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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8416300" data-attributes="member: 762"><p>Yes, they've separated out (for the most part) the damaging offensive spells. Which is, hilariously, another type of oversight. </p><p></p><p>Damaging spells are all well and good, but they are far from the most effective way to play a spellcaster. For example, for one of the NPCs (antagonists)- the description highlights the fact that she can use faerie fire to help her companions against the PCs. It fails to mention that Hypnotic Pattern (listed on the same line as faerie fire) will be far more likely to REALLY help the NPCs against the party.</p><p></p><p>But again, that's not really the issue. The separated spells, are not listed as spells, so are suddenly not subject to effects that interact with/counter spells (you can infer it's a spell on SOME of them because it says "spell attack" but it's not explicit). It's a sloppy oversight - and that's the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mort, post: 8416300, member: 762"] Yes, they've separated out (for the most part) the damaging offensive spells. Which is, hilariously, another type of oversight. Damaging spells are all well and good, but they are far from the most effective way to play a spellcaster. For example, for one of the NPCs (antagonists)- the description highlights the fact that she can use faerie fire to help her companions against the PCs. It fails to mention that Hypnotic Pattern (listed on the same line as faerie fire) will be far more likely to REALLY help the NPCs against the party. But again, that's not really the issue. The separated spells, are not listed as spells, so are suddenly not subject to effects that interact with/counter spells (you can infer it's a spell on SOME of them because it says "spell attack" but it's not explicit). It's a sloppy oversight - and that's the point. [/QUOTE]
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