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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamoni" data-source="post: 1458237" data-attributes="member: 12680">That is an interesting idea to raise the DC for casting defensively.  That would mean that a large enemy with reach could pummel the wizard to death without the wizard ever getting to fight back.  All the guy would have to do is charge the wizard.  The wizard has a few choices.  Either they let the enemt get an Attack of Opportunity and try casting normally, or they try casting defensively with an 80% chance of losing the spell and wasting their turn.  Or they could just run away and dray an AoO and let the large enemy just close again next round.As the rules are now, if the BBEG tried doing that, the wizard could at least do some harm in return before they died.  Few wizards can withstand many rounds of full attack actions against them... Or they could cast a spell on themselves to allow them to escape before they died.It makes no sense to make it about impossible for wizards to cast spells while threatened.  It already is more difficult.  If you make it much harder it just makes one of their weaknesses even weaker.  A CR 8 creature shouldn't be able to kill a 15th level wizard while preventing the wizard from doing anything in return just because it is large and happens to have a high AC or high saves.  If you make the change, that does become possible.</blockquote>