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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thurmas" data-source="post: 7262833" data-attributes="member: 6866167">I think the suggestion several people have had of comparing the damage to other 5th level spells is the way to go. Just a few examples:Cone of Cold - 8d8 (36)5th level fireball - 10d6 (35)Destructive Wave - 10d6 (35)All of these do damage to multiple creatures.The only single target 5th level spell I saw after a quick glance was immolation, arguably not a great spell, at 7d6 damage.Perhaps animate objects, at potentially 10d4+40 (Tiny)?I think what any of these show is that the damage potential shouldn't be small. After all, even gently setting a 1000lb boulder on top of something would do tremendous amounts of damage, never mind flinging it at them.I would probably make it an attack roll or dex saving throw, that deals around 5d12 (32) damage. I would also not allow the same boulder to be used twice, having it shatter on impact, wedge itself into the ground, roll out of range, etc to limit the nature of repeating the same thing round after round. You could have a pile of boulders handy if you want, though.</blockquote>