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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9111247" data-attributes="member: 9254"><p>5e, like most editions, goes weirdest on spells. As a player of a 14th level lore bard, it was incredibly difficult to resist Simulacrum and Mirage Arcane.</p><p></p><p>On one hand, for the price of a couple mid level spells I can have a 14th level caster's worth of spells, except these spells cast themselves, can maintain concentration, are mobile, can activate magic items, have skills and a non-trivial amount of hit points. Or I can make a (paladin) ioun stone of of defense, that stays near me giving immunity to fear, bonuses to saves, resistance to spells, can actively protect me, can summon a steed with no duration and can heal me! This ignores the possibility of having a simulacrum make their own simulacrum, resulting in mirror-image/clone scenarios.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand is a somewhat ridiculous ability to rework 1 square mile/640 acres into a swamp, lake, volcanic doomscape, or a massive fortress that doesn't require concentration and lasts more than a week. Want to bring Birnam Wood to Dunsinane? No trouble! Maybe you need to fight dryads and just want to turn a forest into a grassy plain. Bothered by a troublesome dragon? Let's see how well it does inside an iron fortress. Relatives coming to visit? One estate with gardens coming up! Amazing how many benches, banquets, bed pedestals, shelves and closets are built into the structure itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9111247, member: 9254"] 5e, like most editions, goes weirdest on spells. As a player of a 14th level lore bard, it was incredibly difficult to resist Simulacrum and Mirage Arcane. On one hand, for the price of a couple mid level spells I can have a 14th level caster's worth of spells, except these spells cast themselves, can maintain concentration, are mobile, can activate magic items, have skills and a non-trivial amount of hit points. Or I can make a (paladin) ioun stone of of defense, that stays near me giving immunity to fear, bonuses to saves, resistance to spells, can actively protect me, can summon a steed with no duration and can heal me! This ignores the possibility of having a simulacrum make their own simulacrum, resulting in mirror-image/clone scenarios. On the other hand is a somewhat ridiculous ability to rework 1 square mile/640 acres into a swamp, lake, volcanic doomscape, or a massive fortress that doesn't require concentration and lasts more than a week. Want to bring Birnam Wood to Dunsinane? No trouble! Maybe you need to fight dryads and just want to turn a forest into a grassy plain. Bothered by a troublesome dragon? Let's see how well it does inside an iron fortress. Relatives coming to visit? One estate with gardens coming up! Amazing how many benches, banquets, bed pedestals, shelves and closets are built into the structure itself. [/QUOTE]
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