PHB II Errata Posted

[Mistwell]

I'm just really happy that they finally got around to following through on the "big errata push" that we heard about in May. I was planning posting a rant tonight about the RC being released today without any errata coming out yet. When I checked this morning, the page hadn't been updated. WotC is safe from my wrath for another quarter.

I am curious about why this is a Word formatted document and not pdf like all the other errata.

It's now a PDF...

 

[AnonymousOne]

AH HA! So Unapproachable East IS considered to be 3.5.

 

[Deset Gled]

It's now a PDF...

Things around here just get curiouser and curiouser.

 

[eamon]

...huh?!? (Of course I understand what it's supposed to say, but this is supposed to be what it's supposed to say!)

Legion of sentinals now reads:

and they deal 1d8 points of slashing damage with a +1 bonus per three caster
levels (max +5)

I'm guessing the word file wasn't the final version.

 

[eamon]

No. "Original spell level" already has a meaning.

- An Empowered fireball won't penetrate a sphere of invulnerability. It's not a 5th level spell.

- The save DC for an Empowered fireball is calculated as though it were a 3rd level spell.

That's unfortunate. However, with a little goodwill, you could read it the other way too... and in any case, how bad is energy substitution+empower+arcane thesis? It's a bunch of feats, just to cast one damage spell somewhat more powerfully.

Seriously though, given the way the errata explains the spell level calculations: namely separate calculations per metamagic feat, it doesn't strike me as odd to apply the limitation of "cannot reduce level" per metamagic feat too. Otherwise you're still left with the wonky situation that an empowered fireball drops in level once you energy substitute it; something I'm pretty sure they didn't intend.