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<blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 21523" data-attributes="member: 308">In 1e and 2e, casting in combat was either nigh impossible or nigh guaranteed, depending on which rules the DM was using. At least now it's fairly straightforward.IME...... low level mages don't get their spells to go off via defensive casting and high level casters do. Seems about right.... trying to cast your highest available spells has a decent failure to cast defensively. Seems about right.... a caster who burns 2 out of his about 7 Feats to be able to make concentration checks has used a lot of his character resources. He would've been more dangerous taking Point Blank Shot for ranged touch spells and Spell Penetration. Seems about right.I also find that at higher levels, smart fighters will ready an attack if they're worried about the defensive caster and in any event, mages have so few hit points even defensive casting in melee will get them killed.All seems about right to me.Greg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zhure, post: 21523, member: 308"] In 1e and 2e, casting in combat was either nigh impossible or nigh guaranteed, depending on which rules the DM was using. At least now it's fairly straightforward. IME... ... low level mages don't get their spells to go off via defensive casting and high level casters do. Seems about right. ... trying to cast your highest available spells has a decent failure to cast defensively. Seems about right. ... a caster who burns 2 out of his about 7 Feats to be able to make concentration checks has used a lot of his character resources. He would've been more dangerous taking Point Blank Shot for ranged touch spells and Spell Penetration. Seems about right. I also find that at higher levels, smart fighters will ready an attack if they're worried about the defensive caster and in any event, mages have so few hit points even defensive casting in melee will get them killed. All seems about right to me. Greg [/QUOTE]

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