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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6362578" data-attributes="member: 15700">DM fiat?&nbsp; This has nothing to do with the DM.&nbsp; This has to do with:Casters don't have every spell prepped and the slots available to cast it.&nbsp; Which is a requirement in order to make a blanket statement that casters are more powerful/can replace other PCs. Those are the rules, as illustrated by things like a spell casting chart, or how many new spells you can learn every time you level up.&nbsp; I gave an entire list of things like this earlier.&nbsp; If you can't be bothered to read them, that's on you.&nbsp; And they have nothing to do with DM fiat.I also mentioned this phrase: &quot;Garbage in, garbage out.&quot;&nbsp; What that means is that all of his data is worthless if it fails to account for in-game factors that directly impact his data values.&nbsp; Things like:* how many opponents are actually affected by an AOE spell (like burning hands), and if that puts the caster in to melee, he or she is so squishy they won't last a couple rounds.&nbsp; All the spell slots in the world won't help you when you're dead* how many prepped spells never have an opportunity to be used* how many scenarios would require a spell but it was never prepped or learned?* does the caster have the proper components to cast the spell?* etc, etc.I.e., if you're ignoring the factors of actual game play, then the data analysis is about as worthless as <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> on a bull, as the phrase goes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6362578, member: 15700"] DM fiat? This has nothing to do with the DM. This has to do with: Casters don't have every spell prepped and the slots available to cast it. Which is a requirement in order to make a blanket statement that casters are more powerful/can replace other PCs. Those are [I][B]the rules[/B][/I], as illustrated by things like a spell casting chart, or how many new spells you can learn every time you level up. I gave an entire list of things like this earlier. If you can't be bothered to read them, that's on you. And they have nothing to do with DM fiat. I also mentioned this phrase: "Garbage in, garbage out." What that means is that all of his data is worthless if it fails to account for in-game factors that directly impact his data values. Things like: * how many opponents are actually affected by an AOE spell (like burning hands), and if that puts the caster in to melee, he or she is so squishy they won't last a couple rounds. All the spell slots in the world won't help you when you're dead * how many prepped spells never have an opportunity to be used * how many scenarios would require a spell but it was never prepped or learned? * does the caster have the proper components to cast the spell? * etc, etc. I.e., if you're ignoring the factors of actual game play, then the data analysis is about as worthless as :):):):) on a bull, as the phrase goes. [/QUOTE]

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