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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7917899" data-attributes="member: 205">My interest here was keeping instantaneous AoE damage the province of the Wizard.&nbsp; Unlike our #EMBIGGENTHEBOOM companions, I tend to feel like AoE damage is already big enough (and really, it's how you use it that counts!), enough that I like having one class feature that as a primary function.I'm on board for Druid, especially since it can play up the fey/trickery theme.Prefer Druid for reasons you gave, happy to defer to tradition with Cleric if desired.Yep...this is always one of the go-to spells for the &quot;magic as technology&quot; feel, which is the Wizard bread and butter to me.Your logic makes sense here.&nbsp; &quot;Control&quot; is something I feel is a strong evil cleric theme, &quot;Madness&quot; much less so.Non-instantaneous elemental spells I defaulted to Druid, as the mirror of the AoE argument I made earlier.&nbsp; Several of these spells we could swap with a different thematic or mechanical reason being the preference.Agreed.&nbsp; Rot is natural, preventing it much less so.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maintaining the stability of a physical form is Cleric-themed.Yea, they ended up about 20% behind Wizards and Druids in my final tally.&nbsp; I'd prefer to see it Wizards about 25% ahead of Clerics and Druids, who are roughly equivalent.&nbsp; Happy to move this to Cleric.Agree with your logic.&nbsp; Physical debuff is like a curse, which lends itself it to the druid/witch angle, but this is definitely a floater for me.Yea, definitely can shift for balance concerns.&nbsp; Tiebreaker for me was this was originally a Wizard spell, but that's really it.&nbsp; I think tying certain elements to the classes is something with a lot of potential.&nbsp;&nbsp; The real tough ones are fire, and lightning, because there's good reason to tie those to EVERY class.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe one or two elements that are exclusive to each class, and the rest are shared?I do agree that Tempest Cleric has, by itself, made me think of Shatter as a Cleric spell.I'm OK with this.&nbsp; It's classic Cleric, like you said, and it's not really as beastly as it was in previous editions.&nbsp; Spells which affect zones feel more Cleric-like to me as well, so I'm happy to see this stay Cleric.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 7917899, member: 205"] My interest here was keeping instantaneous AoE damage the province of the Wizard. Unlike our #EMBIGGENTHEBOOM companions, I tend to feel like AoE damage is already big enough (and really, it's how you use it that counts!), enough that I like having one class feature that as a primary function. I'm on board for Druid, especially since it can play up the fey/trickery theme. Prefer Druid for reasons you gave, happy to defer to tradition with Cleric if desired. Yep...this is always one of the go-to spells for the "magic as technology" feel, which is the Wizard bread and butter to me. Your logic makes sense here. "Control" is something I feel is a strong evil cleric theme, "Madness" much less so. Non-instantaneous elemental spells I defaulted to Druid, as the mirror of the AoE argument I made earlier. Several of these spells we could swap with a different thematic or mechanical reason being the preference. Agreed. Rot is natural, preventing it much less so. Maintaining the stability of a physical form is Cleric-themed. Yea, they ended up about 20% behind Wizards and Druids in my final tally. I'd prefer to see it Wizards about 25% ahead of Clerics and Druids, who are roughly equivalent. Happy to move this to Cleric. Agree with your logic. Physical debuff is like a curse, which lends itself it to the druid/witch angle, but this is definitely a floater for me. Yea, definitely can shift for balance concerns. Tiebreaker for me was this was originally a Wizard spell, but that's really it. I think tying certain elements to the classes is something with a lot of potential. The real tough ones are fire, and lightning, because there's good reason to tie those to EVERY class. Maybe one or two elements that are exclusive to each class, and the rest are shared? I do agree that Tempest Cleric has, by itself, made me think of Shatter as a Cleric spell. I'm OK with this. It's classic Cleric, like you said, and it's not really as beastly as it was in previous editions. Spells which affect zones feel more Cleric-like to me as well, so I'm happy to see this stay Cleric. [/QUOTE]

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