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<blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 73269" data-attributes="member: 546">Here's an example of how I earned my Kaptain's rank... and my funny pointed hat! <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" />I think the proposed spell, &quot;lesser enervation,&quot; is granting high level spell effects to low level casters, and that, my friends, is setting a rather dangerous precedent... (drum roll, please)Look at &quot;lesser restoration&quot;, a 2nd level spell: it does not cure level drain, only ability score drain. If it cured level drain, then I would be more willing to endorse the idea of&nbsp; &quot;lesser enervation&quot; as its polar opposite and a 2nd level spell. But that's patently not the case. As it stands in the game, only powerful undead and higher level necromancers can energy drain targets. The reason for this is sound: it is a very deadly ability and should have limits placed on who or what can create that effect.I would suggest rethinking the spell to make it a stronger or more utilitarian &quot;ray of enfeeblement,&quot; perhaps targeting an ability of the caster's choice for temporary drain. That seems much more in line with a 2nd level spell and creates a safer, more balanced result.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaptain_Kantrip, post: 73269, member: 546"] Here's an example of how I earned my Kaptain's rank... and my funny pointed hat! :D I think the proposed spell, "lesser enervation," is granting high level spell effects to low level casters, and that, my friends, is setting a rather dangerous precedent... (drum roll, please) Look at "lesser restoration", a 2nd level spell: it does not cure level drain, only ability score drain. If it cured level drain, then I would be more willing to endorse the idea of "lesser enervation" as its polar opposite and a 2nd level spell. But that's patently not the case. As it stands in the game, only powerful undead and higher level necromancers can energy drain targets. The reason for this is sound: it is a very deadly ability and should have limits placed on who or what can create that effect. I would suggest rethinking the spell to make it a stronger or more utilitarian "ray of enfeeblement," perhaps targeting an ability of the caster's choice for temporary drain. That seems much more in line with a 2nd level spell and creates a safer, more balanced result. [/QUOTE]

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