Only the initial damage is increased with a higher level spell slot. The per round damage stays at 1d12.
D&D 5E What's the worst spell?
Only the initial damage is increased with a higher level spell slot. The per round damage stays at 1d12.
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jaelis
Oh this is where the title goes?
Sorry, but the importance is in if it's a ogrish spell or not.
Whether it's the second worst or only the third worst, isn't particularly useful...
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I think you are mixing up what thread we are in
Quite right! I take that back.
But at levels 1-5 anyway, you're doing significantly more damage than a cantrip. If you just add up the damage and compare witch bolt to magic missile plus cantrips, witch bolt does better if you go for like 5 rounds, or even three rounds if you have advantage on the initial attack (assuming something like a 50% hit chance).
I totally agree though that most of the time, you'll be better off preparing magic missile. That's why witch bolt is not a good spell. But I think typically it is only a bit worse. Whereas if you compare Mord's Sword to Flaming Sphere, it's like 50% less damage.
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Mending is a great way to make money.
To further your point: It still won't work, as you can't get the Bonus Action Attack if you cast a spell. Which means you already lost the effects of last turn's True Strike when concentration dropped for this turn's True Strike.
jaelis
Oh this is where the title goes?
I'm not really following here? My original thought was
Round 1 True Strike
Round 2 Witch Bolt with advantage
Round 3+ Autodamage action from witch bolt
But of course Round 2 fails, since True Strike ends as soon as I start casting witch bolt. (Really it wouldn't be that great even if it worked.)
But there weren't any bonus actions involved, and I was only casting true strike once.
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Well, being Resistant to Slashing, Bludgeoning, and Piercing damage for the rest of your adventuring career may be "boring", but some kinds of boring are more appealing than others.
It also depends on the table. If you're playing at a table where the DM believes in tailoring challenges to the PCs, all you're doing is asking for a campaign full of oozes and elementals doing acid/fire/thunder damage, and maybe some githyanki doing psychic damage.
Witch bolt actually becomes a MUCH better spell in the higher levels when it does 5-9d12 and can be twinned to a second creature. At which point the continual damage is an afterthought
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jaelis
Oh this is where the title goes?
At level 6+, it seems like disintegrate will be considerably better for single-target damage.
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