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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 376681" data-attributes="member: 545">I concur that you put together a nice looking document.&nbsp; Good organization.Gust of Wind is definitely underpowered.&nbsp; The combination of small AoE and short duration make it difficult to conceive of any use outside of an exceptionally predicatable dungeon crawl.&nbsp; Should be a 2nd level spell as written.&nbsp; To be a 3rd level spell it should be a cone or extended in duration, or both.Sleet Storm (3rd level).&nbsp; Vague &amp; Underpowered.&nbsp; The effect of &quot;blocks all sight&quot; is confusing when compared to weather effect descriptions and fog spells.&nbsp; The standard movement penalty for sleet or snow is 1/2 movement (DMG p.87).&nbsp; The standard penalty for blinded is 1/2 movement.&nbsp; Is the normal net effect for being within the spell 1/2 or 1/4?&nbsp; The spell description lists 1/2, but does that mean &quot;blocks all sight&quot; is actually a concealment effect?&nbsp; If so, how much concealment at 5'?Regardless, the effect looks weak when compared to either Web or Stinking Cloud.&nbsp; The SS AoE is slightly larger than SC, but a 40' radius is actually quite clumsy indoors.&nbsp; Not sure if I would call that an advantage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 376681, member: 545"] I concur that you put together a nice looking document. Good organization. [i]Gust of Wind[/i] is definitely underpowered. The combination of small AoE and short duration make it difficult to conceive of any use outside of an exceptionally predicatable dungeon crawl. Should be a 2nd level spell as written. To be a 3rd level spell it should be a cone or extended in duration, or both. [i]Sleet Storm[/i] (3rd level). Vague & Underpowered. The effect of "blocks all sight" is confusing when compared to weather effect descriptions and fog spells. The standard movement penalty for sleet or snow is 1/2 movement (DMG p.87). The standard penalty for blinded is 1/2 movement. Is the normal net effect for being within the spell 1/2 or 1/4? The spell description lists 1/2, but does that mean "blocks all sight" is actually a concealment effect? If so, how much concealment at 5'? Regardless, the effect looks weak when compared to either Web or Stinking Cloud. The SS AoE is slightly larger than SC, but a 40' radius is actually quite clumsy indoors. Not sure if I would call that an advantage. [/QUOTE]

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