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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 1824567" data-attributes="member: 5777">Really, even now acid isnt much different than sonic.Even then though, I never saw any casters take it in any form in games I have been in (one thought about going elemental savant, so they almost took it, but decided on something else instead).It isnt that it was so incredibly effective, more that it made some choices easier. If one was a blaster type mage who already bought all of the other feats that make your blaster spells better (depending on how you look at it that could be from zero up to about 3 unless one goes to a ton of different sources) then it was one of the only choices left to get some versitility, not even extra power really.Fighters get 11 bonus feats, if they only had 15 choices for those 11 feats then most fighters would pick effectively the exact same thing. Same sort of situation here. There were/are so few feats that really help certain areas at all that 'any' feat that comes close will be picked more often by those types. Sortof like weapon focus, most fighter types I have seen have picked up weapon focus for their favored weapon. It is great, it gives a +1 to attacks and opens up a ton of other feats. Substitution was merely one of the very few feats that actually worked towards a certain goal.Too much? I've no idea, never saw any problem with it, but that doesnt mean there wasnt one. Still though, the dreadful lack of choices for certain builds will mean that any feat that comes close to helping will be picked more often, whether it is powerful or not. Being able to actually use ones abilities seems pretty nice, especially when resistances/immunities are so incredibly common as levels go up. DR is as well, but by and far it is easier to get around DR, or even failing that to beat through it. One can attack a nearly unlimited number of times per day, the same cannot be said for spells, especially when not even all of ones slots are full of them.I suppose now acid is the new pick of choice since it generally isnt worthwhile to pick anything else. Will they be taking that away next?</blockquote>

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