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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6681606" data-attributes="member: 17077">A lower level spell cast in a higher level slot should be just as effective in some ways, but the higher level spells should still be better overall, otherwise there's no reason for them to even exist. If you could just cast lower level spells in higher level slots and they'd be just as good, why even prepare a higher level spell, which is much more limited in that it can only be cast with the higher level slot? There has to be an upgrade in power or else there's no point.For most higher level spells, there is an upgrade in power. Scorching ray is better than a 2nd level magic missile. A fireball is better than a 3rd level shatter. A sunburst is better than an 8th level fireball. An 8th level fireball can still be good, and that's great. It lets a multiclass character still remain relevant and it let's a single class wizard get by with just a few lower level combat spells if he wants to prepare more utility spells. On the other hand, there also needs to be a reason to devote one of your 20 or so prepared spells to that 8th level spell that can only cast (at most) twice per day.</blockquote>