After years of avoiding combat, and with the hunting option now with constructs. Would I be better off getting absolution on my next spell point or save up for guardian spirit?

Life Magic: 182 49% clear (0/34) Attunement: 202 24% clear (0/34)
Arcana: 135 28% clear (0/34) Targeted Magic: 70 72% clear (0/34)
Augmentation: 133 18% clear (0/34) Debilitation: 112 50% clear (0/34)
Utility: 142 62% clear (0/34) Warding: 101 18% clear (0/34)
Sorcery: 35 50% clear (0/34)

Strength : 25 Reflex : 16
Agility : 18 Charisma : 20
Discipline : 24 Wisdom : 24
Intelligence : 24 Stamina : 28

Concentration : 136 Max : 136

It's entirely up to you. If you get Absolution and continue using Weapons + TM spells as your primary means of killing stuff, you'll need to train strength and agility for weapons and discipline for the TM. You'll also want to pick up a damage dealing TM spell. This is one wholly valid option.

If you choose not to take this route, you'll want to get your TM up, and make use of Manipulate + GS to kill stuff. This route may potentially kill stuff a bit slower, but it lets you train Empathy in combat.

Personally, I think both are perfectly viable. I preferred the latter, as I wasn't interested in training weapons up on another weapon tert, and I don't regret it at all.

<<At a minimum, GS takes around 200 In Life Magic and Utility and the Utility Mastery feat, or 250 in Life Magic and Utility. Absolution only requires 150 in Utility, so your Life Magic should be high enough to let you cast that.

These are old numbers, I believe. In 3.2, Guardian spirit requires 250 effective ranks, so around 220-230 or so depending on life magic ranks. Absolution requires only an effective 80 ranks in utility, so around 60-70 depending on life magic ranks.

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