Are combat spells weaker than martial attacks in PF2e?

No, but they do a different job. Martial attacks are the reliable damage engine. Combat spells are strongest when they hit multiple targets, target weak defenses, impose conditions, deny actions, rescue allies, or change the map.

Should a PF2e caster blast every round?

Usually no. Use cantrips, focus spells, skill actions, and items for routine turns. Ranked blasting is best when enemies are clustered, weak to the damage type, lower level, or exposed to a basic save that still pays you on a success.

What are the best low-rank combat spells?

Force barrage, fear, bless, runic weapon, grease, heal, soothe, protection, blur, invisibility, dispel magic, revealing light, haste, slow, fireball, heroism, and fly are all strong early-to-mid combat staples depending on tradition.

What makes a spell good against bosses?

Boss spells need useful success effects, buffs that improve allies, defenses that prevent a collapse, action denial, save targeting backed by Recall Knowledge, or battlefield effects that work without relying on one failed save.

Do Battlecry battle spells belong in normal combat?

Some do. Dancing Shield, Curse of Recoil, Steel Fortifications, Dividing Trench, Shock and Awe, Frozen Fog, Explosive Barrage, and similar spells can matter in normal encounters when terrain, cover, formations, ranged pressure, or objectives are real.

PF2e Remastered Combat Spells Guide

Introduction

Combat spellcasting in PF2e Remastered is not "stand still and empty slots until the monsters stop moving." The game is tighter than that. A caster's best combat turn usually does one of five things: hit more than one enemy, attack the right defense, steal enemy actions, prevent a party collapse, or make the battlefield unfair.

That is why spell rankings shift by encounter. A burst is excellent into clustered lower-level enemies and mediocre into one overleveled boss. A condition spell can be fight-winning when it targets a weak save and embarrassing when it runs face-first into immunity. A buff like bless, courageous anthem, heroism, or haste may outdamage a blast because it improves the party's best actions instead of asking the caster to carry the damage chart alone.

Use this guide with the tradition guides for arcane, divine, occult, and primal, plus the class spell guides for Bard, Cleric, Druid, Oracle, Psychic, Sorcerer, Witch, and Wizard.

A dwarf caster lifts kobold raiders and broken flagstones in a forge hall while an orc shield fighter and human ranger protect a goblin ally

Rating Key

Rating	Meaning
● Avoid	Usually a poor use of a combat slot
● Situational	Strong only when the matchup or map supports it
● Good	A dependable choice with a clear job
● Fantastic	A standout option in its usual combat role

What Makes a Combat Spell Good

Spell Job	Best Use	Why It Wins	Watch For
Area damage ●	Multiple lower-level enemies, troops, swarms, clustered archers	A basic save against several targets produces reliable total value	Friendly fire, resistances, and empty maps
Action denial ●	Severe enemies, elite brutes, enemy casters	Removing one boss action can outperform raw damage	All-or-nothing saves get risky against high-level foes
Party buffs ●	Martial-heavy parties, boss fights, long fights	Buffs multiply the party's best turns	Buffing the wrong ally wastes the slot politely
Defensive rescue ●	Downed allies, focus-fire rounds, save-or-lose pressure	Preventing a death spiral is better than repairing it later	Late healing cannot undo every condition or death effect
Battlefield control ●	Chokepoints, hazards, troops, objective fights	Walls, fog, difficult terrain, flight, and movement denial change decisions	Control that blocks allies is self-sabotage with spell components
Debuffs ●	Targets with known weak saves	Frightened, sickened, slowed, blinded, prone, or off-guard pressure changes party math	Traits and immunities matter
Single-target damage ●	Weakness hunting, force effects, finishing priority targets	Good when it is reliable or exploits a vulnerability	Often worse than a martial turn if it only does damage
Narrow creature-type spells ●	Undead, fiends, outsiders, plants, constructs, or campaign themes	Brutal when the adventure supports them	Bad known-spell choices for spontaneous casters

Cantrips and Focus Spells

Cantrips and focus spells are the floor of combat casting. If you spend ranked slots every round, you are not "playing aggressively"; you are taking out a loan from the next encounter.

