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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9805073" data-attributes="member: 29398">You misread what I originally said.It's d6 damage per level.  Period.  Thus, 5th-level wizard gets 5d6, 8th-level gets 8d6, 15th level gets 15d6, etc.This and your other examples also fail to note two things about upcasting (one benefit, one flaw): the flaw is you're using a higher-level slot that you could use for other things, while the great big benefit is that you can use all your upper-level slots to cast Fireball plus use your 3rd-level slots; meaning in effect you can do far more Fireballs in a day than just your 3rd-level slots would indicate.My proposal would be to ditch upcasting completely, meaning that while your Fireballs might get a bit more bang for the buck at higher levels you wouldn't be able to cast nearly as many of them: you'd be hard-limited by the number of 3rd-level slots you have.</blockquote>