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Frankly, in my experience, the adept rarely outshines anyone when it comes to "uberbuffs." The fact that "stacking spells" rules are limited by target means that the sensible thing to do is to spread buffs among the entire party ahead of time, and then "hang" (or "charm") a selection of useful general spells. So the whole party comes off as awesome -- thanks to the adept, sure, but that's the kind of spotlight no one minds sharing. :)