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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7182480" data-attributes="member: 6683613">Yeah, the inconsistency is kind of annoying.But flaming sphere, considered in its own right, is a perfectly fine spell. As others have mentioned, you get the damage whenever you roll it into somebody regardless of what they do, so it's a reliable source of repeated damage. And the end-of-turn damage effect doesn't have to deal damage to be useful; you can use it to herd bad guys away from places you don't want them to be, protect flanks and escape routes, etc. And of course, if you do want to deal damage with it, there are lots of ways you can box them in or restrain them.Flaming sphere is also notable for scaling very well when cast with a higher-level spell slot. A +1 fireball only gets 1d6 extra damage, but a +1 flaming sphere gets 1d6 damage and possibly more each round.</blockquote>