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<blockquote data-quote="kerleth" data-source="post: 6367471" data-attributes="member: 84383"><p>Well a buddy of mine got a phb ahead of me and that immediately clicked to him while we were talking on the phone. At that point in time I assumed that there had to be something in there to prevent that, but RAW there isn't. Someone else pointed out to me that it could be done, BUT you'd probably kill yourself if you ever tried it on anything bigger than that after using the cantrip for a couple of encounters. I suppose that you could throw out an overchanneled fireball for free and then default to a cantrip. My main concern is that 5E seems to be putting &quot;at will&quot; damage as an area where more mundane classes shine, and this would bring an evoker's at-will damage up to be pretty close to that of a heavy weapon wielder's. I'm DM for our first 5E campaign and I don't want to houserule much straight out of the box. It is 14th level, so I will at least have awhile before it comes up. Thanks for the timely response and suggestions everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="kerleth, post: 6367471, member: 84383"] Well a buddy of mine got a phb ahead of me and that immediately clicked to him while we were talking on the phone. At that point in time I assumed that there had to be something in there to prevent that, but RAW there isn't. Someone else pointed out to me that it could be done, BUT you'd probably kill yourself if you ever tried it on anything bigger than that after using the cantrip for a couple of encounters. I suppose that you could throw out an overchanneled fireball for free and then default to a cantrip. My main concern is that 5E seems to be putting "at will" damage as an area where more mundane classes shine, and this would bring an evoker's at-will damage up to be pretty close to that of a heavy weapon wielder's. I'm DM for our first 5E campaign and I don't want to houserule much straight out of the box. It is 14th level, so I will at least have awhile before it comes up. Thanks for the timely response and suggestions everyone. [/QUOTE]

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