Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="icemaze0" data-source="post: 4716686" data-attributes="member: 55936">One of my players has an Eladrin Wizard and I feel that Flaming Sphere is a little too powerful. It seems my opinion is shared by many GMs, so modified the text a little to make it a little better.I didn't have the chance to see it in action, so be careful, but I think it should work.Here's the relevant part:Effect: you conjure a Medium flaming sphere that occupies a square within range, and the sphere attacks. Any creature that ends its turn adjacent to the sphere takes 1d4 + Intellgence modifier fire damage. Also this proximity damage is dealt to any creature that moves or teleports in a square adjacent to the sphere. Any creature can suffer proximity damage only once per turn.The rest stays the same.Implications:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you move the sphere next to a creature, it has a chance to escape its effects by moving out of the way. This reduces the damage output but forces creatures to move, giving the Wizard a better control of the battlefield.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A creature can be pushed in the sphere's zone of influence and take 1d4+INT. But the "only once per turn" clause means that you cannot deal massive damage this way.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On the other hand, if a creature is pushed next to the sphere and then slid by another PC, it takes more damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Also, creatures cannot move near the sphere and expect to emerge unscathed.</li> </ul>I feel my version of the Flaming Sphere has more tactical potential. What do you think? Can you see any way this version could be abused?</blockquote>

Verification