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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7535822" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>It's unclear to me, are you suggesting that <strong>every </strong>level 1 spell cast in a level 1 slot is better than a cantrip used by a max level character?</p><p></p><p>If you don't mean every 1st level spell used in a first level slot is better than a cantrip then I actually agree with that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's unclear to me, are you saying that <strong>every</strong> 1st level spell cast in a first level slot can very well be better or at least different and therefore incomparable to a cantrip even when cast by a level 20 caster?</p><p></p><p>If that's not what you intend to be saying then I likely agree with what you are intending to say.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. No one in my games use low level damage spells in low level slots when they are high level.</p><p>2. That players avoid using low level damage spells in low level slots is not a correction of the issue that I keep talking about. In fact it's logically impossible for that to be a solution of the issue I keep talking about. That's because, If 1st level spells should do more damage in low level slots than a cantrip THEN simply not using those spells doesn't change whether they should do more damage in low level slots than a cantrip.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't yet, I need more information to make that determination.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7535822, member: 6795602"] It's unclear to me, are you suggesting that [B]every [/B]level 1 spell cast in a level 1 slot is better than a cantrip used by a max level character? If you don't mean every 1st level spell used in a first level slot is better than a cantrip then I actually agree with that. [I][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/I] It's unclear to me, are you saying that [B]every[/B] 1st level spell cast in a first level slot can very well be better or at least different and therefore incomparable to a cantrip even when cast by a level 20 caster? If that's not what you intend to be saying then I likely agree with what you are intending to say. 1. No one in my games use low level damage spells in low level slots when they are high level. 2. That players avoid using low level damage spells in low level slots is not a correction of the issue that I keep talking about. In fact it's logically impossible for that to be a solution of the issue I keep talking about. That's because, If 1st level spells should do more damage in low level slots than a cantrip THEN simply not using those spells doesn't change whether they should do more damage in low level slots than a cantrip. I can't yet, I need more information to make that determination. [/QUOTE]
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