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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4899958" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>One of my best buddies plays Wizards about 90% of the time. His PC spell lists look pretty much optimized- think Thanee's list, and you're probably right on target.</p><p></p><p>When you play a type like that so often, you get good at it, and he was pretty reliable from a mechanics standpoint. Not too good in terms of role-play, but definitely an Ace as powergaming goes.</p><p></p><p>But he does flub on occasion...</p><p></p><p>Like when he eschewed using a Fireball (his favorite spell) on a target that was resistant to fire damage and used a Lightning Bolt instead.</p><p></p><p>Sounds good, right?</p><p></p><p>Yes, until you realize that the villain was in water up to his waist...and was in melee combat with the rest of the party. In a Wild Magic zone which boosted the spell's potency- AND AoE- by 50%. (In addition to the effects of the interaction of lightning and water.)</p><p></p><p>The aftermath looked like some kind of supernatural redneck had gone dynamite fishing. The party survived, but there was a run on bandaids.</p><p></p><p>Not to be outdone by <em>THAT</em> fiasco, I did much the same when the party went through S3, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.</p><p></p><p>My PC launched a Delayed Blast Fireball on a bunch of police robots- we'd destroyed one before in close quarters, and didn't want to fight a group of them at the moment.</p><p></p><p>The problem was I set the spell on max delay- you know...<u>so we could get away</u>- targeted on the rearmost 'bot. There the glowing pea lodged, throbbing with malevolent energy...</p><p></p><p>Because we hadn't had to close with the only other 'bot we'd encountered, we had no idea how fast the things moved. They closed on us in a single round, thrashed us for another few, and then the DBF went off.</p><p></p><p>Those who could still walk dragged off the ones who had been flash fried.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4899958, member: 19675"] One of my best buddies plays Wizards about 90% of the time. His PC spell lists look pretty much optimized- think Thanee's list, and you're probably right on target. When you play a type like that so often, you get good at it, and he was pretty reliable from a mechanics standpoint. Not too good in terms of role-play, but definitely an Ace as powergaming goes. But he does flub on occasion... Like when he eschewed using a Fireball (his favorite spell) on a target that was resistant to fire damage and used a Lightning Bolt instead. Sounds good, right? Yes, until you realize that the villain was in water up to his waist...and was in melee combat with the rest of the party. In a Wild Magic zone which boosted the spell's potency- AND AoE- by 50%. (In addition to the effects of the interaction of lightning and water.) The aftermath looked like some kind of supernatural redneck had gone dynamite fishing. The party survived, but there was a run on bandaids. Not to be outdone by [I]THAT[/I] fiasco, I did much the same when the party went through S3, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. My PC launched a Delayed Blast Fireball on a bunch of police robots- we'd destroyed one before in close quarters, and didn't want to fight a group of them at the moment. The problem was I set the spell on max delay- you know...[U]so we could get away[/U]- targeted on the rearmost 'bot. There the glowing pea lodged, throbbing with malevolent energy... Because we hadn't had to close with the only other 'bot we'd encountered, we had no idea how fast the things moved. They closed on us in a single round, thrashed us for another few, and then the DBF went off. Those who could still walk dragged off the ones who had been flash fried. [/QUOTE]
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