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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4781125" data-attributes="member: 40961"><p>No, its not.</p><p> </p><p>Readying an action for when the monster returns to the ground is like readying an action for the beginning of the monster's turn. You could have done that anyways, and in any case, you could have just attacked the monster in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>Attacking the monster while it is in the air doesn't do much. Unless the monster had cover or something on the ground, attacking it in the air is the same as attacking it on the ground. This attack dazes, which is good, but that's about all it contributes.</p><p> </p><p>This power isn't worthless, its got good (for a wizard) single target damage and it inflicts a series of status effects that amount to a bizarro version of prone. Which is ok.</p><p> </p><p>Which is what this power is. Ok. It is an ok power if you want to mildly inconvenience a monster.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure if people are getting this wrong, but they might be, so for the record: a readied action is an immediate reaction, not an interrupt. So if you ready this spell in response to a monster attacking, it still gets to land its attack. It just loses the rest of its turn. Again making this power almost identical in result to knocking a foe prone, costing it a move action, and allowing it to attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4781125, member: 40961"] No, its not. Readying an action for when the monster returns to the ground is like readying an action for the beginning of the monster's turn. You could have done that anyways, and in any case, you could have just attacked the monster in the first place. Attacking the monster while it is in the air doesn't do much. Unless the monster had cover or something on the ground, attacking it in the air is the same as attacking it on the ground. This attack dazes, which is good, but that's about all it contributes. This power isn't worthless, its got good (for a wizard) single target damage and it inflicts a series of status effects that amount to a bizarro version of prone. Which is ok. Which is what this power is. Ok. It is an ok power if you want to mildly inconvenience a monster. I'm not sure if people are getting this wrong, but they might be, so for the record: a readied action is an immediate reaction, not an interrupt. So if you ready this spell in response to a monster attacking, it still gets to land its attack. It just loses the rest of its turn. Again making this power almost identical in result to knocking a foe prone, costing it a move action, and allowing it to attack. [/QUOTE]
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