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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7559687" data-attributes="member: 6795602">The only problem I'm trying to fix is how to get people to stop asking me what problem I'm trying to fix and why I want this change.  It's amazing how difficult that is to do.  Any suggestions on that?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />That's probably the most impartial assessment I've seen anyone make about the idea.  Thank you.  I think a rough assessment on just how much more power we are talking in various encounter days.  For example: in a single encounter day I think the net benefit on average tops out at maybe 25% more effectiveness.  (Calculation based on campaign where players know they have exactly a single encounter in the day and effectiveness estimated by comparing damage spells each setup can cast.  I also think it's worth considering that more important than encounters per day, may be whether there is a threat for a day going longer than expected.  That alone tends to put a damper on how much you will use abilities, even more so when your resource-free options are relatively weak.  IMO.I think that was exasperated by the squishiness of casters in previous editions.  In 5e defense comes easier and death is harder.  It's hard to think hiding out doing nothing in 5e is ever the right answer except in the most dire of circumstances.I like the free upcast idea.  What if there was no problem?  I'm just intending to discuss this houserule.  You don't need to know why to do that.  Worst case is you actually have to discuss circumstances you can envision the houserule being good and circumstances you can envision it being bad.  Why's it so hard to just do that?He read my early posts where I made it quite clear my stance about asking why on this topic and chose to do that anyways.  He deserved more than unpleasantness for that but I thought it best to try and be a little softer.  Maybe I won't regret that decision.And if he or you or anyone else gives me opinions in that manner you know what to expect.  All opinions are welcome, but don't expect to come to the thread I started and present them the wrong way and watch me roll over and then complain about me not rolling over.</blockquote>

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