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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomm" data-source="post: 4995696" data-attributes="member: 84800">is the batman out of his mind?The being batman post is interesting....not sure if I agree with some of the stuff.  He is really tough on evocations spells like fireball.  He makes a point that an average fireball does 17 points of damage on a 5d6 but if you buff up the fighter or haste the rest of the party you could do a lot more damage by buffing up the rest of the party who should be dealing the damage.  The key to fireball is getting a lot of the BBEGs in one casting.  If you get 5 BBEGs in one casting then maybe youve done 85 hp of damage, leaving the rest of the party to deal with greatly weakened opponents.  True, a good number might make a successful saving throw, meaning you do less damage or a lot less damage.  Even doing 8 pts of damage to 5 opponents is not all that bad.  Fireball has its place for softening up a large group and becomes unusable when the party is dispersed in melee.  I guess I have to say that I enjoyed reading the "batman" but wouldn't consider it the bible.  I'm curious what a broader cross section of wizards would think of the batman's distaste for blasting type evocation spell.</blockquote>