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<blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 8719235" data-attributes="member: 59848"><p>One additional factor that might affect things is that my version of Blessed Blade does stack with advantage. So if you are attacking a prone target or find other options that grant advantage, this cantrip becomes really accurate. I'm not sure is a static +1 to the d4 bonus is appropriate or helpful given bounded accuracy and stacking with advantage, but I'm not sure what alternative progression may look like.</p><p></p><p>Maybe if the cantrip grants a d4 to the next attack made against the target, then the number of attacks benefiting from the bonus increases based on level. At base it grants the bonus to the next attack. At level 5 the next 2 attacks. At level 11 the next 3 attacks, and at level 17 the next 4 attacks. So by level 11 this cantrip is about as effective as the Bless spell, which tracks.</p><p></p><p>If one prefers the the protection aspect with one ally getting advantage on the next saving throw from the target creature, then that could increase to 2 people at level 5, 3 people at level 11, and 4 people at level 17. So at level 1, if the target threw a fireball then one person would have advantage on that spell. But by level 17 nearly the entire party could get advantage. I'd need to figure out the wording, because the intention would be one action / ability / spell made by the target, but if multiple people are targeted by that one effect then multiple people could benefit. It wouldn't affect saves from multiple effects. If that makes sense. I don't know if I'm communicating that thought particularly well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawk Diesel, post: 8719235, member: 59848"] One additional factor that might affect things is that my version of Blessed Blade does stack with advantage. So if you are attacking a prone target or find other options that grant advantage, this cantrip becomes really accurate. I'm not sure is a static +1 to the d4 bonus is appropriate or helpful given bounded accuracy and stacking with advantage, but I'm not sure what alternative progression may look like. Maybe if the cantrip grants a d4 to the next attack made against the target, then the number of attacks benefiting from the bonus increases based on level. At base it grants the bonus to the next attack. At level 5 the next 2 attacks. At level 11 the next 3 attacks, and at level 17 the next 4 attacks. So by level 11 this cantrip is about as effective as the Bless spell, which tracks. If one prefers the the protection aspect with one ally getting advantage on the next saving throw from the target creature, then that could increase to 2 people at level 5, 3 people at level 11, and 4 people at level 17. So at level 1, if the target threw a fireball then one person would have advantage on that spell. But by level 17 nearly the entire party could get advantage. I'd need to figure out the wording, because the intention would be one action / ability / spell made by the target, but if multiple people are targeted by that one effect then multiple people could benefit. It wouldn't affect saves from multiple effects. If that makes sense. I don't know if I'm communicating that thought particularly well. [/QUOTE]
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