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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8251747" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>For those arguing about whether a line makes it more or less easy to use it in combat, I will remind folks that this is highly dependent upon encounter designed and DM style. If your DM metagames to reduce the chance of lines of enemies forming, or metagames to give you excellent lines, your experience will be different than a DM that ignores the chance of lines being formed. If your DM likes dungeons with long corridors and lots of low level monsters as opposed to big rooms and a couple beefy monsters, you'll have different experiences. </p><p></p><p>I've played in a few adventure paths on Roll20 with prepopulated monster positions. In one, I had lightning bolt, and in another another PC had lightning bolt. In the one that I had it, I added gravity fissure as a spell as well towards the end of the game. Readied gravity fissure followed immediately by lightning bolt.... That was fun. I only pulled it off a couple times, but it was shockingly effective. Any creature within 30 feet of the line was potentially at risk. I was sad when the gravity fissure did them in by itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8251747, member: 2629"] For those arguing about whether a line makes it more or less easy to use it in combat, I will remind folks that this is highly dependent upon encounter designed and DM style. If your DM metagames to reduce the chance of lines of enemies forming, or metagames to give you excellent lines, your experience will be different than a DM that ignores the chance of lines being formed. If your DM likes dungeons with long corridors and lots of low level monsters as opposed to big rooms and a couple beefy monsters, you'll have different experiences. I've played in a few adventure paths on Roll20 with prepopulated monster positions. In one, I had lightning bolt, and in another another PC had lightning bolt. In the one that I had it, I added gravity fissure as a spell as well towards the end of the game. Readied gravity fissure followed immediately by lightning bolt.... That was fun. I only pulled it off a couple times, but it was shockingly effective. Any creature within 30 feet of the line was potentially at risk. I was sad when the gravity fissure did them in by itself. [/QUOTE]
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