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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica" data-source="post: 6661087" data-attributes="member: 6796107"><p>I prepare both spells and I get a lot more use out of Hold Person because most of my 1st level spell slots go towards Mage Armor and Shield. I don't prepare many damaging spells(sometimes none at all) because I usually have a party that does enough DPR that I don't have to worry about Magic Missile or Burning Hands. I pick up a bunch of CC/utility spells and try to get as many rituals as I can in my spellbook. Pre-level 5 whenever I had to do actual damage then I shoot my longbow for 1d8+3. Unless it's like Fireball or something, I rarely touch damage spells because any person can damage, but not everyone can shut an enemy down. If you don't get much use out of Hold Person than fine, but HotDQ and PotA had enough humanoid enemies with large amounts of hit points that I rarely went an adventure without having a good target for Hold Person. Although admittedly I was a Staff of Charming junkie so I tended to burn charges on Command and try to save at least a single level 2 spell slot for Invising out of there if people dropped since we don't believe in healers. Admittedly we have yet to really come close to a TPK though except for the one adventure where we did have a Life Cleric. Funny how that happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jessica, post: 6661087, member: 6796107"] I prepare both spells and I get a lot more use out of Hold Person because most of my 1st level spell slots go towards Mage Armor and Shield. I don't prepare many damaging spells(sometimes none at all) because I usually have a party that does enough DPR that I don't have to worry about Magic Missile or Burning Hands. I pick up a bunch of CC/utility spells and try to get as many rituals as I can in my spellbook. Pre-level 5 whenever I had to do actual damage then I shoot my longbow for 1d8+3. Unless it's like Fireball or something, I rarely touch damage spells because any person can damage, but not everyone can shut an enemy down. If you don't get much use out of Hold Person than fine, but HotDQ and PotA had enough humanoid enemies with large amounts of hit points that I rarely went an adventure without having a good target for Hold Person. Although admittedly I was a Staff of Charming junkie so I tended to burn charges on Command and try to save at least a single level 2 spell slot for Invising out of there if people dropped since we don't believe in healers. Admittedly we have yet to really come close to a TPK though except for the one adventure where we did have a Life Cleric. Funny how that happens. [/QUOTE]

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