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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 9500664" data-attributes="member: 58197">Yeah, it seems super weak compared to Heavenly Wings and Inner Radiance. Even the damage type is inferior; going by the 2014 Monster Manual, radiant damage is about 5% more effective than necrotic*.I'm really struggling to think of a case where I'd pick Necrotic Shroud. A 10-foot radius is practically nothing, particularly when centered on the "caster," so it's no good for battlefield control. I guess... if you're in a fight that's right on the edge, and you're surrounded in melee, and trying to improve your odds of staying alive for one more round?*A while ago I decided that I wanted to know exactly how effective each damage type was. My formula is, for each damage type: Add up 2 for each monster that is vulnerable, 1 for each monster that is affected normally, 0.5 for each monster that is resistant, and 0 for each monster that is immune. Then divide the total by the number of monsters. Applying this to the 2014 MM, this yields 1.0 for radiant and 0.95 for necrotic. Constraining the CRs results in somewhat different values, but radiant is always a few percentage points ahead.</blockquote>