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Blade Barrier - Overpowered? I think so.
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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 381647" data-attributes="member: 1165"><p><em>No it does damage multiple times jsut liek wall of fire. If you are dumb enough, nsane enough, or a big enough tank to shrug off the damage and decide to stay in the damaging area whether it be fre damage from the wall fo fire or slashing damage from blade barrier it can happen more than once.</em></p><p></p><p>Only if the opponent is dumb, IMO. Note that, unlike the Harm spell, the opponent can do something about it (avoid the barrier).</p><p></p><p><em>And it does an obscenely large amount more damage than wall of fire. </em></p><p></p><p>Yes, the amount of damage might be too high, although I wouldn't know, since my PCs (and NPCs) always avoided the barrier like the plague. Note that the spell is a full-round action, and a cleric can't cast Improved Invisibility (and if there's a Domain that lets you do it... well, I don't think most domains were balanced with each other). Of course, I also think Wall of Fire does too <em>little</em> damage, and same with Wall of Ice.</p><p></p><p>For some reason, the 2e Wall of Ice was so much cooler (no pun intended). If you surround yourself with a hemisphere, it doesn't do damage, and nearly any creature can break through it to get to you. If you use an ice plane, your opponent is simply delayed for one round as they walk around it.</p><p></p><p>Also, Wall of Stone is a little too weak. It has no AC, of course, so Power Attack makes up for the hardness. It has too few hp; stone shouldn't have so few hp per inch, compared to natural stone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 381647, member: 1165"] [i]No it does damage multiple times jsut liek wall of fire. If you are dumb enough, nsane enough, or a big enough tank to shrug off the damage and decide to stay in the damaging area whether it be fre damage from the wall fo fire or slashing damage from blade barrier it can happen more than once.[/i] Only if the opponent is dumb, IMO. Note that, unlike the Harm spell, the opponent can do something about it (avoid the barrier). [i]And it does an obscenely large amount more damage than wall of fire. [/i] Yes, the amount of damage might be too high, although I wouldn't know, since my PCs (and NPCs) always avoided the barrier like the plague. Note that the spell is a full-round action, and a cleric can't cast Improved Invisibility (and if there's a Domain that lets you do it... well, I don't think most domains were balanced with each other). Of course, I also think Wall of Fire does too [i]little[/i] damage, and same with Wall of Ice. For some reason, the 2e Wall of Ice was so much cooler (no pun intended). If you surround yourself with a hemisphere, it doesn't do damage, and nearly any creature can break through it to get to you. If you use an ice plane, your opponent is simply delayed for one round as they walk around it. Also, Wall of Stone is a little too weak. It has no AC, of course, so Power Attack makes up for the hardness. It has too few hp; stone shouldn't have so few hp per inch, compared to natural stone. [/QUOTE]
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