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<blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 3496747" data-attributes="member: 3929">Round 2 indeed.---Frankly, I think these numbers do a good job at indicating the mechanical imbalance of the Orbs: at higher levels, a wizard will want to metamagic a 4th level spell instead of cast his shiny and newly acquired 7th or 8th level spell. As levels go up, monsters get larger and AoE spells lose the touch they had when fighting kobolds. So you knock out one foe quickly instead of slowly hamper as many bigger-sized enemies as you can, while penetrating their SR and Reflex saves.Even then, I don't think it's the most convincing argument.Conjurer: &quot;Your Anti-magic Field won't protect you from my Orb of Cold!&quot;Evil Abjurer: &quot;Of course it will, it's not like 'Cold' is a thing: it's elemental damage that must be sustained by magi---* Owwww!&quot;Conjurer: &quot;Bua-ha-ha! Defend yourself how you like, but not even incorporeality can protect you from my purely non-magical Baseball of Force I summon to hurl at you, which will remain forever thanks to the Laws of Instantaneous Conjuration! Bua-HA!&quot;Evil Abjurer: &quot;Stupid useless 20,000gp Ring of Evasion! Arrrrrgh-----*&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felix, post: 3496747, member: 3929"] Round 2 indeed. --- Frankly, I think these numbers do a good job at indicating the mechanical imbalance of the [i]Orbs[/i]: at higher levels, a wizard will want to metamagic a 4th level spell instead of cast his shiny and newly acquired 7th or 8th level spell. As levels go up, monsters get larger and AoE spells lose the touch they had when fighting kobolds. So you knock out one foe quickly instead of slowly hamper as many bigger-sized enemies as you can, while penetrating their SR and Reflex saves. Even then, I don't think it's the most convincing argument. [b]Conjurer:[/b] "Your Anti-magic Field won't protect you from my [i]Orb of Cold[/i]!" [b]Evil Abjurer:[/b] "Of course it will, it's not like 'Cold' is a thing: it's elemental damage that must be sustained by magi---* [i]Owwww[/i]!" [b]Conjurer:[/b] "Bua-ha-ha! Defend yourself how you like, but not even incorporeality can protect you from my purely non-magical Baseball of Force I summon to hurl at you, which will remain forever thanks to the Laws of Instantaneous Conjuration! Bua-HA!" [b]Evil Abjurer:[/b] "Stupid useless 20,000gp Ring of Evasion! [i]Arrrrrgh-----*[/i]" [/QUOTE]

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