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<blockquote data-quote="Nightingale 7" data-source="post: 1422236" data-attributes="member: 13883">Let's see...By tons of out of combat possibilities,I guess you mean sneaking around flawlessly,silencing the guard while neutralizing him,perhaps silencing an obnoxious person who just won't shut the hell up.That's what I could think on a moments notice.A wide range of uses,I agree,but hardly tons.About in-combat possibilities,for the life of me I can't think of one except the obvious &quot;neutralize the casters&quot;.Ok perhaps the fighter can't shout to the cleric for healing,but I tend to believe that if the cleric sees the fighter riddled with wounds,he'll heal him.&nbsp;I never said that Silence is not a big hit to the spellcasters.That is exactly what it is:a powerful spell,but only against spellcasters.Against any other opponent the spell is severely underpowered(OK,barring Destrachans).Saying that Silence is a big hit on spellcasters is like saying that Fly is a big hit on melee-focused characters,or that Lower Spell Resistance is a big hit on Rakshashas and other big SR critters.They ARE,but Silence won't help you against a melee opponent,fly will be of no use against a bow specialist,and LSR will be useless against a tribe of orcs.They are powerful,yet limited spells,and none of them is overpowered.That is not to say that if you go against a known spellcaster you shouldn't stock up on Silences.Just that you won't have it memorized 24/7.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nightingale 7, post: 1422236, member: 13883"] Let's see...By tons of out of combat possibilities,I guess you mean sneaking around flawlessly,silencing the guard while neutralizing him,perhaps silencing an obnoxious person who just won't shut the hell up.That's what I could think on a moments notice.A wide range of uses,I agree,but hardly tons. About in-combat possibilities,for the life of me I can't think of one except the obvious "neutralize the casters".Ok perhaps the fighter can't shout to the cleric for healing,but I tend to believe that if the cleric sees the fighter riddled with wounds,he'll heal him. I never said that Silence is not a big hit to the spellcasters.That is exactly what it is:a powerful spell,but only against spellcasters.Against any other opponent the spell is severely underpowered(OK,barring Destrachans). Saying that Silence is a big hit on spellcasters is like saying that Fly is a big hit on melee-focused characters,or that Lower Spell Resistance is a big hit on Rakshashas and other big SR critters.They ARE,but Silence won't help you against a melee opponent,fly will be of no use against a bow specialist,and LSR will be useless against a tribe of orcs.They are powerful,yet limited spells,and none of them is overpowered.That is not to say that if you go against a known spellcaster you shouldn't stock up on Silences.Just that you won't have it memorized 24/7. [/QUOTE]

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