Tool	Best Use	Why It Belongs	Links
Electric Arc ●	Routine two-target damage	Basic Reflex save and two targets make it the clean cantrip benchmark	Cantrips
Shield ●	Third-action defense	Turns leftover actions into survival	Actions
Guidance ●	One-action roll support	Small bonuses are real in PF2e's tight math	Skills
Telekinetic Projectile ●	Physical damage backup	Useful when energy damage is awkward	Arcane spells
Divine Lance, Vitality Lash, Void Warp ●	Divine matchup pressure	Strong when sanctification, undead, living targets, or void/vitality traits matter	Divine spells
Frostbite, Ignition, Tangle Vine ●	Primal damage or movement pressure	Gives primal casters different defenses and damage types	Primal spells
Courageous Anthem and Dirge of Doom ●	Bard combat engine	One-action party math or enemy fear pressure is absurdly efficient	Bard spells
Witch hex cantrips ●	Patron-defined repeatable turns	Good hexes let the Witch save ranked slots for swing turns	Witch spells

The best caster turns often start with a boring question: "Can a cantrip or focus spell do enough here?" If yes, save the slot. If no, spend the slot like you mean it.

1st-Rank Combat Staples

Spell	Traditions or Best Users	Combat Job	Take
Force Barrage ●	Arcane, occult	Reliable force damage	Great when accuracy, saves, and resistances are making other plans unreliable.
Fear ●	Arcane, divine, occult, primal access varies by list	Will debuff	Frightened helps every ally. A low-rank spell that affects the whole party's math deserves respect.
Bless ●	Divine casters	Party accuracy	Best when several allies are making attacks and the fight lasts long enough to cash the math.
Heal ●	Divine and primal casters	Recovery, undead pressure	Three-action area healing and one/two-action rescue modes make it a combat-defining spell.
Soothe ●	Occult casters	Healing and mental support	Occult's clean recovery button. Bards love having this without pretending to be Clerics.
Grease ●	Arcane, primal	Area control	Low-rank control that punishes positioning and can keep mattering with party follow-up.
Runic Weapon ●	Arcane, divine, occult, primal where available	Early martial spike	Excellent before permanent weapon runes arrive; fades as gear catches up.
Protection ●	Divine, occult	Defensive buff	Strong when you know the incoming threat and cast before the worst round.
Command ●	Arcane, divine, occult	Action disruption	Compact, effective, and much better when the command creates tactical loss.
Breathe Fire ●	Arcane, primal	Early cone damage	Good into clustered enemies; not worth contorting the party's position around every fight.
Sanctuary ●	Divine	Defensive rescue	Excellent for protecting a healer, caster, or fragile objective holder.
Mystic Armor ●	Unarmored casters	Pre-combat defense	Great if you need it. Invisible if armor, items, or class features already solve the problem.
Curse of Recoil ●	Divine, occult Battlecry access	Ranged reaction punishment	Very good against archers and firearms, less important when enemies fight face-first.

Low-rank combat magic teaches the whole game: bonuses matter, action denial matters, and the spell that helps the Fighter crit is often your highest-damage spell in disguise.

2nd- and 3rd-Rank Combat Staples

Spell	Traditions or Best Users	Combat Job	Take
Slow ●	Arcane, occult	Action denial	One of the best boss-fight spells because actions are the boss's real hit points.
Haste ●	Arcane, occult	Ally action economy	Best on allies who convert extra actions into movement, Strikes, or objective pressure.
Heroism ●	Divine, occult	Premium buff	Put it on the character whose rolls decide the fight. Do not spread it around like party favors.
Fireball ●	Arcane, primal	Area damage	Still the honest answer to clustered enemies with burnable life choices.
Lightning Bolt ●	Arcane, primal	Line damage	Less universal than a burst, excellent in hallways and lanes.
Dispel Magic ●	Most traditions	Counter-magic	Enemy buffs, magical terrain, invisibility, hazards, and spell effects all need answers.
Blur ●	Arcane, occult	Defensive miss chance	Strong when one ally is about to absorb too many attacks.
Invisibility ●	Arcane, occult	Setup, escape, scouting	Combat value depends on timing; exploration value is consistently excellent.
Resist Energy ●	Divine, primal, some arcane/occult access	Damage prevention	A perfect spell when scouting or Recall Knowledge tells you the damage type.
Revealing Light and See the Unseen ●	Arcane, divine, occult	Anti-hidden tech	Turns invisible and concealed enemies back into normal problems.
Cleanse Affliction, Clear Mind, Sound Body, Sure Footing ●	Divine and support casters	Condition cleanup	These are combat spells when the condition would otherwise decide the fight.
Dancing Shield ●	Battlecry, all traditions	Remote protection	Better than it looks because it lends defense where actions are already crowded.
Steel Fortifications and Dividing Trench ●	Battlecry arcane/primal	Cover and lane control	Strong when the map matters, weak when everyone fights in a blank square.
Blindness and Paralyze ●	Tradition-dependent	Incapacitation pressure	Powerful into level-appropriate targets; risky into bosses.

