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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7556116" data-attributes="member: 22779">Meh, even without warcaster, it's not like it's guaranteed that you fail concentration checks.&nbsp; Particularly at low levels where the DC is typically going to be 10.&nbsp; Anything damaging enough to make it higher than 10 is likely going to KO the low level wizard anyway.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; So, the baddies have to attack the wizard, hit the wizard and the wizard has to fail a fairly easy concentration check in order to lose the spell.&nbsp; Again, that's not bad battlefield control for a 1st level spell.&nbsp; Particularly for an Abjurer who is likely going to have a pretty strong AC - between Shield and Arcane Ward, you're not too far from being a pretty darn effective tank.&nbsp; Again, how is this not pretty much doing what it's supposed to do?&nbsp; Look, is Witch Bolt the greatest spell?&nbsp; Meh, no, of course not.&nbsp; But, it's hardly terrible either.&nbsp; It's just kind of meh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7556116, member: 22779"] Meh, even without warcaster, it's not like it's guaranteed that you fail concentration checks. Particularly at low levels where the DC is typically going to be 10. Anything damaging enough to make it higher than 10 is likely going to KO the low level wizard anyway. :D So, the baddies have to attack the wizard, hit the wizard and the wizard has to fail a fairly easy concentration check in order to lose the spell. Again, that's not bad battlefield control for a 1st level spell. Particularly for an Abjurer who is likely going to have a pretty strong AC - between Shield and Arcane Ward, you're not too far from being a pretty darn effective tank. Again, how is this not pretty much doing what it's supposed to do? Look, is Witch Bolt the greatest spell? Meh, no, of course not. But, it's hardly terrible either. It's just kind of meh. [/QUOTE]

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