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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8048913" data-attributes="member: 6801845">In my last campaign I had a player join that created a PC that focused almost entirely on fire spells.&nbsp; The big bad in my campaign happened to be a red dragon who was building an army of half-dragon hybrids.&nbsp; The dragon had also aligned himself with fire giants.&nbsp; All of which I had decided and set in motion before he ever joined.&nbsp; I don't tailor encounters to PCs so the player was a frustrated on a fairly regular basis.&nbsp; Many of the opponents were resistant to fire damage, a decent number were immune.After a bit he picked up elemental adept, but that still didn't help with the bad guys that were immune like red dragons and fire giants.&nbsp; Yet every level he added more fire spells instead of branching out.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I think being so laser focused on one damage type is generally a bad idea, especially fire.&nbsp; It's right up there with necrotic as the most common resistance or immunity.&nbsp; Then again, it may not matter much.&nbsp; Depends on the campaign, but a lot of BBEGs from dragons to fire giants to several fiends are immune to fire so have some alternatives handy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8048913, member: 6801845"] In my last campaign I had a player join that created a PC that focused almost entirely on fire spells. The big bad in my campaign happened to be a red dragon who was building an army of half-dragon hybrids. The dragon had also aligned himself with fire giants. All of which I had decided and set in motion before he ever joined. I don't tailor encounters to PCs so the player was a frustrated on a fairly regular basis. Many of the opponents were resistant to fire damage, a decent number were immune. After a bit he picked up elemental adept, but that still didn't help with the bad guys that were immune like red dragons and fire giants. Yet every level he added more fire spells instead of branching out. :rolleyes: I think being so laser focused on one damage type is generally a bad idea, especially fire. It's right up there with necrotic as the most common resistance or immunity. Then again, it may not matter much. Depends on the campaign, but a lot of BBEGs from dragons to fire giants to several fiends are immune to fire so have some alternatives handy. [/QUOTE]

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