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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8494783" data-attributes="member: 72555">Silvery Barbs is an amazing use of a level 1 spell slot once you are past low levels, and are fighting a foe worth casting a single spell on.Because whenever it passes a saving throw, you can &quot;spend&quot; a 1st level slot and a reaction and the &quot;passed save&quot; effect to basically replace an action, and a higher level spell slot.Its action economy is crazy.&nbsp; Its slot economy is amazing.One of many practical use cases -- battering through LRs -- can be demonstrated with math.&nbsp; So I did.But the balance of (reaction+1st level slot+passed save effect) = (action + higher level slot) which you have a choice to spend every time someone passes a save makes it really obviously amazing, and why it gets better as you gain levels.The fact you can use it on allies effects, and negate crits, and in extremis as a defensive spell to avoid a hit, is just gravy.&nbsp; As is the bonus &quot;give advantage&quot; rider.It is possible, but implausible, that playtesting makes it less amazing.&nbsp; I mean, in a game where reactions are worth more than actions (lots of counterspells and shields and feather falls and absorb elements) the calculus changes.But please don't tell me I can't look at a spell and understand how it can be used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8494783, member: 72555"] Silvery Barbs is an amazing use of a level 1 spell slot once you are past low levels, and are fighting a foe worth casting a single spell on. Because whenever it passes a saving throw, you can "spend" a 1st level slot and a reaction and the "passed save" effect to basically replace an action, and a higher level spell slot. Its action economy is crazy. Its slot economy is amazing. One of many practical use cases -- battering through LRs -- can be demonstrated with math. So I did. But the balance of (reaction+1st level slot+passed save effect) = (action + higher level slot) which you have a choice to spend [I]every time someone passes a save[/I] makes it really obviously amazing, and why it gets better as you gain levels. The fact you can use it on allies effects, and negate crits, and in extremis as a defensive spell to avoid a hit, is just gravy. As is the bonus "give advantage" rider. It is possible, but implausible, that playtesting makes it less amazing. I mean, in a game where reactions are worth more than actions (lots of counterspells and shields and feather falls and absorb elements) the calculus changes. But please don't tell me I can't look at a spell and understand how it can be used. [/QUOTE]

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