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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8115802" data-attributes="member: 58197">My take on those spells:True strike is still a bad choice. You're sacrificing one attack in exchange for advantage on another attack, which is a strict downgrade in most cases. Even if you tweak the wording to allow TS to take effect on the same turn, that fundamental weakness still applies: "2 attack rolls, maximum of 1 hit" is strictly worse than "2 attack rolls, maximum of 2 hits."The use cases for true strike remain as they were:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can't attack effectively this turn, but you anticipate being able to do so next turn, so you cast true strike this turn to boost your next turn's damage output.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You have a powerful attack with limited uses, which is expended on a miss. You cast true strike to maximize your odds of landing the attack.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You get special benefits for attacking with advantage (e.g., Sneak Attack) and have no other way to access those benefits (e.g., no allies within 5 feet of the target). You cast true strike to get advantage.</li> </ul>The bladesinger change reduces the opportunity cost of true strike from "1 action" to "1 attack," so the change makes true strike more attractive in scenarios 2 and 3. But it doesn't cause those scenarios to be any more common, and it doesn't open up new scenarios where TS is worthwhile.Blade ward is a little better. Using it reduces your damage output by more than 50% (since you sacrifice, not only your second attack, but the opportunity to cast booming blade or green-flame blade with your "cantrip attack"), in exchange for, at best, a 50% reduction in incoming damage. So, as a rule, you are better off with an offensive cantrip. But blade ward would be useful in a pinch if your regular front-line defenders are out of the action; you could cast BW every turn and step in to tank for the party.</blockquote>

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