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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6420623" data-attributes="member: 22779">At the end of the day though, it's still a player spending a character resource to affect the in-game reality.&nbsp; The only reason that the wizard has that spell is because he knows he will possibly want to circumvent a particular challenge.&nbsp; The reason that spell exists in that class' spell list is for exactly that.&nbsp; For example, explain to me why clerics get Water Breathing.&nbsp; Why is Continual Light, a spell that has setting shattering implications, a second level spell?&nbsp; Why have spells like Mending, and Make Whole?&nbsp; There's a host of spells on the list, practically the entire utility list of spells, that only exist for meta-game reasons.&nbsp; They are the level they are because that's the level you will likely need them at.&nbsp; Continual Light/Flame is second level because at 3rd level, the party is undergoing extended foray's into the dungeon and they need a way to see without hauling around barrels of oil.&nbsp; So, second level spell it is.&nbsp; It's entirely meta-gaming contrivance from front to back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6420623, member: 22779"] At the end of the day though, it's still a player spending a character resource to affect the in-game reality. The only reason that the wizard has that spell is because he knows he will possibly want to circumvent a particular challenge. The reason that spell exists in that class' spell list is for exactly that. For example, explain to me why clerics get Water Breathing. Why is Continual Light, a spell that has setting shattering implications, a second level spell? Why have spells like Mending, and Make Whole? There's a host of spells on the list, practically the entire utility list of spells, that only exist for meta-game reasons. They are the level they are because that's the level you will likely need them at. Continual Light/Flame is second level because at 3rd level, the party is undergoing extended foray's into the dungeon and they need a way to see without hauling around barrels of oil. So, second level spell it is. It's entirely meta-gaming contrivance from front to back. [/QUOTE]

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