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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5106321" data-attributes="member: 35909">Ray of Clumsiness, just as Ray of Enfeeblement, is a dex penalty, NOT damage.  It cannot kill or paralyze anyone, cannot reduce dex below 1, and multiple castings do not stack, they overlap.Don't recall the other spell, if it really does dex damage, then yes.  I don't think you can even lower the dex with ray of clumsiness to make it easier to dex damage them to 0.  I think as a penalty, it should be applied after the actual ability score is determined.  So...say you get a -10 dex penalty on someone with dex 14.  You then deal 5 actual dex damage with the assailants spell.  His dex is 14, you did 5 damage, now it's 9.  The penalty kicks in last, lowering it, but not below 1, as per the spell description.  As opposed to the interpration that the penalty applies first as if the guy has dex 4 and you're then doing 5 damage and reducing him to 0, which I think is wrong.If you're just now hitting level 6...I thought Extra Spell and Extra slot could only be used on a spell level up to one below the highest spell level you can currently cast, maybe i'm mistaken.  In any case, not to criticize you or anything, but...I would have made different choices...</blockquote>