4th- Through 6th-Rank Combat Staples

Spell	Traditions or Best Users	Combat Job	Take
Fly ●	Arcane, divine, occult, primal access by list	Mobility and access	A combat spell, an exploration spell, and a hazard answer in one package.
Wall of Stone ●	Arcane, primal	Hard battlefield control	Turns one fight into two smaller fights if the party uses it correctly.
Wall of Force ●	Arcane, occult	Durable separation	Expensive, but separating a priority enemy can be worth far more than damage.
Vital Beacon ●	Divine	Multi-ally recovery	Strong attrition control when the party can coordinate around touch healing.
Breath of Life ●	Divine	Reaction rescue	One of the cleanest "no, the fight is not over" buttons in the game.
Truesight ●	Arcane, divine, occult	Anti-illusion and anti-deception	When the campaign uses magical trickery, this graduates from nice to mandatory.
Chain Lightning ●	Arcane, primal	Spread-out multi-target damage	Excellent when enemies are not clustered enough for a burst.
Field of Life ●	Divine, primal support	Area recovery	Strong if allies can fight in the zone; weaker when enemies keep forcing movement.
Banishment ●	Arcane, divine, occult	Planar enemy removal	Fantastic when outsiders matter. A shrug when they do not.
Unfettered Movement ●	Divine, primal and other access	Anti-grab and anti-control	Excellent against monsters that win by restraining or slowing targets.
Confusion, Dominate, Vision of Death ●	Arcane, occult, divine access varies	Mental pressure	Strong into the right mind; useless or risky into the wrong creature traits.
Spiritual Guardian and Spiritual Armament ●	Divine	Sustained divine pressure	Good when the Cleric or Oracle can afford the action rhythm.
Shock and Awe ●	Battlecry arcane/occult	Morale collapse	Strong in formation fights and enemy-line scenes.
Frozen Fog and Explosive Barrage ●	Battlecry arcane/primal	Zone pressure and multi-burst damage	Great in battlefield scenes; use carefully around allies.
Disintegrate ●	Arcane	Single-target or object burst	Cool, useful, and often overpicked by people chasing one huge number.

This is the band where players stop asking "what deals damage?" and start asking "what makes the enemy plan stop working?" That question is better.

Sourcebook Combat Options: Access Before Excitement

Lost Omens: Shining Kingdoms and Lost Omens: Rival Academies add unusual combat tools, but they are Uncommon. Confirm access with the GM before making one a prepared default or spending a spontaneous repertoire choice on it. Once access is real, choose the spell for the encounter shape, not because its sourcebook tag makes it special.

Sourcebook option	Best combat job	The decision that makes it good
Eagle's Cry ●	Cone damage plus fear pressure	Bring it when clustered enemies make a Fortitude-targeting cone worthwhile. It is better at breaking a formation than duelling one hard target.
Equal Footing ●	Stop a faster enemy from owning the map	It earns the slot when speed creates the threat: a flanker, runner, flying-adjacent skirmisher, or creature racing past the front line.
Radiant Globe ●	Deny a physical ranged lane	This is a counterpick for archers and firearms, not a general defensive spell. Place it only when the boundary changes the enemy's decisions.
Echo Jump and Warping Pull ●	Escape danger while changing position	The useful question is whether the destination square saves an ally or creates a new angle. Check range, open space, and the ally's next turn first.
King's Castle and Sudden Transposition ●	Reposition allies or enemies	Great when a swap or forced move changes cover, reach, or an objective. Poor when the party has no follow-up for the new arrangement.
Domora's Defense ●	Sustained multi-ally protection	Worth considering before a dangerous round with several exposed allies, especially when fire or magical effects are part of the threat. Its upkeep must fit your action budget.
The Four Hunters, Ibex's Harvest, and Kgalaserke's Axes ●	Flexible support with one-, two-, or three-action modes	Pick the version that fits this turn's target count and movement. Their flexibility is the reason to prepare them.
The Queen's Rainbow and Ranage's Circle ●	Lane control and movement pressure	Strong only if allies can exploit the impaired space or movement. Do not turn a good battlefield-control spell into friendly traffic.

