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That said, I'm not opposed to tweaking it if I missed a bad interaction somewhere. Like I'm about to do with the damage scaling. The only reason it went that high was to accommodate Cid (for the domain), and he's been successfully talked down from that position. - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] <sup>[[User talk:Tarkisflux|Talk]]</sup> 16:12, 28 March 2014 (UTC) | That said, I'm not opposed to tweaking it if I missed a bad interaction somewhere. Like I'm about to do with the damage scaling. The only reason it went that high was to accommodate Cid (for the domain), and he's been successfully talked down from that position. - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] <sup>[[User talk:Tarkisflux|Talk]]</sup> 16:12, 28 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :Just my opinion, but this spell hits an area as large as Burning Hands, for three dice more damage regardless of caster level, in a damage type for which resistance is less common. Burning Hands being the big damage hitter of level 1 spells, this spell is in every way better, even on range. As a level three caster, this spell does comparable average damage to Scorching Ray, at greater range and with no attack roll, to potentially multiple targets. This seems like the sort of spell that only level 3 spells would really trump. I'd have to say I wouldn't allow it into the games I run at it's current power level. It's simply too good a killer for a level 1 spell, it even violates the recommended damage dice cap for spell design. I don't want to dump on your work of course, these are just my thoughts. As this sounds like it was designed specifically for this homebrew Voltage domain, why not make it a domain exclusive spell, only available to a caster with that domain? Then it's relative rarity would offset it's sheer utility as a Weapon of Mass Electrocution. [[User:Tunganation|Tunganation]] ([[User talk:Tunganation|talk]]) 06:50, 29 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
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| Very High level or not, 4d4 is fatal at 1st level. 4d4 in a large area (admittedly a line, but still a large area) doesn't help. |
Damage Comments
Yeah, its average damage of 10 is often fatal. Just like that 2d6+6 greatsword hit. Or sleep. Or color spray. As a VH spell, a lethal (or nearly so) hit in a decent area seemed pretty necessary to compete with other uses of the slot. Since you're also going to be casting all of 1 spell per combat and then falling back on something else, giving a significant contribution from it up front seemed reasonable.
That said, I'm not opposed to tweaking it if I missed a bad interaction somewhere. Like I'm about to do with the damage scaling. The only reason it went that high was to accommodate Cid (for the domain), and he's been successfully talked down from that position. - Tarkisflux Talk 16:12, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- Just my opinion, but this spell hits an area as large as Burning Hands, for three dice more damage regardless of caster level, in a damage type for which resistance is less common. Burning Hands being the big damage hitter of level 1 spells, this spell is in every way better, even on range. As a level three caster, this spell does comparable average damage to Scorching Ray, at greater range and with no attack roll, to potentially multiple targets. This seems like the sort of spell that only level 3 spells would really trump. I'd have to say I wouldn't allow it into the games I run at it's current power level. It's simply too good a killer for a level 1 spell, it even violates the recommended damage dice cap for spell design. I don't want to dump on your work of course, these are just my thoughts. As this sounds like it was designed specifically for this homebrew Voltage domain, why not make it a domain exclusive spell, only available to a caster with that domain? Then it's relative rarity would offset it's sheer utility as a Weapon of Mass Electrocution. Tunganation (talk) 06:50, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
