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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6353600" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>Then the creature dies. Excrement Happens. Sometimes the dice gives you a critical hit when you need it, sometimes they leave you on fire for 5 rounds because you can't roll above a 10 on a d20. Sometimes you TPK your party, sometimes the monster dies in one round. That's D&D. </p><p></p><p>The problem I have with your analysis is that it doesn't give magic anything to do. You literally took offense to nearly EVERY spell in the PDF! Most of them for doing EXACTLY what the spell was intended to do. It almost seemed like some of them were "This spell is broken because it does exactly what you think it does". </p><p></p><p>You know, if spells like fireball and spiritual weapon are problematic, I have a not-so-humble suggestion: find a different game. Seriously, most of these concerns were fixed in 4e, try that. You might have to ban a few rituals (like raise dead) but it should really fix the problem of magic being too good vs mundane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6353600, member: 7635"] Then the creature dies. Excrement Happens. Sometimes the dice gives you a critical hit when you need it, sometimes they leave you on fire for 5 rounds because you can't roll above a 10 on a d20. Sometimes you TPK your party, sometimes the monster dies in one round. That's D&D. The problem I have with your analysis is that it doesn't give magic anything to do. You literally took offense to nearly EVERY spell in the PDF! Most of them for doing EXACTLY what the spell was intended to do. It almost seemed like some of them were "This spell is broken because it does exactly what you think it does". You know, if spells like fireball and spiritual weapon are problematic, I have a not-so-humble suggestion: find a different game. Seriously, most of these concerns were fixed in 4e, try that. You might have to ban a few rituals (like raise dead) but it should really fix the problem of magic being too good vs mundane. [/QUOTE]
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