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Why is Hoard of the Dragon Queen such a bad adventure?
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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6491650" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>You've made two points that I want to respond to separately.</p><p></p><p>1.) Forgoing Shield: "<em><strong>If someone is willing to do that on the first hit of the day, they are often also willing to do it on the second, third, etc., especially at higher levels </strong>and hence, not be giving up 2 points of Arcane Ward for Shield, but 4 or 6 or more.</em>" I agree with the bolded part. This is what I meant when I said, "instead, I would eschew Shield entirely when in low-intensity combats." Arcane Ward is rechargeable for free, unlike spell slots, so you would often prefer to expend your ward and not your spell slots. I don't see how it follows though that that makes casting Shield give up 4 or 6 or more "free" HP.</p><p></p><p>2.) Recharging via Alarm: "<em>Otherwise, if I have a choice between using up a spell choice to up my AC by 5 one round per day or by 3 8 hours a day, I'll be taking Mage Armor every time and Alarm is not necessary.</em>" It's not a dichotomy. You can cast Mage Armor <em>and</em> recharge your Arcane Ward (for free!) using Alarm.</p><p></p><p>Related to (2), when you say, "<em>But, you cannot recharge your Arcane Ward with Alarm between encounters because it only resets after a long rest.</em>", I don't understand your point. Each time you cast Alarm as a ritual, it takes 11 minutes and restore 2 HP to your Arcane Ward. A long rest is not involved. This is confirmed here: <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/509777894344622080" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/509777894344622080</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Jeremy Crawford @JeremyECrawford Sep 22</strong><em></em></p><p> <em>@<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6701422" target="_blank">Plaguescarred</a></u></strong></em> @wax_eagle Yes, you could cast alarm every 11 minutes to give the ward 2 hp.'</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6491650, member: 6787650"] You've made two points that I want to respond to separately. 1.) Forgoing Shield: "[I][B]If someone is willing to do that on the first hit of the day, they are often also willing to do it on the second, third, etc., especially at higher levels [/B]and hence, not be giving up 2 points of Arcane Ward for Shield, but 4 or 6 or more.[/I]" I agree with the bolded part. This is what I meant when I said, "instead, I would eschew Shield entirely when in low-intensity combats." Arcane Ward is rechargeable for free, unlike spell slots, so you would often prefer to expend your ward and not your spell slots. I don't see how it follows though that that makes casting Shield give up 4 or 6 or more "free" HP. 2.) Recharging via Alarm: "[I]Otherwise, if I have a choice between using up a spell choice to up my AC by 5 one round per day or by 3 8 hours a day, I'll be taking Mage Armor every time and Alarm is not necessary.[/I]" It's not a dichotomy. You can cast Mage Armor [I]and[/I] recharge your Arcane Ward (for free!) using Alarm. Related to (2), when you say, "[I]But, you cannot recharge your Arcane Ward with Alarm between encounters because it only resets after a long rest.[/I]", I don't understand your point. Each time you cast Alarm as a ritual, it takes 11 minutes and restore 2 HP to your Arcane Ward. A long rest is not involved. This is confirmed here: [URL]https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/509777894344622080[/URL] [B]Jeremy Crawford @JeremyECrawford Sep 22[/B][I] @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6701422"]Plaguescarred[/URL][/U][/B][/I] @wax_eagle Yes, you could cast alarm every 11 minutes to give the ward 2 hp.'[/I] [/QUOTE]
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