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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 1423427" data-attributes="member: 284">How about_: I've never, ever, seen it be used to a great extent, not since 3.0 came out or in 3.5. And I play a lot of RPGA games, which attracts some of the most rabid powergamers you've ever seen. &nbsp;It's simply never been an issue of abuse, other than on paper. In practice it's a useful spell, but you usually have to many other things you need your second level spell slots for to take a lot of Silence spells. Most of your opponents aren't spellcasters. &nbsp;Bards are the only spontaneous caster who get's silence, and they get so few known spell slots that they usually choose Glitterdust or some other spell. &nbsp;It's only really effective against a certain type of opponent, and if you aren't facing that opponent it's a simple utility spell that can mess up your own spellcasters if you aren't careful, especially if you start throwing it around in an enclosed area (which happens a lot in D&amp;D combats). &nbsp;It just hasn't been issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 1423427, member: 284"] How about_: I've never, ever, seen it be used to a great extent, not since 3.0 came out or in 3.5. And I play a lot of RPGA games, which attracts some of the most rabid powergamers you've ever seen. It's simply never been an issue of abuse, other than on paper. In practice it's a useful spell, but you usually have to many other things you need your second level spell slots for to take a lot of Silence spells. Most of your opponents aren't spellcasters. Bards are the only spontaneous caster who get's silence, and they get so few known spell slots that they usually choose Glitterdust or some other spell. It's only really effective against a certain type of opponent, and if you aren't facing that opponent it's a simple utility spell that can mess up your own spellcasters if you aren't careful, especially if you start throwing it around in an enclosed area (which happens a lot in D&D combats). It just hasn't been issue. [/QUOTE]

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