Impossible Magic Combat Additions

Impossible Magic adds combat spells that reward a clear plan for a particular map, target, or party follow-up. These are sourcebook options, so confirm campaign access before treating one as a standard known or prepared spell. For tradition-specific preparation choices, use the arcane, divine, occult, and primal guides.

1st- Through 3rd-Rank Additions

Spell	Combat job	Take
Disorienting Flash ●	Flexible close-range area pressure	The one-, two-, and three-action versions let you trade turn flexibility for a larger sensory disruption. Use it when several enemies are close enough for the area and Fortitude is a sensible defense to test.
Gravitational Pull ●	Forced movement into a bad square	Pull an enemy off a safe line, toward a melee ally, or into a hazard. It needs a destination the party can exploit; dragging a foe ten feet for no follow-up is just stage direction.
Horizon Thunder Sphere ●	Committed single-target electricity damage	The faster cast is a normal spell-attack turn. The longer version pays off only when you can afford to commit two turns and the burst around the target will catch other enemies.
Lightning Lasso ●	Sustained single-target movement denial	A failed save can hold a dangerous creature in place, but Escape and Sustain requirements make it a control plan that needs allies ready to capitalize.
Restraining Chains ●	Terrain-dependent restraint	It earns the slot on solid ground when limiting one creature's movement opens a flank, protects a fragile ally, or locks down an objective. It has no job in a fight where the target can ignore the location.
Shadow Projectile ●	Reaction damage after an ally's ranged attack	Keep it for a party that makes frequent ranged attacks and can exploit off-guard. It is a team spell, not a reliable plan for a lone caster.
Skyglass Prison ●	Breakable cage control	It can pin down the creature that needs to stop moving, but the target can Escape and the cage can be broken. Cast it when one round of isolation changes the fight.
Weapon Tide ●	Cone damage that can become a lane	The basic version handles a crowded cone. The larger commitments earn their actions only when difficult or hazardous terrain will keep affecting the enemy route after the initial hit.

5th- Through 6th-Rank Additions

Spell	Combat job	Take
Crucible of Iron ●	Persistent damage with escalating control	A good answer for a target whose Reflex defense is vulnerable and whose lost movement or weakened body will matter. Against a mobile enemy with a strong save, choose a broader plan.
Living Thunderbolt ●	High-rank movement through a crowded fight	Its value comes from crossing the right spaces: escaping a grab, reaching the back line, or passing through several enemies. A stationary target does not justify the slot.
Weight of the World ●	Single-target Fortitude pressure	This is a high payoff against the right Fortitude target because the failure effects disrupt a creature's next turn. It is a poor gamble when Recall Knowledge points to a strong Fortitude save.

Draconic Codex Combat Decisions

The arcane, divine, occult, and primal guides cover who can choose these spells. Here, the deciding factor is whether this encounter gives the spell enough room, targets, and follow-up to pay for its turn.

Spell	Combat job	Prepare or cast it when...
Channel Arrogance ●	Mental pressure with a one- or three-action choice	The fast version's reduced result still matters enough to preserve the rest of your turn. Otherwise, use the fuller commitment only when a Will-targeting control play is worth your whole turn.
Blood-Feasting Breath ●	Position-sensitive damage and recovery	Living enemies and allies can be arranged through its two cones. It is an attrition-reversal turn, not a damage spell to force into a scattered fight.
Earth and Sky ●	Vertical control	You have solid ground, a useful fall consequence, a plausible Fortitude target, and a safe landing plan for the caster. It earns a slot when the map makes altitude a problem for the enemy.
Horde of Underlings ●	Rare, sustained area pressure	The GM has approved the rare option and the map has enough open space for fragile moving obstacles to change enemy routes. Do not pick it for a cramped room with no lane to control.
Dragon Turret ●	Top-rank fixed-point battlefield control	The party can defend or exploit one important position over multiple rounds. Its sustained output is wasted on a mobile skirmish that will leave the tower behind.

Hot Take: A three-action spell is not automatically a "big turn." In PF2e, it is a bet that this exact map and target arrangement are worth giving up movement, defense, and follow-up.

