[S23] Recommended Priest Spells


This is Don's opinion as to the most effective spells of each level. Be warned that this list is not complete, and also that there are many specialized spells out there that are very powerful if used in the proper way.
PRIEST LEVEL 1
PH2: Bless, Combine, *Command, *Cure Light Wounds, Endure Heat/Endure Cold, Entangle, Faerie Fire, Light, Pro.from Evil, *Remove Fear, *Sanctuary
OA: **Deflection (Shu), Weapon Bless (Shu)
TM: *Call Upon Faith, Personal Reading
RC: Detect Danger (Druid)
PRIEST LEVEL 2
PH2: *Aid, Augury, *Barkskin, Charm Person or Mammal, Dust Devil, Find Traps, Goodberry, Heat Metal, **Hold Person, Resist Fire/Resist Cold, *Silence 15'Radius, Warp Wood, *Withdraw
UA: Detect Life
OA: Request (Shu), Warning (Shu)
TM: **Draw Upon Holy Might, Frisky Chest, Idea, *Mystic Transfer
DM: *Cure Moderate Wounds
PRIEST LEVEL 3
PH2: Animate Dead, *Call Lightning, Cure Blindness or Deafness, Cure Disease, **Dispel Magic, *Glyph of Warding, Locate Object, *Magical Vestment, Meld into Stone, *Negative Plane Protection, Protection from Fire, *Prayer, Remove Curse, Remove Paralysis
PH1: **Neutralize Poison (Druid)
UA: Death's Door
OA: **Castigate (Shu), Levitate (Shu)
TM: Accelerate Healing, *Choose Future, *Emotion Control, Miscast Magic, **Strength of One
RC: *Striking
DM: *Cure Serious Wounds
PRIEST LEVEL 4
PH2: Abjure, Cure Serious Wounds, Free Action, Imbue with Spell Ability, *Neutralize Poison, *Produce Fire, Protection from Lightning, **Spell Immunity, Sticks to Snakes
TM: **Dimensional Folding, **Focus, Fortify, Genius, *Mental Domination, Probability Control, *Solipsism, *Uplift
L&L2: Bad Medicine
DM: *Cure Critical Wounds
PRIEST LEVEL 5
PH2: Air Walk, Control Winds, Cure Critical Wounds, *Dispel Evil, Flame Strike, **Plane Shift, Quest, Rainbow, *Raise Dead, **True Seeing, Wall of Fire
UA: Animate Dead Monsters, Golem
OA: **Possess (Shu), *Strength (Shu)
TM: Barrier of Retention, Champion's Strength, Mindshatter
DK: **Ironskin
L&L2: **Kami Absorption, **Berserk
DM: **Limited Wish, *Cure Deadly Wounds
PRIEST LEVEL 6
PH2: Animate Object, *Blade Barrier, Conjure Fire Elemental, *Fire Seeds, *Forbiddance, **Heal, Transmute Water to Dust, Transport via Plants, Wall of Thorns, *Word of Recall
PH1: Feeblemind (Druid)
TM: **Disbelief, *Physical Mirror
 
PRIEST LEVEL 7
PH2: Animate Rock, Conjure Earth Elemental, *Creeping Doom, Earthquake, Exaction, Fire Storm, *Gate, *Holy Word, *Regenerate, Restoration, *Resurrection, *Symbol, Transmute Metal to Wood, *Wind Walk
PH1: Finger of Death (Druid), **Resurrection
OA: Compel (Shu), Restore Spirit (Shu)
TM: Divine Inspiration, **Spacewarp, **Spirit of Power, *Timelessness
DK: *Silt Cyclone
L&L2: **Protection from Death
RC: **Raise Dead Fully
DM: **Cureall, **Wish
PRIEST LEVEL 8-10, Quest (all of these are considered 8th except Rift)
TM: *Conformance (Q), Elemental Swarm (Q), *Fear Contagion (Q), *Implosion/Inversion (Q), Mindnet (Q), **Reversion (Q), *Shooting Stars (Q), *Sphere of Security (Q), Spiral of Degeneration (Q), Transformation (Q), **Warband Quest (Q), Ward Matrix (Q)
DK: Disruption (9), Mountainous Barrier (9), Insect Host (10), Planar Vassal (10), **Rift (10)
DM: **Reset