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PHBII preview: The Wild Magic Sorcerer
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Piratecat
Sesquipedalian
Hi Nebulous,
on a natural 1 on an attack roll, the wild sorcerers class feature "unfettered power" forces you to push all creatures within 5 squares of you 1 square - imagine it as a kind of raw arcane energy gone awry.
The wild mage paragon path has a couple of alternative things that happen when you roll a 1, including you swapping places with the target, the attack hitting automatically or stunning both you and the target.
I understand you point though, since the sorcerer's powers themselves do not impose any negative effects (although you could count not getting the extra effect of certain powers when you don't roll an even number a negative effect). There is also a power from the wild mage path that lets you exclude 1D4 targets from a damaging area attack.
on a natural 1 on an attack roll, the wild sorcerers class feature "unfettered power" forces you to push all creatures within 5 squares of you 1 square - imagine it as a kind of raw arcane energy gone awry.
The wild mage paragon path has a couple of alternative things that happen when you roll a 1, including you swapping places with the target, the attack hitting automatically or stunning both you and the target.
I understand you point though, since the sorcerer's powers themselves do not impose any negative effects (although you could count not getting the extra effect of certain powers when you don't roll an even number a negative effect). There is also a power from the wild mage path that lets you exclude 1D4 targets from a damaging area attack.
Shroomy
Adventurer
Do the wild mage powers largely target creatures or enemies? If they target creatures, boy, things could get out of control really fast if you're not careful. For example, I still think that if you get on a roll, chaos bolt could end up hitting your allies, especially if they are not a lot of enemies in the battle.
RangerWickett
Legend
I wrote this for third edition:
It warms my heart to see the wild mage in 4th edition.
It warms my heart to see the wild mage in 4th edition.
Shroomy
Adventurer
Never though about it, but Chaos Bolt really targets "One creature" and if no enemy is within 5 squares of the first target, you end up hitting allies instead. That's really nice
That's how I read it, however, when I had this discussion on another board, others said they would rule that you're never forced to take the secondary attack if you don't want to. That's fair, I guess, but seems to me to be against the spirit of the power.
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