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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cognomen's Cassowary" data-source="post: 6877538" data-attributes="member: 6801445">Uh . . . no, I have not done that. I couched my conclusions in conditionals. I have been very careful not to proclaim any absolutes about the goodness or badness of the spell, and I have been clear that I am making generalizations. I have yet to use the word "objective" or its derivatives. I haven't even called what I have done "analysis." I have made my methodology plain so that anybody reading it can decide for him- or herself how applicable my conclusions are to his or her character and game, and I have said that there is no accounting for context and DM tendency.Yes, I said that ADHW will do more damage against seven or more enemies, though I don't understand why you continue to fixate on the numerical portion of my comparison. Yes, there are situations where ADHW is a (subjectively) better spell than chain lightning, as I have stated previously. There are, however, more situations where chain lightning is (subjectively) better, and I consider that to make it better on the whole, and that's my point in making generalizations. Coming at this as a sorcerer player whose character does not have a thematic school, gains only one spell per level, and will never have more than fifteen total, I find those kinds of generalizations very helpful, since having the perfect spell for every job is not an option. As a general and subjective rule, I prefer the spell that will have more application in more situations, if only because I have not yet worked up the nerve to "objectively" select my spells by random roll.I use "to hit" as shorthand, since I am often talking about both ability scores and armor class. I can see where I've been inconsistent, so I will edit for clarity. If I confused you, I apologize. If you're just being peevish, I don't care.I think that that bolded portion is too quickly overlooked with 5e's (somewhat dodgy) vision rules.WIZARD: . . . so that's forty-five damage to all the archers who failed the save, and half to those who succeeded. That's the end of my turn.DM: All right, the archers are now in a heavily obscured area, so all of you looking at them are effectively blinded. They have advantage on their attacks.</blockquote>

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