Hawk Diesel
Adventurer
Nice point,
I usually assume that some cantrips/spells go for utility things and hence make give cantrips/spells to combat-mostly NPCs.
@ Hawk Diesel I am a bit worried about winging it due to balance issues and the risk to make players feel "unfair". How do you handle this to keep yours on the go spells balanced and challenging and not frustrating?
Fair question. My perspective on balance is more concerned with players feeling balanced against one another. No one player should outshine the others or steal the spotlight too much, and vice versa. I also make it clear in session 0 that my DM style is that not all encounters will be designed to be fair or that the players can win. Just because they encounter someone, doesn't mean they can beat it. This causes them to have to think about how to approach each NPC and encounter, rather than just run blindly into battle and strong approach NPCs.