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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6762017" data-attributes="member: 2067">I'm playing a gnome wild mage who kind of specializes in these spells. Here's my experience. I haven't been disappointed. Hypnotic Pattern affects an area, and it rarely hits everything in an encounter. Polymorph is a solo-only spell and when it fizzles, it's tension-increasing: I suddenly have spent a big resource on something without an effect (and I still have hypnotic patterns and whatnot to follow up with). I've beat encounters with Polymorph before, but there's usually more than one critter hanging around, and I don't have infinite polymorphs. Haven't been on the receiving end very much, but most suck effects have some way to disable them - concentration is the big one. That changes the dynamics of play, making the mage a much more attractive target. You might want to consider an alternate resting model (1 day short, 1 week long) to help mitigate the nova effects that might result from this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6762017, member: 2067"] I'm playing a gnome wild mage who kind of specializes in these spells. Here's my experience. I haven't been disappointed. Hypnotic Pattern affects an area, and it rarely hits everything in an encounter. Polymorph is a solo-only spell and when it fizzles, it's tension-increasing: I suddenly have spent a big resource on something without an effect (and I still have hypnotic patterns and whatnot to follow up with). I've beat encounters with Polymorph before, but there's usually more than one critter hanging around, and I don't have infinite polymorphs. Haven't been on the receiving end very much, but most suck effects have some way to disable them - concentration is the big one. That changes the dynamics of play, making the mage a much more attractive target. You might want to consider an alternate resting model (1 day short, 1 week long) to help mitigate the nova effects that might result from this. [/QUOTE]

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