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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ARandomGod" data-source="post: 2549202" data-attributes="member: 17296">I've seen this argued several times... With several different interpretations. The basic agreement is that it indeed does overlap, by RAW. There is some debate as to how they overlap. And, of course, at that point there is no guide and it could be any of the myriad of interpretations. Of course, that leads to the question of power. Is it overpowered to allow it to “stack”, as it were? I’ve played in a number of games with it interpreted as virtually stacking, and I can confirm that it’s not overpowered, not even at caster level ten (where it’s d10+10 HP per casting). At that level it basically negates one attack from a fighter of a similar level. … And not always the entire attack (although sometimes two attacks, depending on the fighter). In general a spellcaster is going to be better off memorizing an attack spell instead of a defensive spell such as this.There is an exception. That being various spell point systems. In a spell point system you can cast and recast this spell a large number of times. Unless the system is designed to cost more for a “tenth” level casting of this spell as opposed to a third (baseline) level casting of the spell it’s quite overpowered.However in the normal system even complete stacking isn’t overpowered at all. Like I said, it negates ½ to 2 attacks from a similar fighter. And a spellcaster who’s wasting spells on that as opposed to spending them on scorching ray or some other spell is either making a mistake or preparing for a very specific eventuality (or just an interesting character style).</blockquote>

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