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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 7534110" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Add to this that Wizards have ALWAYS been a problem in captivity ever since 3rd edition. They don't lose uncast spells when knocked unconscious, and even has the spell mastery feat back then, which any wizard who properly prepped took one feat choice of, to have a couple of contingencies prepped anyway.</p><p>Personally, I'm fine with cantrips at high levels out-damaging low-level spells; that's the point at which the caster would be switching out the low level spells for low-level utility spells anyway.</p><p></p><p>(An aside: Gagged wizards usually can't cast spells, anyway - well, not 90% of them, including most of the ones that will help you escape; in my campaigns if a known spellcaster is captured most prisons have a locking metal face mask with a small short metal cone riveted on the inside so as to be forced into the mouth; as long as you're not imprisoned with your rogue buddy who snuck a lock-pick in with him, you're pretty much done. Meal time might get a bit tricky for the jailors, but that's what prison escape stories are made of!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 7534110, member: 158"] Add to this that Wizards have ALWAYS been a problem in captivity ever since 3rd edition. They don't lose uncast spells when knocked unconscious, and even has the spell mastery feat back then, which any wizard who properly prepped took one feat choice of, to have a couple of contingencies prepped anyway. Personally, I'm fine with cantrips at high levels out-damaging low-level spells; that's the point at which the caster would be switching out the low level spells for low-level utility spells anyway. (An aside: Gagged wizards usually can't cast spells, anyway - well, not 90% of them, including most of the ones that will help you escape; in my campaigns if a known spellcaster is captured most prisons have a locking metal face mask with a small short metal cone riveted on the inside so as to be forced into the mouth; as long as you're not imprisoned with your rogue buddy who snuck a lock-pick in with him, you're pretty much done. Meal time might get a bit tricky for the jailors, but that's what prison escape stories are made of!) [/QUOTE]
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