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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7968828" data-attributes="member: 18">It is though, it's hugely significant. You acknowledge &quot;per round&quot;, but it adds up rapidly as fights go on. And True Strike isn't 5 DPR behind, not above level 5, it's usually a heck of a lot more than that. In short fights, where you can say &quot;Well over three rounds, 5 DPR isn't much&quot;, then True Strike is even worse, because it's an entire round of doing nothing, out of perhaps only 2-3 rounds of combat.It doesn't need to be &quot;more powerful than a Firebolt&quot; (no cantrip does), but it needs to be not worse than literally every other damaging cantrip in the game.I mean you know what's really, really terrible about it? You can give Advantage to other characters in combat really easily. Just use the Help Action - <a href="https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Help_Action" target="_blank">5e SRD:Help Action - D&amp;D Wiki</a>You don't need to concentrate, it can't be broken, and it doesn't take up one of your very few cantrip slots. Basically you're spending a cantrip so you can you can use a worse version of the Help Action on yourself. An ability everyone gets for free. It's truly abysmal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7968828, member: 18"] It is though, it's hugely significant. You acknowledge "per round", but it adds up rapidly as fights go on. And True Strike isn't 5 DPR behind, not above level 5, it's usually a heck of a lot more than that. In short fights, where you can say "Well over three rounds, 5 DPR isn't much", then True Strike is even worse, because it's an entire round of doing nothing, out of perhaps only 2-3 rounds of combat. It doesn't need to be "more powerful than a Firebolt" (no cantrip does), but it needs to be not worse than literally every other damaging cantrip in the game. I mean you know what's really, really terrible about it? You can give Advantage to [I]other characters[/I] in combat really easily. Just use the Help Action - [URL="https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Help_Action"]5e SRD:Help Action - D&D Wiki[/URL] You don't need to concentrate, it can't be broken, and it doesn't take up one of your very few cantrip slots. Basically you're spending a cantrip so you can you can use a worse version of the Help Action on yourself. An ability everyone gets for free. It's truly abysmal. [/QUOTE]

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