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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 9018635" data-attributes="member: 6932123"><p>So, if WotC does go more heavily in on resistances in the next iteration of the Monster Manual, would that sufficiently increase the value of Sorcerous Burst? If something like 1/3 of the monsters you encounter are resistant to whatever single-element cantrip you have, are you better off with a cantrip which you can always tune to be unresisted, even if it's nominal average is lower?</p><p></p><p>Generally cantrips have damage tiers of:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1d10: Full damage, no riders</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1d8: A minor rider, such as the slow effect of Ray of Frost</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1d6: A major rider, such as the disadvantage of Frostbite</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">-1 die tier for non-arcane spells, such as Vicious Mockery</li> </ul><p>The exploding dice effect means Sorcerous Burst is higher than a standard d6, but a bit below a standard d8. Do you think they anticipate that damage resistances are going to be significant enough that it puts the benefit of changing up the damage type at about the tier of a minor rider, or a bit more?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 9018635, member: 6932123"] So, if WotC does go more heavily in on resistances in the next iteration of the Monster Manual, would that sufficiently increase the value of Sorcerous Burst? If something like 1/3 of the monsters you encounter are resistant to whatever single-element cantrip you have, are you better off with a cantrip which you can always tune to be unresisted, even if it's nominal average is lower? Generally cantrips have damage tiers of: [LIST] [*]1d10: Full damage, no riders [*]1d8: A minor rider, such as the slow effect of Ray of Frost [*]1d6: A major rider, such as the disadvantage of Frostbite [*]-1 die tier for non-arcane spells, such as Vicious Mockery [/LIST] The exploding dice effect means Sorcerous Burst is higher than a standard d6, but a bit below a standard d8. Do you think they anticipate that damage resistances are going to be significant enough that it puts the benefit of changing up the damage type at about the tier of a minor rider, or a bit more? [/QUOTE]
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