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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7804067" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Yes, this combination appears to work. However, it's just one modest example of the monstrous abuses that are possible with the <em>simulacrum</em> spell, particularly in combination with <em>wish</em>. (The most egregious is probably the one where you have the copy use its 9th-level slot to cast <em>wish</em> into <em>simulacrum </em>targeting the original you; this creates a fresh copy of you with an unused 9th-level slot. You can thus use yourself as a template to stamp out an infinite number of archmages.)</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I don't know what WotC was thinking with <em>simulacrum</em>. Even setting aside all the ways it can be exploited, even if you just use the spell straight-up as intended, it's utterly broken. Who thought it was a good idea to let a 15th-level wizard double all their spell slots*, and cast two spells per round all day long, for a mere 1500 gp?</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">*Okay, okay, all but one of their spell slots. Still broken.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7804067, member: 58197"] Yes, this combination appears to work. However, it's just one modest example of the monstrous abuses that are possible with the [I]simulacrum[/I] spell, particularly in combination with [I]wish[/I]. (The most egregious is probably the one where you have the copy use its 9th-level slot to cast [I]wish[/I] into [I]simulacrum [/I]targeting the original you; this creates a fresh copy of you with an unused 9th-level slot. You can thus use yourself as a template to stamp out an infinite number of archmages.) Honestly, I don't know what WotC was thinking with [I]simulacrum[/I]. Even setting aside all the ways it can be exploited, even if you just use the spell straight-up as intended, it's utterly broken. Who thought it was a good idea to let a 15th-level wizard double all their spell slots*, and cast two spells per round all day long, for a mere 1500 gp? [SIZE=2]*Okay, okay, all but one of their spell slots. Still broken.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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