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<blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 1782621" data-attributes="member: 1331">two, I disagree.The chance to turn an extremely difficult boss fight into a two-round encounter is so powerful, the opportunity cost and lengthened &quot;mook fights&quot; are totally insignificant. Remember that dealing with the mooks is seldom life-threatening; it may use up resources, but barring awful planning or unusual dice rolls, it doesn't actually cause PC deaths. (That's why it's just a mook fight, not the boss battle.)Comparing this to ten uses of shapechange is a little misleading, because over-level scrolls are very strong to begin with, and if any 9th-level spell is overpowered it's shapechange. But even putting that aside, the scrolls are only a short-term benefit: they're usable in at most 10 encounters. That's if you succeed on every level check, no one ever targets you with a dispel magic, et cetera. After those ten fights, you're out of luck.The EMC longbow is good for the rest of your career--&nbsp; which could easily be a hundred encounters or more-- and it's usable in every single fight. Wielded by a fighter, it's worth three stackable Greater Spell Penetration feats for each spellcaster in the party, and all it costs is money (not feat slots). As soon as the party can afford one such weapon, SR just disappears as a significant factor in the game, which makes this clearly too strong for a +3 enhancement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AuraSeer, post: 1782621, member: 1331"] [b]two[/b], I disagree.The chance to turn an extremely difficult boss fight into a two-round encounter is so powerful, the opportunity cost and lengthened "mook fights" are totally insignificant. Remember that dealing with the mooks is seldom life-threatening; it may use up resources, but barring awful planning or unusual dice rolls, it doesn't actually cause PC deaths. (That's why it's just a mook fight, not the boss battle.) Comparing this to ten uses of [i]shapechange[/i] is a little misleading, because over-level scrolls are very strong to begin with, and if any 9th-level spell is overpowered it's [i]shapechange[/i]. But even putting that aside, the scrolls are only a short-term benefit: they're usable in at most 10 encounters. That's if you succeed on every level check, no one ever targets you with a [i]dispel magic[/i], et cetera. After those ten fights, you're out of luck. The EMC longbow is good for the rest of your career-- which could easily be a hundred encounters or more-- and it's usable in every single fight. Wielded by a fighter, it's worth three stackable Greater Spell Penetration feats [i]for each spellcaster in the party[/i], and all it costs is money (not feat slots). As soon as the party can afford one such weapon, SR just disappears as a significant factor in the game, which makes this clearly too strong for a +3 enhancement. [/QUOTE]

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