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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4128832" data-attributes="member: 58197">But the point is that in 3.X, if you compare a high-level spell to a low-level spell, the high-level spell has a greater effect against high-level monsters than the low-level spell has against low-level monsters.  To reiterate the point I made earlier, compare blindness (a 2nd-level spell) to finger of death (a 7th-level spell).  Both are single-target spells that grant a Fortitude save, but blindness only blinds the target where finger of death kills it outright, as well as doing damage even if the save is made.What this means is that if we assume these two spells to be representative of their levels, and that a high-level monster is about as likely to save versus finger of death as a low-level monster versus blindness, a 3rd-level wizard who successfully uses her best (where "best" means "highest-level") spell against a monster still has to finish the monster off, and has to worry that the monster might be able to remove the effect somehow.  A 13th-level wizard who successfully uses her best spell against a monster takes that monster out completely--and even if she fails, she does a bit of damage.  Ergo, the wizard's position on the "weaksauce to uber" scale has shifted; the 13th-level wizard is more powerful for her level than the 3rd-level wizard is for hers.True, but then we get a glut of level 1 powers.  Ideally, of course, the level-independent powers should be grouped by what they do; so, for instance, forced re-rolls might be considered a "mid-Paragon" effect, even though they could just as easily be early Heroic or late Epic.  That would create the feeling of "Hey, I get cool new stuff!" even though what you're getting is not necessarily better than what you had.This is certainly true.  But until we see a power of comparable level that is demonstrably way better, I don't think it's reasonable to claim that displacement isn't balanced.</blockquote>

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