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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1066071" data-attributes="member: 1656">One interesting thing about Ray of Exhaustion is that even if they have a Fort Save of +55 and have never failed a Fort Save in their lives, two castings will make them exhausted.On the first successful save, they become fatigued.  On the second successful save, they become fatigued again... and when you're already fatigued, anything that would[i/] make you fatigued instead makes you exhausted (and this effect is explicitly noted in the spell description).So if you're already fatigued, on a failed save, the spell makes you exhausted, and a successful save... makes you exhausted.Stacking an exhaustion -6 penalty with a (1d6+5) x1.5 - an average of -12, for an average total of -18 - takes one round, two 3rd level slots and a 7th level slot at 17th level, or three rounds and three 3rd level slots for an average of -13 at 5th level.  (And three ranged touch attacks, SR applies, of course, but saves are irrelevant.)-Hyp.</blockquote>