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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr_Rictus" data-source="post: 1739362" data-attributes="member: 850">Yeah, that's the Radiant Servant of Pelor.And I think this indicates a lack of thought on the part of the designer of the class, since under either interpretation there are reasons to prefer Empower to Maximize as well as vice versa.  The potential upside for Empower is higher, so it's a better choice in a desperate situation where even the maximum result just won't do.For example: say I have caster level 14, and I'm fighting an undead who I strongly believe has 50 hit points.  And if I don't kill him this round, he's going to do something horrible.  I'd rather use an Empowered cure critical wounds than a Maximized one any day, since it has at least a chance of doing 50 hit points of damage to him (under either interpretation), whereas a Maximized one has zero chance of doing so.Not a situation that comes up a lot, but as you point out, for the logic of the class's ability progression to work, you really want Maximize to be strictly better than Empower in all ways.  And it's not, no matter which way you slice it.  So, conversely, I don't see how you can construct an argument about which way to slice it based on a design goal of one feat being strictly better than the other.  Which leaves you talking about which one is generally better than the other, which for most spells is in fact still (correctly) Maximize Spell.(As an aside, personally, I allow Radiant Servants to choose between Maximize and Empower at 6th level).</blockquote>

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