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<blockquote data-quote="Philip" data-source="post: 1422988" data-attributes="member: 10993">Silence is powerful against spellcasters, but there are few powerful enemy spellcasters that live for more than a couple of rounds anyway.In my experience, powerful spellcasters are the primary target for all the PCs efforts. If they are not (temporarily) disabled by a Silence, they will be grappled by Evard's Black Tentacles, caught in Web spells, blasted by damage spells (with Ref saves for Clerics, Fort or Ref for wizards), ranged attacks, grappled physically, their line of sight and/or effect obsctructed by various wall spells of fog-like spells. They never last long unless VERY WELL prepared (which includes counters against Silence).And don't forget, readying a defensive spell has the potential of you doing nothing for an entire round. You are always one step behind the enemy. It has happened plenty times for me to ready a silence vs. an enemy spellcaster when that enemy suddenly draws a wand and blasts away or uses a magic item. Precious action gone and nothing prevented!If I think a fireball from my PC can kill the enemy spellcaster (and some of his minions too) I don't stall him with a silence but I hit him with the fireball!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philip, post: 1422988, member: 10993"] Silence is powerful against spellcasters, but there are few powerful enemy spellcasters that live for more than a couple of rounds anyway. In my experience, powerful spellcasters are the primary target for all the PCs efforts. If they are not (temporarily) disabled by a Silence, they will be grappled by Evard's Black Tentacles, caught in Web spells, blasted by damage spells (with Ref saves for Clerics, Fort or Ref for wizards), ranged attacks, grappled physically, their line of sight and/or effect obsctructed by various wall spells of fog-like spells. They never last long unless VERY WELL prepared (which includes counters against Silence). And don't forget, readying a defensive spell has the potential of you doing nothing for an entire round. You are always one step behind the enemy. It has happened plenty times for me to ready a silence vs. an enemy spellcaster when that enemy suddenly draws a wand and blasts away or uses a magic item. Precious action gone and nothing prevented! If I think a fireball from my PC can kill the enemy spellcaster (and some of his minions too) I don't stall him with a silence but I hit him with the fireball! [/QUOTE]

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