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<blockquote data-quote="Kryx" data-source="post: 6897701" data-attributes="member: 6670944">Fireball, as a 3rd level spell, does more damage than Ice Storm (4th) and Storm Sphere (4th) (fair as those do some light CC).When cast as a 4th level spell it does the same damage in 1 turn as a Vitriolic Sphere (4th) does in 2 turns. It does about the same as Wall of Fire (4th).When cast as a 5th level spell it does slightly less than the average 5th level spell (52 vs 55.5).What you're asking for is all damage spells to do more damage than they do. Or perhaps scale more than they do. If they scaled at a rate higher than an additional dice every 3rd level or so then lower level spells cast at higher level would be better than higher level spells.You're comparing a damage spell to a utility spell - they are very different.Beyond that as I mentioned above casters already have huge versatility from their utility spells and do great burst damage. The quadratic caster vs linear fighter is not as big of an issue in 5e, but it is still there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kryx, post: 6897701, member: 6670944"] Fireball, as a 3rd level spell, does more damage than Ice Storm (4th) and Storm Sphere (4th) (fair as those do some light CC). When cast as a 4th level spell it does the same damage in 1 turn as a Vitriolic Sphere (4th) does in 2 turns. It does about the same as Wall of Fire (4th). When cast as a 5th level spell it does slightly less than the average 5th level spell (52 vs 55.5). What you're asking for is all damage spells to do more damage than they do. Or perhaps scale more than they do. If they scaled at a rate higher than an additional dice every 3rd level or so then lower level spells cast at higher level would be better than higher level spells. You're comparing a damage spell to a utility spell - they are very different. Beyond that as I mentioned above casters already have huge versatility from their utility spells and do great burst damage. The quadratic caster vs linear fighter is not as big of an issue in 5e, but it is still there. [/QUOTE]

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