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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6995094" data-attributes="member: 20564">Someone mentioned spells.&nbsp; I'm not going to go into a lot, but a few.Bless is overpowered.&nbsp; I love the idea of a solid, multi-character buff at 1st level.&nbsp; But one that stacks with advantage, applies to all attacks, saves, and ability checks, and is a definite enabler for the -5/+10 feats, I think it's been poorly designed for it's niche.Shield is ... problematic.&nbsp; The problem is that a d20 has so much variation compared to the delta of to hit vs. AC under bounded accuracy that you need a high bonus to overcome the die and make it worthwhile in the first place.&nbsp; But without needing to be upcast it scales very well, and it's virtually a get-out-of-jail-free once the resource cost of a 1st level spell slot diminishes.&nbsp; Also as a 1st level spell it's very easy to pick it up via cherry-picking.Witch's Bolt, True Strike - trap spells, not worth it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6995094, member: 20564"] Someone mentioned spells. I'm not going to go into a lot, but a few. [b]Bless[/b] is overpowered. I love the idea of a solid, multi-character buff at 1st level. But one that stacks with advantage, applies to all attacks, saves, and ability checks, and is a definite enabler for the -5/+10 feats, I think it's been poorly designed for it's niche. [b]Shield[/b] is ... problematic. The problem is that a d20 has so much variation compared to the delta of to hit vs. AC under bounded accuracy that you need a high bonus to overcome the die and make it worthwhile in the first place. But without needing to be upcast it scales very well, and it's virtually a get-out-of-jail-free once the resource cost of a 1st level spell slot diminishes. Also as a 1st level spell it's very easy to pick it up via cherry-picking. [b]Witch's Bolt, True Strike[/b] - trap spells, not worth it. [/QUOTE]

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