Rant: WotC can't design their spells "right"

[shilsen]

Interestingly, the 9th level spell iceberg in Frostburn - it drops a large iceberg on the heads of your enemies - is an Evocation, not a Conjuration.

Iceberg
Long range; Spell Resistance; No save (reflex half for those in area); No attack roll; 20d6 damage

Cheers!

Interestingly, CD has the Clr6/Drd6 cometfall spell, which is Conjuration (Creation) and allows you to drop a comet on a 10 ft square area, doing 2d6 dmg per 10 ft fallen (max:20d6). No SR and allows a Ref save for half.

Nice spell, and IMO, it's much cooler (non-temperaturewise, of course ) to hit someone with a comet than an iceberg

 

[philreed]

Interestingly, CD has the Clr6/Drd6 cometfall spell, which is Conjuration (Creation) and allows you to drop a comet on a 10 ft square area, doing 2d6 dmg per 10 ft fallen (max:20d6). No SR and allows a Ref save for half.

Nice spell, and IMO, it's much cooler (non-temperaturewise, of course ) to hit someone with a comet than an iceberg

Just think how much more fun it would be to hit them with both!

 

[Doug McCrae]

If the Evoker uses another spell from Complete Arcane, Assay Resistance, to bypass spell resistance then the new damage-dealing conjurations become less attractive.

I think WotC want to reduce the effect of spell resistance across the board rather than give evokers the shaft.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

Interestingly, CD has the Clr6/Drd6 cometfall spell, which is Conjuration (Creation) and allows you to drop a comet on a 10 ft square area, doing 2d6 dmg per 10 ft fallen (max:20d6). No SR and allows a Ref save for half.

Nice spell, and IMO, it's much cooler (non-temperaturewise, of course ) to hit someone with a comet than an iceberg

It a cool spell concept but they broke there own damage caps again. This is an area of effect spell that does up to 20d6 1 level before an arcane caster could and 2 levels before a divine caster. It is limited by height so indoors its not effective and its a small area, but it still breaks the rules.

They should either change the spells that break the rules or if it is not broken for a cleric/drd to do 20d6 at 6th level and a druid to do 15d6 at 4th level change the damage caps. Let fireballs do 15d6 at 3rd and cone of cold do 20d6 for 5th etc.