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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8562297" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>So, high level magic is certainly possible in a low fantasy game for you?</p><p></p><p>For example, a commoner is fleeing a town being assaulted by Agazrak the Archmage, who is flying 1000 feet above the town. The commoner crosses a bridge and looks back just in time to see four burning meteors strike the corner-towers of the town's keep, a vision of Armageddon to the commoner as the keep's walls crumble. The commoner knows dozens, maybe hundreds, of people died in that instant, and continues to flee for their life.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then random chance led to you a poor claim:</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is, more properly:</p><p></p><p>anywhere from most their hit points to about 15% of their hit points.</p><p></p><p>That is a pretty wide range.</p><p></p><p>As I said, fireball is powerful, no doubt about it, when used properly and it can be devastating. That is what I was not trying to refute. The issue was more your broad claim. Making broad statements (as you did) based on 3 random choices does not make for a compelling argument. You were over zealous in your estimates, as 50% is no where near 15%.</p><p></p><p>A better broad statement might also be "about half their hit points on a failed save" as the average is 56 hit points (or close to it, I am sure there are creatures in 5E NOT in my personal database). One-quarter of a creature's hp (on a made save) is still very significant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8562297, member: 6987520"] So, high level magic is certainly possible in a low fantasy game for you? For example, a commoner is fleeing a town being assaulted by Agazrak the Archmage, who is flying 1000 feet above the town. The commoner crosses a bridge and looks back just in time to see four burning meteors strike the corner-towers of the town's keep, a vision of Armageddon to the commoner as the keep's walls crumble. The commoner knows dozens, maybe hundreds, of people died in that instant, and continues to flee for their life. Then random chance led to you a poor claim: It is, more properly: anywhere from most their hit points to about 15% of their hit points. That is a pretty wide range. As I said, fireball is powerful, no doubt about it, when used properly and it can be devastating. That is what I was not trying to refute. The issue was more your broad claim. Making broad statements (as you did) based on 3 random choices does not make for a compelling argument. You were over zealous in your estimates, as 50% is no where near 15%. A better broad statement might also be "about half their hit points on a failed save" as the average is 56 hit points (or close to it, I am sure there are creatures in 5E NOT in my personal database). One-quarter of a creature's hp (on a made save) is still very significant. [/QUOTE]
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