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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuzzlewump" data-source="post: 5050665" data-attributes="member: 63214">Fireball is bad, in the face of save or suck/die or no save wonders. Your 'creative use' just means finding the best options. Why use fireball when you can insta-kill enemies by running them off a false bridge? Creative use for me was casting Solid Fog just beyond the melee line, effectively sealing off any ranged combatants from the melee. Then I did that every encounter. Over and over. (I was a beguiler, so had sorcerous-style casting.)Also, take a look at Ghost Sound to create ambushes, and as far as magical items not being used out of combat, wondrous items would like to have a word with you. And I'm not sure you can complain about rituals being reserved for out of combat and then complain that items focus on combat.On another note, what "interactivity and reliance" did the non-casters of your party offer in 3E? Are you sure their jobs were not better filled by a wizard with Polymorph, a Cleric with Divine Power, or a Druid shapeshifted?</blockquote>