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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7343828" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Well, let's compare your original design of <em>Phantasmal Haze</em> to the 2nd-level <a href="http://www.5esrd.com/spellcasting/all-spells/b/blindness-deafness/" target="_blank">Blindness/Deafness</a>. I'll go through point by point, marking if they're equal (=), yours is better (+), or <em>blindness/deafness</em> is better (-). </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Both take an action and have a range of 30 feet. =</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yours doesn't stipulate the caster must be able to see the target, whereas <em>blindness/deafness</em> does. Not sure if this was intentional on your part, but if so... (+)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yours lasts 1 round and requires Concentration, whereas <em>blindness/deafness</em> lasts 1 minute. (-)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yours does not require a saving throw, affecting target automatically, whereas <em>blindness/deafness</em> requires a save. (+) And arguably could be worth 2 ++'s since Legendary Resistance can't be used against it & enemy must spend an action to end effect whereas with <em>blindness/deafness</em> grants free ongoing saves to end its effect, but I'll leave it as one +.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Blindness/deafness</em> imposes full blindness, yours imposes a lesser version. (-) You probably think your limited version is worth two minuses --, but I strongly disagree; even were that the case, I'm only counting it as one minus - because I conceded the auto-effect being worth one plus.</li> </ul><p></p><p>So where does that leave your original design of <em>phantasmal haze</em> compared to <em>blindness/deafness</em>? =, +, -, +, - </p><p></p><p>IOW, it's a 2nd-level spell, not a cantrip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7343828, member: 20323"] Well, let's compare your original design of [I]Phantasmal Haze[/I] to the 2nd-level [url=http://www.5esrd.com/spellcasting/all-spells/b/blindness-deafness/]Blindness/Deafness[/url]. I'll go through point by point, marking if they're equal (=), yours is better (+), or [I]blindness/deafness[/I] is better (-). [list][*]Both take an action and have a range of 30 feet. = [*]Yours doesn't stipulate the caster must be able to see the target, whereas [I]blindness/deafness[/I] does. Not sure if this was intentional on your part, but if so... (+) [*]Yours lasts 1 round and requires Concentration, whereas [I]blindness/deafness[/I] lasts 1 minute. (-) [*]Yours does not require a saving throw, affecting target automatically, whereas [I]blindness/deafness[/I] requires a save. (+) And arguably could be worth 2 ++'s since Legendary Resistance can't be used against it & enemy must spend an action to end effect whereas with [I]blindness/deafness[/I] grants free ongoing saves to end its effect, but I'll leave it as one +. [*][I]Blindness/deafness[/I] imposes full blindness, yours imposes a lesser version. (-) You probably think your limited version is worth two minuses --, but I strongly disagree; even were that the case, I'm only counting it as one minus - because I conceded the auto-effect being worth one plus.[/list] So where does that leave your original design of [I]phantasmal haze[/I] compared to [I]blindness/deafness[/I]? =, +, -, +, - IOW, it's a 2nd-level spell, not a cantrip. [/QUOTE]
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