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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6549153" data-attributes="member: 6790260">The way I see it, it's the reverse. Playing a battlefield tactician is no longer the obvious choice to someone who knows the system well. To be fair, I can accept that it would be frustrating to be used to dropping multiple useful spells per combat, only to find that half the things you want to do require Concentration. At the same time, though, are you expecting to do this every combat? You're talking about several relatively high-level spells. If you're doing this all the time, what are your fellow players contributing that a band of hired NPC mercs couldn't, in terms of offensive capability? (Edit: by this I mean that other players obviously contribute their RP presence and make the game interesting, but offensively would they really be doing much other than cleaning up once you've locked down the battlefield?)Maybe I'm reading too far into your post. But it sounds a lot like you're saying, &quot;I want my spells to win several combats a day, every day,&quot; and that just sounds to me like you're wanting too much of the spotlight too often. If I'm wrong about that, cool--and regardless, there may be some design space we could hash out to help your DM help you feel like the Tactical Wizard you want to be without overshadowing your fellow players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 6549153, member: 6790260"] The way I see it, it's the reverse. Playing a battlefield tactician is no longer the obvious choice to someone who knows the system well. To be fair, I can accept that it would be frustrating to be used to dropping multiple useful spells per combat, only to find that half the things you want to do require Concentration. At the same time, though, are you expecting to do this every combat? You're talking about several relatively high-level spells. If you're doing this [I]all the time[/I], what are your fellow players contributing that a band of hired NPC mercs couldn't, in terms of offensive capability? (Edit: by this I mean that other players obviously contribute their RP presence and make the game interesting, but offensively would they really be doing much other than cleaning up once you've locked down the battlefield?) Maybe I'm reading too far into your post. But it sounds a lot like you're saying, "I want my spells to win several combats a day, every day," and that just sounds to me like you're wanting too much of the spotlight too often. If I'm wrong about that, cool--and regardless, there may be some design space we could hash out to help your DM help you feel like the Tactical Wizard you want to be without overshadowing your fellow players. [/QUOTE]

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