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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8576655" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>Good point.</p><p></p><p>I was really using cute wordplay there. "Overpowered" sounds better than "powerful" when paired with "overated" in a poll. I was also reacting to the threads here from December that said it broke the game essentially.</p><p></p><p>IME I think Fear and Spike Growth are the two spells I would say are arguably overpowered, but those are the only spells I can think of offhand that I would actually use that label on. As far as first level spells Bless, Faerie Fire, shield, absorb elements are all powerful but not really overpowered and if you assume limited spells prepared/known they are probably in the same realm as SB - being better at what they each do but not nearly as versatile as SB.</p><p></p><p>Shield is the best defensive 1st level spell in the game, Absorb Elements is the best defense against blasters in the game (with some use against other enemies that deal elemental damage), bless is the best 1st level buff in the game, Bane is probably the best 1st level debuff (although not nearly as good as the others on this list). SB takes a bite out of each of those apples, while those spells are the four "apples".</p><p></p><p>FWIW my bladesinger picked it up with Fey touched. By taking it with Fey touched instead of putting it my book, my logic is I will always have the opportunity to use the free cast, and that is absolutely true, I do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8576655, member: 7030563"] Good point. I was really using cute wordplay there. "Overpowered" sounds better than "powerful" when paired with "overated" in a poll. I was also reacting to the threads here from December that said it broke the game essentially. IME I think Fear and Spike Growth are the two spells I would say are arguably overpowered, but those are the only spells I can think of offhand that I would actually use that label on. As far as first level spells Bless, Faerie Fire, shield, absorb elements are all powerful but not really overpowered and if you assume limited spells prepared/known they are probably in the same realm as SB - being better at what they each do but not nearly as versatile as SB. Shield is the best defensive 1st level spell in the game, Absorb Elements is the best defense against blasters in the game (with some use against other enemies that deal elemental damage), bless is the best 1st level buff in the game, Bane is probably the best 1st level debuff (although not nearly as good as the others on this list). SB takes a bite out of each of those apples, while those spells are the four "apples". FWIW my bladesinger picked it up with Fey touched. By taking it with Fey touched instead of putting it my book, my logic is I will always have the opportunity to use the free cast, and that is absolutely true, I do. [/QUOTE]
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