UngeheuerLich
Legend
Sorry for the temporary off-topic post but...
Interesting. I’m a bard newb and I would like to recruit you to peruse this thread:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...how-much-can-I-dump-combat-stats&daysprune=14
Please help me kit out my bard and help advise me on spells. I will pay you double whatever [MENTION=6795602]FrogReaver[/MENTION] paid.
Now back to your regularly scheduled debate.
Intersting to hear about bane efficiency. And I guess bane can be a great spell. It is especially potent if you have people castibg other spells. A bane that sticks allows other spells to have the full effect more easily and it allows you not to be hit as often. You just have to question yourself. If I just cast the other level 1 spell twice, doesn't it have a better chance to kill.
Example: bane + thunderwave or thunderwave twice.
I do think at level 1 bane is actually not that strong. A simple thunderwave even on a successful save might kill the enemy. A failed save and a second will most probably do so.
Bane gets more and more potent the higher level you become. At level 3 you can enable a level 2 spell and at level 5 you might enable hypnotic pattern or you might lower the chance of saving vs your friendly wizards fireball.
So to sum it up: at tier 1, level 1-4 bane is most probably not the best choice but the higher you get and the more powerful it becomes.