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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3333733" data-attributes="member: 6562">Think of it this way: meteor swarm has to overcome a save, SR, energy resistance, and hit points, and hits everyone in the area.Horrid wilting has to overcome a save, SR, and hit points, but only hurts your foes.Shapechange allows you to turn into a big dragon, which gives you a breath weapon every 1d4 rounds which is better than meteor swarm. Also, you're a big dragon.Evocation has its fun from levels 5 through 10 or so. After that, it starts to suck. Ask the Wizards in my game (who are now level 16). They tend to stock up on mobility spells and insta-kills (baleful polymorph and hold monster are biggies) and battlefield control (black tentacles and illusory wall -- yes, instead of fireball).Once a Wizard is above 10th level, he tends to favor Evocations like wall of force and contingency. Utility and &quot;meta&quot;, if you will. And this spell fits into that category.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3333733, member: 6562"] Think of it this way: [i]meteor swarm[/i] has to overcome a save, SR, energy resistance, and hit points, and hits everyone in the area. [i]Horrid wilting[/i] has to overcome a save, SR, and hit points, but only hurts your foes. [i]Shapechange[/i] allows you to turn into a big dragon, which gives you a breath weapon every 1d4 rounds which is better than [i]meteor swarm[/i]. Also, you're a big dragon. Evocation has its fun from levels 5 through 10 or so. After that, it starts to suck. Ask the Wizards in my game (who are now level 16). They tend to stock up on mobility spells and insta-kills ([i]baleful polymorph[/i] and [i]hold monster[/i] are biggies) and battlefield control ([i]black tentacles[/i] and [i]illusory wall[/i] -- yes, instead of [i]fireball[/i]). Once a Wizard is above 10th level, he tends to favor Evocations like [i]wall of force[/i] and [i]contingency[/i]. Utility and "meta", if you will. And this spell fits into that category. Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]

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