Empirate
First Post
Being my group's regular DM and only sometime player, keeping track of countless modifiers is in my job description. Consequently, I can normally calculate on the fly the changes wrought by a Shapeshift Druid's Bite of the Wererat spell tacked onto her flying form, along with being shaken from a PC's Frightful Blast. What I'm more prone to struggle with is spell selection, or even the very basic "Should I cast Sleet Storm now or Call Lightning, or maybe Spike Growth?".
So I'd say both character types have their own complications, and impose their own kinds of mental stress to play effectively. To me, crunching numbers and getting a more-or-less optimized result isn't that hard. The big qualitative difference that a single spell can make for a whole battle, on the other hand, I sometimes find hard to grasp quickly.
So I'd say both character types have their own complications, and impose their own kinds of mental stress to play effectively. To me, crunching numbers and getting a more-or-less optimized result isn't that hard. The big qualitative difference that a single spell can make for a whole battle, on the other hand, I sometimes find hard to grasp quickly.