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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seregil" data-source="post: 5884353" data-attributes="member: 38425">Really?!?This is the kind of information I expect to see on summary cards , not the full blown description in the book. Heck, its not even ENOUGH for a summary card. Even 4e has more than this on their cards. It reads like the weapon information table, not the textual actual description of a spell.It's essentially useless. What does the spell do? "A bolt of force that always hits". Wow! Very clear. I know just what to expect. Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything?  42.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm    :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />Now, unfortunately, Magic Missile is not a good example for this debate. The spell really is simple, so we can't really do a good comparison. However, the full description of every spell should include descriptions of what it looks like (including size), any sound produced, smell (brimstone for fireballs, for example) and its basic 'workings' (e.g. Web is a magic web anchored to different points that acts much like a real spider web bla bla bla...). I need to know from a narrative point of view what it does. If you cast this spell in front of a crowd, what do they SEE/HEAR/SMELL and, from that, how would they react?If an NPC casts this is front of you, how do I describe it to you?Your description answers none of these questions, has no 'hooks' for narrative and is essentially a bunch of numbers stripped of any descriptive information outside the mechanics of battle. In other words, it doesn't provide the information needed for a role playing game at all.Oh, and how would you stat Suggestion? Charm Person? Illusionary terrain? Geas? Confusion? Silent Image? Polymorph? etc etc etc</blockquote>

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