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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7956493" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>What specific claim do you call bunk, [USER=6801252]@The-Magic-Sword[/USER] ?</p><p></p><p>Look at my OP (quoted in full below). Do note that I do not discuss Fireball here. Just because a caster can cast the odd Fireball once she reaches level 5 that does not contradict my finding: that PF2 is definitely a throwback to the time before 5th Edition.</p><p></p><p>Is that necessarily bad? No.<em> It just is.</em></p><p></p><p>But in the age of 5th edition, it is something that I find helpful to spell out.</p><p></p><p>If there's a specific statement in this post you want to call out as "bunk", please do.</p><p></p><p>Note that the statement "casting a spell is almost always a step down compared to making a physical attack." remains true even when you do cast Fireball twice a day or whatever. Just because Fireball remains a damaging spell doesn't mean you get to ignore all the other spells of levels 1-3, not to mention the cantrips that casters are referred to between using spell slots. </p><p></p><p>"Casting a spell is almost always a step down" Even if you think Fireball is fine, it doesn't change the fact that "almost always" can exclude the few times you do cast Fireball. (Not to mention all the PC and NPC casters who <em>aren't</em> casting Fireball) And if you plan to argue "never a reason not to cast Fireball" you've basically validated my argument. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7956493, member: 12731"] What specific claim do you call bunk, [USER=6801252]@The-Magic-Sword[/USER] ? Look at my OP (quoted in full below). Do note that I do not discuss Fireball here. Just because a caster can cast the odd Fireball once she reaches level 5 that does not contradict my finding: that PF2 is definitely a throwback to the time before 5th Edition. Is that necessarily bad? No.[I] It just is.[/I] But in the age of 5th edition, it is something that I find helpful to spell out. If there's a specific statement in this post you want to call out as "bunk", please do. Note that the statement "casting a spell is almost always a step down compared to making a physical attack." remains true even when you do cast Fireball twice a day or whatever. Just because Fireball remains a damaging spell doesn't mean you get to ignore all the other spells of levels 1-3, not to mention the cantrips that casters are referred to between using spell slots. "Casting a spell is almost always a step down" Even if you think Fireball is fine, it doesn't change the fact that "almost always" can exclude the few times you do cast Fireball. (Not to mention all the PC and NPC casters who [I]aren't[/I] casting Fireball) And if you plan to argue "never a reason not to cast Fireball" you've basically validated my argument. :) [/QUOTE]
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