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<blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 3155555" data-attributes="member: 150">I am a big fan of Grease, actually.&nbsp; Sure, it doesn't directly do damage, but it's very effective for crowd control, it has multiple uses (grease up the floor or disarm an opponent) and while it doesn't do damage on it's own it can really help control the battlefield and make life better and safer for other members of the party.&nbsp; The party rogue, for example, should really appreciate the spell (because anything moving within the area of the grease spell must make a balance check, and because when you are balancing you lose your dex bonus, rogues attacking you (either with readied attacks or movement-triggered AOEs) would also deal sneak attack damage.&nbsp; This makes the spell useful even when there's very little chance that the target will fail it's reflex save and fall.&nbsp; I never would have given this spell much thought until i came upon a wand of grease early in a wizard's career and started using it a lot -- and it quickly became one of my favorite options. -rg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Radiating Gnome, post: 3155555, member: 150"] I am a big fan of Grease, actually. Sure, it doesn't directly do damage, but it's very effective for crowd control, it has multiple uses (grease up the floor or disarm an opponent) and while it doesn't do damage on it's own it can really help control the battlefield and make life better and safer for other members of the party. The party rogue, for example, should really appreciate the spell (because anything moving within the area of the grease spell must make a balance check, and because when you are balancing you lose your dex bonus, rogues attacking you (either with readied attacks or movement-triggered AOEs) would also deal sneak attack damage. This makes the spell useful even when there's very little chance that the target will fail it's reflex save and fall. I never would have given this spell much thought until i came upon a wand of grease early in a wizard's career and started using it a lot -- and it quickly became one of my favorite options. -rg [/QUOTE]

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