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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 2306914" data-attributes="member: 224"><p>Are you claiming that Psi or Clr or Wiz can only avoid being a target when hiding around a corner? Nonsense.</p><p></p><p>I got that you think that. (I'm thinking your party's meat shields aren't doing their job, BTW.) Perhaps this is best solved by a question: How many times has your psion been disrupted in your game? I'm guessing the answer is "once or twice".</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. And Asmodeus could show up at the party too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Trying to disrupt a caster/manifester <u>is</u> a legitimate tactic....but it is often not the best one or easily accomplished. The Wiz/Clr/Psi has defences too, right? Didn't you just get done saying your Psi has a high AC, etc? Moreover, caster's often have a concentration check that's high enough not to be seriously inconvenienced. </p><p></p><p>Again: how often have you seen this tactic in use? How often has your DM had creatures attack the casters in an attempt to disrupt casting? (Be sure to distiguish that from creatures attacking the casters for all the other reasons they would do so!)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...and <em>even if</em> you've seen this tactic used often, the central point still stands: A-C is not blanced WRT the comparable arcane equivalent. (They both have the same casting time, so it's really a moot point.) It's not even close....<u>even</u> against a <em>specialist</em> conjuring wizard or cleric.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 2306914, member: 224"] Are you claiming that Psi or Clr or Wiz can only avoid being a target when hiding around a corner? Nonsense. I got that you think that. (I'm thinking your party's meat shields aren't doing their job, BTW.) Perhaps this is best solved by a question: How many times has your psion been disrupted in your game? I'm guessing the answer is "once or twice". Sure. And Asmodeus could show up at the party too. :) Trying to disrupt a caster/manifester [u]is[/u] a legitimate tactic....but it is often not the best one or easily accomplished. The Wiz/Clr/Psi has defences too, right? Didn't you just get done saying your Psi has a high AC, etc? Moreover, caster's often have a concentration check that's high enough not to be seriously inconvenienced. Again: how often have you seen this tactic in use? How often has your DM had creatures attack the casters in an attempt to disrupt casting? (Be sure to distiguish that from creatures attacking the casters for all the other reasons they would do so!) ...and [i]even if[/i] you've seen this tactic used often, the central point still stands: A-C is not blanced WRT the comparable arcane equivalent. (They both have the same casting time, so it's really a moot point.) It's not even close....[u]even[/u] against a [i]specialist[/i] conjuring wizard or cleric. [/QUOTE]
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