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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8728536" data-attributes="member: 18">This relies on a giant pile of assumptions. Firstly that the encounter is at at least 60', secondly that the caster doesn't get closed on significantly - so pretty much has to win initiative, thirdly that they're allowed to escape, and fourthly, that casting one spell to do damage to one target is the most useful thing that they can do.So if I'm understanding correctly, your DM is going to great lengths to create this problem. Your DM is making up loads of NPCs with Heat Metal, even though you personally find it "overpowered" or "unfair" (and presumably have discussed this with him), then they're casting this "unfair" spell on the PCs, then they're having the caster run away, even though as I've demonstrated, it's a pretty bad idea tactically in any normal scenario (apparently you have more hit-and-run ambushes in a few sessions than I've seen across dozens of games, and couple of dozen different DMs in my entire 33 years of playing! Seriously I've seen maybe 10, ever - hundreds of ambushes, but hit and run? So few games can even make that work - and 5E isn't a good one unless the DM is cheating with fiat or has house rules).Basically the problem here is a DM who is abusing a spell, not the spell.The DM is intentionally using is in a way that is close to an exploit, close to an abuse, and he's constantly doing ambushes on the party somehow, even though in 5E, it's extremely hard to LEGALLY ambush the PCs reliably, it usually takes some very lucky rolls, or DM fiat, or none of the PCs having much Perception, I guess.It's like this DM has found a corner-case abuse for this spell, and is going to absolutely run it into the ground.I mean, if this was a player - you'd have words with them, wouldn't you? So I strongly suggest saying to the DM, maybe cut it out? Maybe stop so wildly many casters who use this identical tactic, even though they're from totally different cultural backgrounds and different mindsets, different training, and so on?This is a DM problem, not a spell problem. I do think the spell should probably cut out at say, 150' to prevent this abuse, but that's literally all you'd need - and unfortunately you can't do that, because it's a DM doing it to you, not you doing it.</blockquote>

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