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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1153772" data-attributes="member: 5171">Allow me to repeat in slightly plainer language: Feats don't get blown in the first battle.&nbsp; With a very few exceptions, you can use 'em all day.&nbsp; Over the course of the game, Quick Draw and Power Attack are better bets than Fireball.If your wizard has ever run out of fireballs, has ever run into a creature that is immune to fireballs, or has been stuck with a bunch of fireballs prepared on a day when other spells would have been more useful, then the wizard is feeling the pinch of the other side.&nbsp; The wizard gains focus at the expense of flexibility.If we're talking about a sorcerer, then the issue is not preparation but overall flexibility.&nbsp; If you're taking fireball, then you better hope your DM isn't planning a campaign based on evil marauding fire elementals -- or, for that matter, a campaign that focuses on monks and rogues that tumble into the midst of the party to attack.&nbsp; If you can't hit them without hitting your friends, and if they have evasion, Fireball becomes a much weaker spell.Power Attack, on the other hand, can be useful in almost any combat situation.&nbsp; And the fighter is never under the onus of HAVING to use it -- because it's not like it's the only good third-level offensive spell he's got.&nbsp; He can choose to use Expertise or Power Attack or Improved Trip or whatever at his leisure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1153772, member: 5171"] Allow me to repeat in slightly plainer language: Feats don't get blown in the first battle. With a very few exceptions, you can use 'em all day. Over the course of the game, Quick Draw and Power Attack are better bets than Fireball. If your wizard has ever run out of fireballs, has ever run into a creature that is immune to fireballs, or has been stuck with a bunch of fireballs prepared on a day when other spells would have been more useful, then the wizard is feeling the pinch of the other side. The wizard gains focus at the expense of flexibility. If we're talking about a sorcerer, then the issue is not preparation but overall flexibility. If you're taking fireball, then you better hope your DM isn't planning a campaign based on evil marauding fire elementals -- or, for that matter, a campaign that focuses on monks and rogues that tumble into the midst of the party to attack. If you can't hit them without hitting your friends, and if they have evasion, Fireball becomes a much weaker spell. Power Attack, on the other hand, can be useful in almost any combat situation. And the fighter is never under the onus of HAVING to use it -- because it's not like it's the only good third-level offensive spell he's got. He can choose to use Expertise or Power Attack or Improved Trip or whatever at his leisure. [/QUOTE]

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