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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7246070" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p><strong>Flame Blade</strong> and <strong>Vampiric Touch</strong>. Done.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Fire Storm</strong> seems exactly what a 6th-level spell should be. It does the proper amount of damage, on average, as determined by heightening the Fireball spell to a 6th-level slot. At the same time, Fire Storm offers some additionally utility making it worthwhile to learn and prepare this higher level spell, in addition to the 3rd-level Fireball spell.</p><p></p><p><strong>Delayed Blast</strong> does the proper amount of damage for a 7th-level slot. Then additionally it adds the utility of making it possible to layer massive damage in a single round. But perhaps I overestimated its utility. The layering of the damage is difficult to achieve. For example, if casting it before entering the room of a Big Bad, the caster must make a Dexterity save to throw it into the room, or else it explodes in the casters face. Moreover the layered damage comes at the price of delaying the benefit until later, so hostiles have more time to respond. The layers cost additional resources to deal damage that would have been done anyway. There is a risk that the hostile can throw it back at the caster. For now, its still in the 7th-level slot because it can at least do the Fireball damage for that, but might belong better as one of the Less Useful Setup spells?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alright, tentatively, <strong>Teleport</strong> moves to the 7th slot, in the Setup category. But it is Less Useful because of the significant requirement of a destination object. Meanwhile <strong>Planeshift</strong> is Excellent there. I remain unsure that the possibility of a destination object makes Teleport worth two slots higher than Teleportation Circle. But it is there for now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Creation</strong> moves to 3rd-level relating to some degree to Major Image, is a Setup because of its long casting, and is Less Useful, heh, because it is difficult to think of a good use for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7246070, member: 58172"] [B]Flame Blade[/B] and [B]Vampiric Touch[/B]. Done. [B]Fire Storm[/B] seems exactly what a 6th-level spell should be. It does the proper amount of damage, on average, as determined by heightening the Fireball spell to a 6th-level slot. At the same time, Fire Storm offers some additionally utility making it worthwhile to learn and prepare this higher level spell, in addition to the 3rd-level Fireball spell. [B]Delayed Blast[/B] does the proper amount of damage for a 7th-level slot. Then additionally it adds the utility of making it possible to layer massive damage in a single round. But perhaps I overestimated its utility. The layering of the damage is difficult to achieve. For example, if casting it before entering the room of a Big Bad, the caster must make a Dexterity save to throw it into the room, or else it explodes in the casters face. Moreover the layered damage comes at the price of delaying the benefit until later, so hostiles have more time to respond. The layers cost additional resources to deal damage that would have been done anyway. There is a risk that the hostile can throw it back at the caster. For now, its still in the 7th-level slot because it can at least do the Fireball damage for that, but might belong better as one of the Less Useful Setup spells? Alright, tentatively, [B]Teleport[/B] moves to the 7th slot, in the Setup category. But it is Less Useful because of the significant requirement of a destination object. Meanwhile [B]Planeshift[/B] is Excellent there. I remain unsure that the possibility of a destination object makes Teleport worth two slots higher than Teleportation Circle. But it is there for now. [B]Creation[/B] moves to 3rd-level relating to some degree to Major Image, is a Setup because of its long casting, and is Less Useful, heh, because it is difficult to think of a good use for it. [/QUOTE]
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