So having played a couple of wizard characters now, I'm still struggling when writing up my evocation rotes. I'm never really confident that I've designed them "right", not so much as reagrds to the rules as to what makes a good rote.
So I'm asking folks with actual play experience using rotes. What have you found most useful in game? When have you broken something out and said, "Boy, I'm glad I had that as a rote?,"? Do they really matter at all? Is there a trick where maneuver rotes or protection rotes are more useful?