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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8862097" data-attributes="member: 90374"><p>A lot of it is perspective. The control water sounds like your creature was foiled by good planning. The hideous laughter, hold person, garden variety SOD tend to be a little too clutch. I certainly wouldn't mind adjusting them so they were two tier. Above half HP (before bloodied) the spell is a nuisance or applies heavy damage. Under half HP (bloodied) the spell becomes SOD. I think this allows both sides of the field a chance to adjust tactics in order to survive and stop the fight from ending instantly. </p><p></p><p>Though, I certainly do not want to nerf spells to combat crosswbows. By that I mean spells that only work in a death by thousand papercuts fight. I dont want to drag out fights, and I dont want to force my monsters cool tactics on the PCs without any recourse besides their rapid papercut deployment. Finally, I especially dont want level bands that work as "must be this tall to fight this monster" in place. Im a straight up strategy over tactics guy and want these options to work accordingly. YMMV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="payn, post: 8862097, member: 90374"] A lot of it is perspective. The control water sounds like your creature was foiled by good planning. The hideous laughter, hold person, garden variety SOD tend to be a little too clutch. I certainly wouldn't mind adjusting them so they were two tier. Above half HP (before bloodied) the spell is a nuisance or applies heavy damage. Under half HP (bloodied) the spell becomes SOD. I think this allows both sides of the field a chance to adjust tactics in order to survive and stop the fight from ending instantly. Though, I certainly do not want to nerf spells to combat crosswbows. By that I mean spells that only work in a death by thousand papercuts fight. I dont want to drag out fights, and I dont want to force my monsters cool tactics on the PCs without any recourse besides their rapid papercut deployment. Finally, I especially dont want level bands that work as "must be this tall to fight this monster" in place. Im a straight up strategy over tactics guy and want these options to work accordingly. YMMV. [/QUOTE]
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