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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7253463" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>No, you've discussed a 2 giant scenario and a three giant scenario with blue and warding bond, and also other situations where other spells are added. You also jump from "shield isn't really used" to "well, if I'm hit I'll just use shield." You have cake and try to eat it, too.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I already provided an 8 attack example above that shows a better than 50% chance of at least 1 hit. That splits your difference.</p><p></p><p>To get that, you had to use a class resource, a 2nd level spell, a first level spell, and have someone else in the party support your supposedly inherently superior feature with another second level spell. And you'll need to expend a further 1st slot more than half the time. </p><p></p><p>That's a paragraph to beat a champion in player mail at taking hits.</p><p></p><p>Also, to touch back to your edit added replay above, how did you do 57 damage, again? 3 rounds combat, 1st is necessary to set up your defense, so 2 booming blade attacks @ 2d8+4 each and no movement procs mean you did 25 damage on 2d8? Even assuming you meant 3 rounds in melee, that still 18 damage on 2d8 3 times.</p><p></p><p>Oh, wait, are you making 2 bb attacks a round with extra attack? Blooming blade is a spell, so it uses the cast a spell action and you don't get extra attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7253463, member: 16814"] No, you've discussed a 2 giant scenario and a three giant scenario with blue and warding bond, and also other situations where other spells are added. You also jump from "shield isn't really used" to "well, if I'm hit I'll just use shield." You have cake and try to eat it, too. I already provided an 8 attack example above that shows a better than 50% chance of at least 1 hit. That splits your difference. To get that, you had to use a class resource, a 2nd level spell, a first level spell, and have someone else in the party support your supposedly inherently superior feature with another second level spell. And you'll need to expend a further 1st slot more than half the time. That's a paragraph to beat a champion in player mail at taking hits. Also, to touch back to your edit added replay above, how did you do 57 damage, again? 3 rounds combat, 1st is necessary to set up your defense, so 2 booming blade attacks @ 2d8+4 each and no movement procs mean you did 25 damage on 2d8? Even assuming you meant 3 rounds in melee, that still 18 damage on 2d8 3 times. Oh, wait, are you making 2 bb attacks a round with extra attack? Blooming blade is a spell, so it uses the cast a spell action and you don't get extra attack. [/QUOTE]
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