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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 4814176" data-attributes="member: 3146">Disintegrate is hardly comparable to giving a fighter, barbarian or paladin touch attacks. You see, disintegrate really does 5d6 damage for an average of 17.5; it's kind of a glorified magic missile that doesn't automatically hit and is primarily useful for eliminating force cages and walls of force. Sure, it has the potential to do 77 damage if the enemy fails its save, but that doesn't happen often and as a limited ability, it had better be good or it wouldn't be worth a scarce 6th level slot that could have been fires of purity or contingency.For a fighter type, on the other hand, touch attacks are a license to power attack for full and hit with your last iterative attack on a roll of a 2. 80% chance of 17.5 damage and a 20% chance of 77 damage? Hah! Try a 95% chance of 60 damage four times per round. Then see what is still standing.</blockquote>