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<blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 3325436" data-attributes="member: 31734">I contend that that comparison is completely inappropriate.&nbsp; Worse, it's misleading.&nbsp; Back to my example which you inexplicably dismissed, consider an caster with resist energy (fire) stepping into a fire (or some high damage continual effect).&nbsp; How much damage does he &quot;take&quot; that would otherwise requiring healing -- and LOTS of it?&nbsp;What's the limit on Resist Energy?Your dismissal of resist energy based on restrictive usage is ironic, considering that that's what stoneskin requires.&nbsp; Most people in this thread (perhaps even yourself) have suggested that the spell is far more useful on the meatshield.&nbsp; I bet the same suggestion does not hold for resist energy.&nbsp;Without any situational spell in the right situation, your PC might be dead.&nbsp; That half-dragon t-rex got a hold of your wizard? Dim Door, baby!The fact is that we could drum up a situation that would make almost any spell seem too good.&nbsp; As it is, though, you guys have not responded to my query.&nbsp; If Stoneskin with no costly component is too good, what change (besides a costly component obviously) would rebalance it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Infiniti2000, post: 3325436, member: 31734"] I contend that that comparison is completely inappropriate. Worse, it's misleading. Back to my example which you inexplicably dismissed, consider an caster with resist energy (fire) stepping into a fire (or some high damage continual effect). How much damage does he "take" that would otherwise requiring healing -- and LOTS of it? What's the limit on Resist Energy? Your dismissal of resist energy based on restrictive usage is ironic, considering that that's what stoneskin requires. Most people in this thread (perhaps even yourself) have suggested that the spell is far more useful on the meatshield. I bet the same suggestion does not hold for resist energy. Without [I]any situational[/I] spell in the right situation, your PC might be dead. That half-dragon t-rex got a hold of your wizard? Dim Door, baby! The fact is that we could drum up a situation that would make almost any spell seem too good. As it is, though, you guys have not responded to my query. If Stoneskin with no costly component is too good, what change (besides a costly component obviously) would rebalance it? [/QUOTE]

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