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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7034864" data-attributes="member: 6683613">I wouldn't describe wanting to avoid collateral damage as "extremely situational", personally, but that's just a nitpick. Even if there were literally no reason whatsoever to cast burning hands at 3rd level when you've prepared fireball, that wouldn't be a problem. It would mean you've prepped/learned both spells and made a conscious decision to go all-in on optimizing damage at every spell slot. Prepping just burning hands would mean you're willing to sacrifice some high-end damage but are planning on possibly doing something else with that 3rd-level spell slot. Prepping just fireball would mean you want the high-end damage and are planning on possibly doing something else with your 1st- and 2nd-level slots. All of these are interesting choices.You keep saying this, and I'm going to keep denying it. You generally have about as many prep slots as you do spell slots. And a prep which can be used in more of those spell slots intrinsically multiplies its value compared to a prep which can only be used in fewer.If you want the full efficacy, prep the higher-level spell. If you want to fly, prep fly; don't expect jump to uplevel to fly while still being effective at 1st- and 2nd- level as well.</blockquote>