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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8431949" data-attributes="member: 20564">Consider a caster who has just range spell attacks.  They are in a big battle (Deadly XP budget?) where they likely want to nova and use slots every round (just so we can use this).  Let's pick 5th level and a 6 round big battle.Without this, we could have:Rd 1: Cast 3th level spell, hit.Rd 2: Cast 3rd level spell, miss.Rd 3: Cast 2nd level spell, hit.Rd 4: Cast 2nd level spell, miss.Rd 5: Cast 2nd level spell, hit.Rd 6: Cast 1st level spell, miss.So they have hit with a 3rd level and two 2nd level slots, and have three 1st level slots remaining.With this:Rd 1: Cast cantrip, hit, use 3th level spell.Rd 2: Cast cantrip, miss.Rd 3: Cast cantrip, hit, use 3nd level spell.Rd 4: Cast cantrip, miss.Rd 5: Cast cantrip, hit, use 2nd level spell.Rd 6: Cast cantrip, miss.So they hit harder (two 3rd and a 2nd) and more importantly they still have two 2nd level slots and four 1st level slots - it was much more efficient.  Leading to being able to nova in more combats because of reduced slot usage.  Plus you still have your reaction in half the rounds, it's not a big price.</blockquote>