you to have it apply direct damage.

Arcane Focus I believe works as a multiplyer of 5% + 5%(original %age if no Arcane Focus is present) so if you have a focus of 5 you can apply direct damage with WOD when your target has 30% or less life.

The damage is entirely SDI dependant (not 100% sure if the SDI bonus of Inscription gets added also, that would be something to check into), Arcane Empowerment also gives it a little kick when it's in play. Turning into a tree (I forget the name of that form, it's too early) also adds to SDI. I've personally done almost 600 damage and I've heard of higher.

Don't know about the Wraith Form thing, but I would think it works the same.

*wonders if Evil Omen works with WOD* Now that'd be some serious damage.

If I'm not mistaken it stand for faster casting / faster cast recovery. Your cap there is influenced by your skill choice.

Of course, in order to get Arcane Focus 5, you have to find 4 other spellweavers...tough to do for me on Sonoma =.(