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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 6065005" data-attributes="member: 23716">I kind of like the the new system in theory, but I'm kind of unimpressed with a lot of the spells themselves.&nbsp; Why, with scaling spells built in, do we still have Greater and/or lesser spells?&nbsp; Shouldn't they just have have an effect and than a scaling effect for using in a higher level slot?&nbsp; Shouldn't there only be one cure wounds spell, for instance, with a scaling effect based on the slot used to cast?&nbsp; Right now they only have the direct damage spells that scale.&nbsp; I guess they still have a lot of heavy lifting to do with the spells yet.&nbsp; I'm not sure the scaling damage is really going to keep up with inflated monster his points though.&nbsp; If you use a 9th level slot to cast Magic Missile, you get 18 1d4 + 2 missiles average damage 75.6.&nbsp; Is this worth a 9th level slot? Also, many spells now have a duration of concentration or one minute.&nbsp; Does casting another spell ruin your concentration?&nbsp; That would stop the sometimes insane spell layering that happened in 3.x.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 6065005, member: 23716"] I kind of like the the new system in theory, but I'm kind of unimpressed with a lot of the spells themselves. Why, with scaling spells built in, do we still have [I]Greater[/I] and/or [I]lesser[/I] spells? Shouldn't they just have have an effect and than a scaling effect for using in a higher level slot? Shouldn't there only be one [I]cure wounds[/I] spell, for instance, with a scaling effect based on the slot used to cast? Right now they only have the direct damage spells that scale. I guess they still have a lot of heavy lifting to do with the spells yet. I'm not sure the scaling damage is really going to keep up with inflated monster his points though. If you use a 9th level slot to cast [I]Magic Missile[/I], you get 18 1d4 + 2 missiles average damage 75.6. Is this worth a 9th level slot? Also, many spells now have a duration of concentration or one minute. Does casting another spell ruin your concentration? That would stop the sometimes insane spell layering that happened in 3.x. [/QUOTE]

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