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<blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6771572" data-attributes="member: 17077">There are a variety of ways that monsters can counter this tactic: ranged attacks, spells, having a high enough movement speed that it can catch up to you regardless, teleportation, and, easiest of all, having allies. A warlock can't keep more than one creature away at a time with this tactic. It doesn't do much good to push one monster away when you're being swarmed by its allies. Repelling blast can only be used to win an encounter by itself if the party is fighting a single, slow enemy that lacks ranged attacks. There are also times when repelling blast simply can't do anything because of the circumstances (fighting in cramped spaces, for example).That said, I do have one issue with repelling blast as written - there's no size limitation. It seems a bit excessive that warlocks can push around huge and gargantuan monsters with this ability. IMO, if there's any fix needed for this power, it should be limited to Large and smaller creatures. That would prevent warlocks from cheesing encounters with the kinds of huge, hulking brutes that are sometimes used as boss monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falling Icicle, post: 6771572, member: 17077"] There are a variety of ways that monsters can counter this tactic: ranged attacks, spells, having a high enough movement speed that it can catch up to you regardless, teleportation, and, easiest of all, having allies. A warlock can't keep more than one creature away at a time with this tactic. It doesn't do much good to push one monster away when you're being swarmed by its allies. Repelling blast can only be used to win an encounter by itself if the party is fighting a single, slow enemy that lacks ranged attacks. There are also times when repelling blast simply can't do anything because of the circumstances (fighting in cramped spaces, for example). That said, I do have one issue with repelling blast as written - there's no size limitation. It seems a bit excessive that warlocks can push around huge and gargantuan monsters with this ability. IMO, if there's any fix needed for this power, it should be limited to Large and smaller creatures. That would prevent warlocks from cheesing encounters with the kinds of huge, hulking brutes that are sometimes used as boss monsters. [/QUOTE]

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