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<blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 1015337" data-attributes="member: 2829">Glancing at one of the spells...Moon Spiral Heart Attack, with 64d6 of backlash, I should make two points. First, the absolute minimum level caster of the spell would be 32nd-level, because of the backlash damage, and I would fully expect a 32nd-level caster to be able to wreak this kind of havoc, especially since his death is guaranteed. The average damage on 64d6 is 224 points of damage. The best a Wizard with a 16 Con from 1st-level could have would be 252 hit points. So, a Paragon Wizard could pull this off once and survive. However, the average hit points would be 198, which isn't enough to survive.At first, I thought the spell was cheesy, and it certainly could be, depending upon who uses it. But it's really not that bad.Aside from the three you mention, this is news to me. Is it errata or was that just the intention of the designers (same to me, usually)?But those three are already covered in Table 2-2: Epic Spell Factors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kreynolds, post: 1015337, member: 2829"] Glancing at one of the spells... Moon Spiral Heart Attack, with 64d6 of backlash, I should make two points. First, the absolute minimum level caster of the spell would be 32nd-level, because of the backlash damage, and I would fully expect a 32nd-level caster to be able to wreak this kind of havoc, especially since his death is guaranteed. The average damage on 64d6 is 224 points of damage. The best a Wizard with a 16 Con from 1st-level could have would be 252 hit points. So, a Paragon Wizard could pull this off once and survive. However, the average hit points would be 198, which isn't enough to survive. At first, I thought the spell was cheesy, and it certainly could be, depending upon who uses it. But it's really not that bad. Aside from the three you mention, this is news to me. Is it errata or was that just the intention of the designers (same to me, usually)? But those three are already covered in Table 2-2: Epic Spell Factors. [/QUOTE]

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