Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 312022" data-attributes="member: 3424">The 3rd-level cleric spell Searing Light does not give a save.  Is it broken?  No saves for a spell in and of itself would not cause it to be broken.  At high-level play, there are plenty of other things that can be done to offset this advantage.Spell resistance is one.  Want to polymorph that dragon into a salmon?  Beat his SR of 33 first.Flat-out immunity is another.  The 9th-level spell Elemental Immunity (Fire) (from Tome & Blood) is a must for any powerful Cold creature.  Finger of Death is easily defeated by Death Ward, Phantasmal Killer, Charm and all other mind-affecting spells are blocked by Mind Blank, and so on.  Offhand, I can't think of anything that trumps Disintegrate, but magical research is going on as we speak, and someone is bound to come up with something soon.So, in my view, Irresistable Spell is not broken.  Whether it takes the fun out of the game by reducing it to a question of "what can get through the magical defences?" is another matter.</blockquote>