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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8210996" data-attributes="member: 6987520">No, it only maximized the dice gained from upcasting. The original dice for the spell are never adjusted.Some examples:Sleep (a big one IMO!) is normally 5d8, with +2d8 per level when upcast. Instead of rolling the +2d8, they are maximized to 16 points. So, you still roll 5d8, but gain +16 per level you upscale. This makes sleep a viable alternative to use at higher levels. For instance, a 3rd-level sleep spell would have about a 1 in 4 chance to put an uninjured Ogre (59 hp) to sleep. If you cast it RAW, rolling 9d8, your chance is less than 1%! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Fireball is 8d6 at 3rd level, with +1d6 per level when upcast. Casting it at 7th level (when you can do DBF, which starts at 12d6) would give you +4d6, or 24 maximized points, a total of 8d6+24 (avg 52). Now, yes, this is "better" the DBF's base 12d6 (avg. 42), BUT you can "hold" DBF for up to an extra 9d6, which has the potential then of 21d6 (73.5 avg--well above the 52 of an upcast Fireball).LOL glad you like it and might use it, whatever the reason. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />We have only had it in play for a few sessions, but so far it makes upcasting actually worth it, and before I know I've only seen spells upcast maybe 3 times in TWO YEARS of playing 5E!Other groups see it more often, so I've heard, but we didn't hardy ever before.  <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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