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You might be thinking of Strike Me Instead, the Justiciar level 12 utility power?

And assuming that I think so is equally ridiculous. I'm saying that the movability influences the enemy's choice. The potential damage is now a whole round away. Lots of things can change in a round. Allies can force move you, the wizard might get stunned, a better placement for the sphere...

Again, only if the effect is stationary. With a movable effect damage-at-end is an assured tradeoff between stay-and-be-damaged or leave-and-be-safe. Damage-at-start gives them damage and then the choice to stay and maybe take damage one round from now. That's a huge maybe. Staying inside a...

I agree with you that the mechanical difference makes them useful in different ways, but how is damage-at-start guaranteed damage if you place it where you don't want monsters to go? Actually, they could still go there, cause havoc, and have an ally force move them out. With end-of-damage in...

Of course you don't. And I did not say that 'Doesn't actually damage so it must be better control'. I said that coercion is more control than straight damage. The coercion is not the same here. The two non-damage results are not the same. Damage-at-start causes more damage, true, but I still...

It seems to me that you are saying that control=damage. Sure, damage-at-start is a more reliable way of causing damage to enemies. But, to me, control is threatening damage, not causing it (limiting the discussion here to damaging effects). Also, I have already agreed that when placing the...

True, but I would contend that this is even more true with damage-at-end. In the scenario where the sphere is stationary in one place and no enemies are adjacent to it initially, it doesn't really matter. But in the scenario that an enemy already is in that strategic location and the wizard...

Here I must disagree. With damage-at-start from the sphere the enemy takes the damage and then has (almost) no decision to make. Sure, he can move away, but that won't stop the wizard from damaging him again. So the choice is not between "stay in my preferred position and be damaged" or "move...

Yes, unless the player character did a shift. Leaving a threatened square is what triggers the opportunity attack, not where you are going.

Going through the updates, I saw you are right in that. The updated sphere gives a bit more control, since it now occupies its square. But, for the sake of this discussion, what if we were talking about the original sphere (or a spell similar to it)?

I don't think we really disagree here. Both types are surely useful and "fun". I was just thinking that these conjurations and zones would give the wizard more battlefield control by simply switching damage from start-of-turn to end-of-turn. In no way was I saying that they are more or less...

I've been bothered for a while about things (conjurations and zones, mostly) that cause damage at the start of someone's turn. It seems to me that this doesn't give any control of the battlefield. You auto-damage an enemy and that's it. In no way are you influencing his actions for that turn...

Well, there is J#, but that is largely considered a dead language nowadays.

Comparing to my C# code that succeeds to login, I see that you are not posting the __EVENTVALIDATION field. Try adding that to your post data.

I'm confused. Outside of copyright infringement, what legal ground can WotC have for their C&D? "We don't like your software"? In this country, I would have told them to go sit on a sharp stick. Is that an accepted way to handle competition in the US? You send them C&Ds and tell them to remove...

That is only correct if everyone on Earth is mandated by law to possess a copy of all D&D material. Yes, someone who obtained a PDF might have bought a hard copy instead. Or not. I would say, in all likelyhood, not. You cannot just look at an accuired PDF as a lost sale of a hard copy. Figure...

Absolutely. And any other programmer can release his tools, like Masterplan, at a pace of his choosing. That competition might force Hasbro to change their pace. Competition is generally regarded as a good thing. The crux might be that, but the legality of it is obvious. Masterplan has done...

It would seem not, then. Anyone else who know where the rule Dannager was referring to can be found?

Old ladies and tiny kittens would die in droves if I vented my full anger and frustration over WotC and their lawyers right now. I really wish this company suffers the consequences of their stupidity.

Are you sure about that? It doesn't say so on the Aegis of Shielding feature. Personally, I would add the vulnerability first and subtract the shielding after. I can't find anything in the FAQ about it. The closest statement is this: So, in that case the resistance would not go first and...