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<blockquote data-quote="Gabester" data-source="post: 3379716" data-attributes="member: 50130">I am compiling a list of spells available to different priests for a variant priest class I have made for my campaign and as such I've been pouring over the Player's Handbook and Spell Compendium looking for spells with the right flavor that are well ballanced.&nbsp; A couple spells to compare this 1st level spell to:Invisibility (swift): similar behavior (activate single-round invisibility), however it has overall less utility especially out of combat and it's a 2nd level spellAmorphous Form: let's you get through cracks, windows, etc., but while it grants some combat bonuses is largely a bad thing to cast for combat (prevents spellcasting, loses your armor bonus, etc.).&nbsp; This is a 3rd level spell.Standard spells to compare it too:Spiderclimb: better duration but far more limited in what it will let you bypass.&nbsp; 2nd level.Fly: Ok but not amazing for combat (guess that depends on the combat) but lets you get a lot of places you couldn't otherwise.&nbsp; 3rd level.Gaseous Form: Similar. 3rd level.Dimension Door: as stated, only a slight improvement over the given spell for most situations and 4th level.I see nothing even close as a 1st level spell.&nbsp; Expeditious retreat?&nbsp; Yeah, right.&nbsp; There's just no way this is 1st level.&nbsp; Even if there is some ability in some sourcebook otherwise that is also broken.&nbsp; That a mistake was made the first time it was published is also not a good reason to continue with it.&nbsp; I could see an argument that it seems to be better than most similar 2nd level spells because of it's extremely broad utility but yet at the same time not quite as good as say Gaseous Form.&nbsp; That would put it at 2 1/2 basically.&nbsp; I don't know what you want to do from there.&nbsp; I would either buff it a bit to make it clearly a 3rd level spell or consider some other slight restrictions on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gabester, post: 3379716, member: 50130"] I am compiling a list of spells available to different priests for a variant priest class I have made for my campaign and as such I've been pouring over the Player's Handbook and Spell Compendium looking for spells with the right flavor that are well ballanced. A couple spells to compare this 1st level spell to: Invisibility (swift): similar behavior (activate single-round invisibility), however it has overall less utility especially out of combat and it's a 2nd level spell Amorphous Form: let's you get through cracks, windows, etc., but while it grants some combat bonuses is largely a bad thing to cast for combat (prevents spellcasting, loses your armor bonus, etc.). This is a 3rd level spell. Standard spells to compare it too: Spiderclimb: better duration but far more limited in what it will let you bypass. 2nd level. Fly: Ok but not amazing for combat (guess that depends on the combat) but lets you get a lot of places you couldn't otherwise. 3rd level. Gaseous Form: Similar. 3rd level. Dimension Door: as stated, only a slight improvement over the given spell for most situations and 4th level. I see nothing even close as a 1st level spell. Expeditious retreat? Yeah, right. There's just no way this is 1st level. Even if there is some ability in some sourcebook otherwise that is also broken. That a mistake was made the first time it was published is also not a good reason to continue with it. I could see an argument that it seems to be better than most similar 2nd level spells because of it's extremely broad utility but yet at the same time not quite as good as say Gaseous Form. That would put it at 2 1/2 basically. I don't know what you want to do from there. I would either buff it a bit to make it clearly a 3rd level spell or consider some other slight restrictions on it. [/QUOTE]

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