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Is Sorcerer the weakest 3.5 base class now?
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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 1379061" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>So 'de-nerf' the spell and take it back to 10 min/level duration. Personally, I can't find any significant justification for the 1 min/level duration. The army scouting rogue probably can barely even make it to an opposing army's camp with that lame duration. I think this is one of the examples of the 3.5 revision getting out of hand with feature creep.</p><p>As far as the buff spells go, I agree with reducing them from 1 hour per level. But 1 hour or 10 min/level would have been quite sufficient, especially since now you can't use Eagle's Splendor to keep your Charisma up for the whole audience with the king or during a whole stage performance (unless it's a very short performance).</p><p>Like my comments earlier in the thread about the sorcerer, WotC spends WAY too much time agonizing over combat balance and power and not enough about other aspects of character balance in the game.</p><p>If you truly think the sorcerer is nerfed too much by shortened durations but agree that the buff spells and some other spells were too open for abuse (and I think that certainly applies to the buffs) then start thinking about 10 min/level or flat 1 hour durations. I find they make an excellent compromise.</p><p></p><p>Edited for spelling and HEY! It's my 200th post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 1379061, member: 3400"] So 'de-nerf' the spell and take it back to 10 min/level duration. Personally, I can't find any significant justification for the 1 min/level duration. The army scouting rogue probably can barely even make it to an opposing army's camp with that lame duration. I think this is one of the examples of the 3.5 revision getting out of hand with feature creep. As far as the buff spells go, I agree with reducing them from 1 hour per level. But 1 hour or 10 min/level would have been quite sufficient, especially since now you can't use Eagle's Splendor to keep your Charisma up for the whole audience with the king or during a whole stage performance (unless it's a very short performance). Like my comments earlier in the thread about the sorcerer, WotC spends WAY too much time agonizing over combat balance and power and not enough about other aspects of character balance in the game. If you truly think the sorcerer is nerfed too much by shortened durations but agree that the buff spells and some other spells were too open for abuse (and I think that certainly applies to the buffs) then start thinking about 10 min/level or flat 1 hour durations. I find they make an excellent compromise. Edited for spelling and HEY! It's my 200th post! [/QUOTE]
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