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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6163690" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Lower level monsters still being viable opponents even at higher levels was definitely something they seemed to have wanted since the beginning. So those lower spell slots could still be useful (and actually tactically interesting.)</p><p></p><p>If you're a 9th level character (and thus have 5th level spell slots) and get attacked by a bunch of orcs... do you use that 5th level slot to cast Sleep (and thus getting more HP to put down and potentially unnecessary increase in Save DC), or do you only use a 3rd level slot instead? Trying to judge the power of a spell versus the power of the enemy would be a part of playing the class.</p><p></p><p>As far as #2... indeed, all those spell slots would/should probably get filled by those spells that have ritual versions that were used at lower levels. So a 1st level character who wants <em>Comprehend Languages</em> at their disposal would ordinarily cast CL with a ritual in order to save the spell slot for something like Magic Missile. But at 9th level, <em>Magic Missile</em> with a level 1 spell slot is kinda useless... so instead you now can cast <em>Comprehend Languages</em> with a single action instead of a ritual now.</p><p></p><p>Spells evolve from ones that you used to cast as rituals at low level into ones you cast with your lower spell slots at high level. Which makes all the sense in the world to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6163690, member: 7006"] Lower level monsters still being viable opponents even at higher levels was definitely something they seemed to have wanted since the beginning. So those lower spell slots could still be useful (and actually tactically interesting.) If you're a 9th level character (and thus have 5th level spell slots) and get attacked by a bunch of orcs... do you use that 5th level slot to cast Sleep (and thus getting more HP to put down and potentially unnecessary increase in Save DC), or do you only use a 3rd level slot instead? Trying to judge the power of a spell versus the power of the enemy would be a part of playing the class. As far as #2... indeed, all those spell slots would/should probably get filled by those spells that have ritual versions that were used at lower levels. So a 1st level character who wants [I]Comprehend Languages[/I] at their disposal would ordinarily cast CL with a ritual in order to save the spell slot for something like Magic Missile. But at 9th level, [I]Magic Missile[/I] with a level 1 spell slot is kinda useless... so instead you now can cast [I]Comprehend Languages[/I] with a single action instead of a ritual now. Spells evolve from ones that you used to cast as rituals at low level into ones you cast with your lower spell slots at high level. Which makes all the sense in the world to me. [/QUOTE]
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