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7th- Through 10th-Rank Combat Staples

Spell	Traditions or Best Users	Combat Job	Take
Energy Aegis ●	Arcane, divine, primal and broad access	Energy defense	Premium when enemy damage types are varied or uncertain.
Foresight ●	Arcane, divine, occult	Apex protection	Put it on the character whose survival keeps the plan alive.
Moment of Renewal ●	Divine, primal	Party reset	Can erase a brutal amount of attrition in one high-rank cast.
Regenerate ●	Divine, primal	Major recovery	Keeps key allies functioning through serious punishment.
Sunburst ●	Divine, primal	Anti-undead and light burst	Excellent when undead, darkness, or light-sensitive enemies matter.
Cataclysm ●	Arcane, primal	Endgame area devastation	Good when raw multi-damage chaos is actually the answer. It often is not.
Divine Inspiration ●	Divine	Resource refresh	Strong when it restores the right ally's encounter-defining resource.
Uncontrollable Dance ●	Arcane, occult	Incapacitation control	Devastating into eligible targets, but not a boss delete button.
Revival ●	Divine	Catastrophe recovery	A 10th-rank spell that justifies itself when the party is on the floor.
Gate, Manifestation, Avatar, Remake ●	High-rank casters	Campaign-scale answers	Not every one is a normal combat button. When they matter, they matter loudly.
Conquering Soldiers ●	Battlecry arcane/divine	Legendary battlefield swing	A rank 10 battle spell for the kind of scene that deserves rank 10 magic.
Massacre, Seize Soul, Wails of the Damned ●	Aggressive divine/occult plans	Lethal pressure	Table tone, creature traits, and campaign morality matter.

High-rank combat magic should either protect the party from disaster, solve the encounter's real obstacle, or create a dramatic advantage no lower-rank spell could create. "Bigger damage" is sometimes enough. Sometimes it is just expensive confetti.

Combat Spells by Encounter Shape

Encounter Shape	Best Spell Plan	Why
Four or more weaker enemies ●	Area damage, multi-target debuffs, walls, zones, and troop-aware spells	Each target multiplies the slot's value
Two or three meaningful enemies ●	Split the fight, isolate one enemy, remove support, or punish clustering	Divide enemy actions before chasing damage
One severe enemy ●	Buff allies, target weak saves, use success effects, prevent collapse, control space	Bosses have better numbers; do not gamble everything on one failed save
Enemy casters ●	`dispel magic`, `silence`, `crisis of faith`, `spellwrack`, `truesight`, forced movement	Casters hate losing position, line of effect, and key magical layers
Undead-heavy fight ●	`heal`, vitality damage, `infuse vitality`, `holy light`, `sunburst`, Religion checks	Traits and damage types decide the real spell value
Flying enemies ●	`fly`, `earthbind`, ranged cantrips, line spells, movement denial	Access comes before damage
Hazard or objective fight ●	Mobility, resistance, detection, walls, forced movement, healing, utility	The victory condition may not be hit points
Troops or battlefield formations ●	Areas, zones, splash, fear, cover, Battlecry spells, siege support	Formation-scale problems reward formation-scale magic

Use encounter building, adjusting encounters, hazards, environment, creature traits, and troops and garrisons to make these calls before wasting a slot.

Give Combat NPCs One Tactical Question

NPC Core uses themed spell packages to make a spellcasting NPC notable, not to give that NPC the broad answer set a player character wants. Start with the one tactical question this enemy should force, then choose a narrow package from the combat jobs already covered above. The goal is a readable opponent with a plan, not a disguised player character with every contingency.

The NPC's question	Build around	Do not dilute it with
Can the party break our formation?	Area pressure, cover, lanes, and control that punishes clumping or a direct approach.	A grab bag of unrelated movement, healing, and mental effects.
Can the party reach the objective?	Barriers, forced movement, defensive rescue, and action denial around one route or position.	Damage-only turns that ignore the thing the NPC is protecting.
Can the party safely retreat?	Threatening space, terrain, mobility, and a follow-up that makes a withdrawal costly.	Effects that strand the NPC's own allies without a reason.
Can the party stop this caster before the plan resolves?	One obvious payoff, enough defense or repositioning to create a race, and allies that support the same goal.	Several competing payoffs that make the encounter's stakes impossible to read.

The Encounter Building guide owns threat and role math. If a different tradition makes the NPC concept clearer, use it only where the scene supports it; an NPC presentation choice does not grant or alter player spell access.

