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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6770029" data-attributes="member: 5834">No. It doesn't have the same language. That is a major reason why I run it differently giving the game designers the benefit of the doubt as to their ability to design balanced abilities. One says when you cast eldritch blast, add charisma damage to hit. The other ways when you hit with eldritch blast.I made the intelligent design ruling that doesn't create big headaches at my table like pushing targets out of melee range for other PCs, allowing kiting of targets so they can never land an attack in ranged groups, pushing targets out of the range of breath weapons, and all types of exploitable tactics using one 0-level endlessly castable cantrip whose range can be extended to 300 feet. I'm trying to close as many problem abilities as early as possible. 5E doesn't have a lot of imbalanced mechanics, but automatically knocking someone back 10 feet per hit with a 0-level unlimited cast ability is one of them I'm going to shut down real quick if the game designers don't have the sense to do it themselves.I played Pathfinder and dealt with exploitative mechanics for a long time. I came to 5E to escape this kind of mechanic and the players looking to exploit them. I hope the 5E designers don't let too many mechanics like Repelling Blast slip by that damage higher level game play. As long as they keep the number low, I can shut them down like I did this one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6770029, member: 5834"] No. It doesn't have the same language. That is a major reason why I run it differently giving the game designers the benefit of the doubt as to their ability to design balanced abilities. One says when you cast [i]eldritch blast[/i], add charisma damage to hit. The other ways when you hit with [i]eldritch blast[/i]. I made the intelligent design ruling that doesn't create big headaches at my table like pushing targets out of melee range for other PCs, allowing kiting of targets so they can never land an attack in ranged groups, pushing targets out of the range of breath weapons, and all types of exploitable tactics using one 0-level endlessly castable cantrip whose range can be extended to 300 feet. I'm trying to close as many problem abilities as early as possible. 5E doesn't have a lot of imbalanced mechanics, but automatically knocking someone back 10 feet per hit with a 0-level unlimited cast ability is one of them I'm going to shut down real quick if the game designers don't have the sense to do it themselves. I played [i]Pathfinder[/i] and dealt with exploitative mechanics for a long time. I came to 5E to escape this kind of mechanic and the players looking to exploit them. I hope the 5E designers don't let too many mechanics like Repelling Blast slip by that damage higher level game play. As long as they keep the number low, I can shut them down like I did this one. [/QUOTE]

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