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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7253212" data-attributes="member: 71699">Arcane Recover at 6th level for +3x 2nd level slots. Leaves all 3rd level slots unused.1-8 Shields is... it simply doesn't work out that way. Yes, the Cleric is burning slots proactively instead of reactively. Play it out. You'll see that the non-BS parties use more resources.  At 6th, with Booming Blade, you land 2d8+4 on your attack, and another 2d8 + an attack for 1d8+4 again if they choose to move away from you. It's nearly Fireball damage on any creature that tries to ignore you.No, that doesn't happen. In played encounters, it is rare for foes to stand toe-to-toe and swing every round non-stop. For one thing, they need to close (getting one rock throw instead of a swing). And the situation is not - all giants alive for rounds 1-7, all giants dead in round 8. They die at various times over the course of the combat. I've run this encounter several times now with each group, and the BS has not seen a single critical. Across several combats the BS has been hit a few times, splitting the damage with the Cleric. Each hit was at the BS' discretion: a Shield cast would have stopped it. The Diviner has been downed twice and died once. Just to stray rocks.Until you run the encounter there isn't too much value in continuing this. Your averaging assumptions are good starting points, but in the end they can't capture an encounter as it plays out.[Edit: I ran the "hard" two-giant version once more out of curiousity to see whether they could focus-down the BS. Combat was over in 3 rounds. BS got in 57 damage (with no move triggers on BB). BS did not get hit and never needed to Shield. Spells used = 1x 1st and 2x 2nd level slots (Mage Armor, Blur, Warding Bond). Mage Armor runs another several hours and Warding Bond about another hour. Neither takes Concentration. This is typical for these combats. Giants, with +8 attack, cannot hit BS.]</blockquote>

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