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[ABJURATION] Killing the Sacred Cows
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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 3499006" data-attributes="member: 94"><p>Multi-choice poll. </p><p></p><p>We're going to kill off a few sacred cows.</p><p></p><p>In this multi-choice poll, <em>my</em> vote means, "In the grim calculus of game design, I have determined that spellcasters don't need this spell. It might be neat. It might be a sacred cow. But it is not necessary. Its function is too obscure; or more likely, its function could be folded into another spell. I could design a new spell to take its place, and its status as a sacred cow just isn't enough to save it."</p><p></p><p>Your vote might mean something different, or you might arrive at it through a different process, but the end result is that your vote is a vote to kill the spell.</p><p></p><p>They are listed in order of ascending spell level, so if you decide to save (for example) Endure Elements, but you think that, having saved Endure Elements, you could now vote to kill Resist Energy and Protection from Energy, that's fine. I'll interpret your lowest level "SAVE!" vote to automatically infer higher level, more powerful versions (heightened, if you prefer).</p><p></p><p>Conversely, and perhaps a better way of looking at it, is that NOT checking the spell says to me, "I couldn't imagine D&D without this specific spell, by specific name and function and location in the spell list as it exists currently."</p><p></p><p>Please don't take that as an invitation to check all the spells. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I assume you guys are willing to tinker with the spell list by virtue of being here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 3499006, member: 94"] Multi-choice poll. We're going to kill off a few sacred cows. In this multi-choice poll, [i]my[/i] vote means, "In the grim calculus of game design, I have determined that spellcasters don't need this spell. It might be neat. It might be a sacred cow. But it is not necessary. Its function is too obscure; or more likely, its function could be folded into another spell. I could design a new spell to take its place, and its status as a sacred cow just isn't enough to save it." Your vote might mean something different, or you might arrive at it through a different process, but the end result is that your vote is a vote to kill the spell. They are listed in order of ascending spell level, so if you decide to save (for example) Endure Elements, but you think that, having saved Endure Elements, you could now vote to kill Resist Energy and Protection from Energy, that's fine. I'll interpret your lowest level "SAVE!" vote to automatically infer higher level, more powerful versions (heightened, if you prefer). Conversely, and perhaps a better way of looking at it, is that NOT checking the spell says to me, "I couldn't imagine D&D without this specific spell, by specific name and function and location in the spell list as it exists currently." Please don't take that as an invitation to check all the spells. ;) I assume you guys are willing to tinker with the spell list by virtue of being here. [/QUOTE]
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