Class Fit

Class	Best Combat Spell Pattern	Spell Guide
Wizard ●	Prepared arcane control, blasts, walls, counter-magic, and War Mage battle tools	Wizard spells
Bard ●	Compositions, occult buffs, debuffs, fear, action denial, and Soothe	Bard spells
Cleric ●	Divine font, healing, Bless, Heroism, condition removal, anti-undead, and sanctified pressure	Cleric spells
Druid ●	Primal area damage, terrain, healing, forms, elemental pressure, and nature matchups	Druid spells
Sorcerer ●	Broad reusable repertoire picks, signature spells, and bloodline tradition identity	Sorcerer spells
Oracle ●	Divine casting with curse-aware timing and strong focus turns	Oracle spells
Witch ●	Patron tradition, hex cantrip pressure, familiar planning, and prepared answers	Witch spells
Animist ●	Apparition choice, divine/primal flexibility, focus tools, and encounter-specific spirit magic	Animist spells
Psychic ●	Amped cantrips, occult pressure, and class-specific resource timing	Psychic spells
Champion ●	Devotion focus spells, Lay on Hands, shield magic, and protective reactions	Champion spells

Prepared casters can keep narrower combat answers ready when the day points at them. Spontaneous casters should be much harsher: if a known spell only matters once every six sessions, that is probably a scroll, not a personality trait.

Action Economy Patterns

Turn Pattern	Best Use	Trap
Two-action spell plus Stride ●	Cast from the right angle or get out of danger	Forgetting movement until after choosing the spell
Two-action spell plus Recall Knowledge ●	Identify saves, traits, weaknesses, resistances, or immunities	Asking after the slot is already gone
Two-action spell plus Shield ●	Defensive caster turns	Assuming AC does not matter because you are "in the back"
Two-action spell plus Sustain ●	Keep a strong ongoing effect alive	Sustaining mediocre effects out of guilt
Three-action spell ●	Large area, multi-target, or special-mode spell payoffs	Standing still in a bad square to do it
Draw item plus spell later ●	Scroll, wand, staff, or consumable setup	Pretending item logistics are free in combat

The hidden test for a combat spell is not "is the spell good?" It is "is this turn good?" That means positioning, actions and activities, checks and DCs, and party follow-up matter as much as the spell entry.

Scrolls, Wands, Staves, and Consumables

Item Plan	Best Combat Use	Why It Works
Scrolls ●	Rare condition answers, anti-invisibility, unusual movement, creature-type tech, one-off battlefield tools	Perfect for spells that must exist but should not eat daily preparation
Wands ●	Once-per-day buffs, defenses, detection, and resistance	Strong when the spell is useful most adventuring days
Staves ●	Flexible packages around damage, control, healing, or utility	A staff should widen your combat plan, not duplicate your least interesting cantrip
Consumables ●	Emergency healing, antiplague/antidote support, bombs, alchemical utility, and backup defenses	Good consumables turn "we needed that spell" into "we packed like adults"

Use staves and wands, consumables, magic items by level, and treasure by level as part of combat spell planning. The best spell list is sometimes the one that lets gear carry the niche answers.

Common Combat Spell Mistakes

Mistake	Why It Hurts	Better Habit
Blasting one boss with an all-or-nothing spell ●	Severe enemies have strong numbers and punish missed turns	Use buffs, success effects, walls, recovery, and known weak saves
Preparing only damage ●	Damage spells fail when resistances, spacing, objectives, or conditions matter	Carry control, defense, rescue, and utility
Ignoring creature traits ●	Mental, poison, disease, vitality, void, and incapacitation assumptions can collapse	Read traits and use Recall Knowledge
Blocking allies with control spells ●	A wall or fog that ruins the party plan is enemy support	Talk about lanes, cover, and target order
Overvaluing spell attacks ●	Missing with a ranked spell attack feels miserable	Use accuracy support, save spells, or automatic-value tools
Forgetting the third action ●	The spell may be good while the turn is bad	Plan movement, defense, Sustain, and knowledge checks
Treating item magic as optional ●	Niche answers clog prepared slots or disappear entirely	Buy scrolls and wands for narrow combat problems

Return to the PF2e Remastered Spell Guides hub, or continue with battle magic, cantrips, utility spells, focus spells, and heightening spells.