D&D 5E Chill touch vs Troll regeneration
- Thread starter Actoba
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Ganymede81
First Post
I believe it would also shut down Strahd von Zarovich's regeneration.
AaronOfBarbaria
Adventurer
It does. It also gives Strahd disadvantage on attack rolls against the caster until the end of the caster's next turn, since he's undead.
CapnZapp
Legend
I was asking a question, Aaron.
Not claiming a fact. Feel free to answer no, but stay away from answering me with "false" as if anything I said was untrue.
Thank you
CapnZapp
Legend
Yes, nothing major wrong with that cantrip.
Allowing a cantrip to do much of anything against an epic threat, however...
Or a solo threat for that matter, regardless of epicness.
One troll, two trolls, fine.
The troll king surrounded by troll bodyguards, also fine.
But the Troll Elder taking on the whole party by himself? Not a chance.
The cantrip simply isn't balanced for the situation where there simply is only one, very obvious, target to shoot at.
AaronOfBarbaria
Adventurer
So you're saying there is no such thing as a true/false question?
FormerlyHemlock
Hero
It sure would be nice if the Internet transmitted emotion/connotation as well as text/denotation.
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Guest 6801328
Guest
I'm afraid it wouldn't really help given that 90% of the time the misunderstanding is disingenuous, and is presented purely as a tactic to Prove Somebody on the Internet Wrong.
FarBeyondC
Explorer
Absolutely.
If regeneration is the only thing that makes a threat epic, I'd personally question exactly how 'epic' of a threat said thing is.
If regeneration is the only thing making a solo threat a threat, then I'd personally question whether the solo 'threat' ever was.
I'd imagine the Troll Elder is competent enough to easily deal with the puny caster whose best/only course of action in what I presume to be a battle to the death is cast a measly cantrip.
If your one very obvious target to shoot at only has regeneration going for it, it done goofed and deserves what's coming to it.
FormerlyHemlock
Hero
That's clearly not the case in this case. AaronOfBarbarian clearly meant it in a neutral way, and CapnZapp is clearly not being disingenuous or trying to "win". He even said he would have been 100% fine with "No" instead of "False," and I infer that he would have been 100% fine with "False" said in the mild tone of voice which AaronOfBarbarian probably had in his own head.
So it would have helped in this case, which might be part of the 10%(?) you're implying. And maybe you are perfectly aware of that and I'm accidentally lecturing you pedantically on something you already understand perfectly well. Internet.
