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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rod Staffwand" data-source="post: 6337565" data-attributes="member: 6776279">Nicely put.The pdf has some text about 'filling slots' as you cast and that you can fill a higher level slot with a lower level spell, but the terminology isn't as intuitive.I do like that a lot of spell scaling is sub-optimal and very linear in most cases. You can get an increased effect by casting cure wounds as a 6th-level spell, but it doesn't give you the same punch as casting heal. On the other hand, you can use a 1st - 5th level slot for cure wounds while you need a 6th and above for heal. Having the lower level spell prepped gives you the most flexibility while having the higher level spell prepped gives you more power. A dedicated healer who wants their bases covered can prep both in lieu of another spell. It makes for interesting choices during spell prep.Things I noticed when reading the spells:*Locate creature is blocked by running water 10ft wide!*Meteor swarm has a range of 1 mile!*Otto's Irresistible Dance is so essential to play that it had to be included in the Basic Set! [I abhor this spell].*Shield blocks magic missiles (still!) but not flame bolt or other low-level attack magic. Overly specific corner-case or cool retro feature? You decide!*Find the Path has M components "a set of divinatory tools—such as bones, ivory sticks, cards, teeth, or carved runes— worth 100 gp and an object from the location you wish to find". Would you let a spellcasting focus stand in for the second component or would that make it too effective?*Sunburst's M components include fire (?!), which presumably fits just fine in your spell component pouch.*Heroes' Feast is kinda cool. I can see an NPC caster doing this on the party before sending them off to fight the dragon and save the kingdom.*Arcane lock seems pretty good for a 2nd level spell with a 25gp cost. It's permanent with the only countermeasures being knocking and dispelling. Shouldn't anything worth stealing be guarded by at least one of these?*Flaming sphere can be "jumped" across pits up to 10ft wide. Vroom, vroom, wheeee~~~~~!</blockquote>

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