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Is the Evocation Wizard better at being a damage Sorcerer than a Sorcerer?
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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7178379" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>That's a rather important caveat, and it means that you're not really talking about Font of Magic any more at all--you're just talking about the ability to convert low-level spell slots (at a loss!) to high-level slots.</p><p></p><p>The DMG doesn't seem to think much of that idea, from a balance perspective. The DMG seems to view it as pretty much a wash. The supposed drawback to using spell points instead of spell slots, according to the DMG, is not the extra power gained by spellcasters nor a concern about breaking encounter math--the drawback, we are advised, is that spell points are more complex. (They're not, but whatever.)</p><p></p><p>I happen to like 5th level spells quite a bit, but trading in all of your 1st-4th level spells to gain only four and a half 5th level spells is not nearly as attractive as simply using DMG spell points, if your DM offers that option. DMG spell points would give you a hair over seven 5th level spells in exchange--so you're trading in all of your low-level slots for something half as good as what the DMG considers a wash. Couple that with the Sorcerer's already-narrow spell list (he doesn't actually have access to the best 5th level spells, in my opinion, like Animate Dead V, Wall of Force, and Conjure Animals V) and I think you'll see why not many people get excited about Font of Magic's conversion ability, unless they happen to be sorlocks.</p><p></p><p>Sorlocks are of course a completely different story because they can bank arbitrarily-many spell slots over the course of multiple short rests via Font of Magic, if the DM lets that fly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What metamagic do I employ as a sorcerer to get spells with the "great meaning and power" of Wall of Force, Evard's Black Tentacles, Animate Dead, or True Polymorph? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 7178379, member: 6787650"] That's a rather important caveat, and it means that you're not really talking about Font of Magic any more at all--you're just talking about the ability to convert low-level spell slots (at a loss!) to high-level slots. The DMG doesn't seem to think much of that idea, from a balance perspective. The DMG seems to view it as pretty much a wash. The supposed drawback to using spell points instead of spell slots, according to the DMG, is not the extra power gained by spellcasters nor a concern about breaking encounter math--the drawback, we are advised, is that spell points are more complex. (They're not, but whatever.) I happen to like 5th level spells quite a bit, but trading in all of your 1st-4th level spells to gain only four and a half 5th level spells is not nearly as attractive as simply using DMG spell points, if your DM offers that option. DMG spell points would give you a hair over seven 5th level spells in exchange--so you're trading in all of your low-level slots for something half as good as what the DMG considers a wash. Couple that with the Sorcerer's already-narrow spell list (he doesn't actually have access to the best 5th level spells, in my opinion, like Animate Dead V, Wall of Force, and Conjure Animals V) and I think you'll see why not many people get excited about Font of Magic's conversion ability, unless they happen to be sorlocks. Sorlocks are of course a completely different story because they can bank arbitrarily-many spell slots over the course of multiple short rests via Font of Magic, if the DM lets that fly. What metamagic do I employ as a sorcerer to get spells with the "great meaning and power" of Wall of Force, Evard's Black Tentacles, Animate Dead, or True Polymorph? :) [/QUOTE]
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