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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9482173" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I saw some votes for Kobold Press upthread.&nbsp; I'm impressed by a lot of their ideas, save for one thing.Spells.Kobold Press spells are either too niche, too weak, difficult to parse, poorly edited, have exploits and loopholes that were never considered, obvious corner cases that were never considered, or are absolutely busted, lol.I have a thread about Last Stand, but I've also run into such fun spells as a cantrip that can stun every creature adjacent to you unless they make a Cha save (but if they make the save they are immune for 24 hours), a 2nd-level version of Bane that imposes a d8 penalty to attacks and saves, which stacks with Bane, a spell my Druid used last session that...oh I'll just post it:[ATTACH=full]382640[/ATTACH]And finally, a bizarre spell that has a greater effect if you succeed on a Con save!(Ice Burn, at least, had errata, requiring a successful ranged spell attack, but since monsters don't get much healing in combat, it's a punishing effect with a potentially long duration, despite being an instantaneous spell!)So yeah, Kobold Press is great, but you'll need to vet every spell your players may wish to use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9482173, member: 6877472"] I saw some votes for Kobold Press upthread. I'm impressed by a lot of their ideas, save for one thing. Spells. Kobold Press spells are either too niche, too weak, difficult to parse, poorly edited, have exploits and loopholes that were never considered, obvious corner cases that were never considered, or are absolutely busted, lol. I have a thread about Last Stand, but I've also run into such fun spells as a cantrip that can stun every creature adjacent to you unless they make a Cha save (but if they make the save they are immune for 24 hours), a 2nd-level version of Bane that imposes a [B]d8[/B] penalty to attacks and saves, which stacks with Bane, a spell my Druid used last session that...oh I'll just post it: [ATTACH type="full"]382640[/ATTACH] And finally, a bizarre spell that has a greater effect if you [B]succeed[/B] on a Con save! (Ice Burn, at least, had errata, requiring a successful ranged spell attack, but since monsters don't get much healing in combat, it's a punishing effect with a potentially long duration, despite being an instantaneous spell!) So yeah, Kobold Press is great, but you'll need to vet every spell your players may wish to use. [/QUOTE]

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