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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1888222" data-attributes="member: 3146">Two comments on this:1. Range is only very rarely an issue in the games I've played. It makes a difference for battlefield encounters with thousands of troops but the typical dungeon crawl, roadside ambush (in a wilderness mod), or alley brawl (in a city mod) are at close quarters from the surprise round on.2. What you're saying is true of magic in general. Taking evocation, for instance:Burning Hands (15 cone)Magic Missile: medium rangeScorching Ray: Close rangeFireball: long rangeLightning bolt: fixed range between short and mediumCone of Cold: Short coneWall of Force: Close RangeEtc.Of those, only Fireball is long range.Going to PHB conjuration spells, acid arrow is long range (OK, it sucks but it's long range), glitterdust and web are medium range.IME, Range is a marginal consideration to begin with and it's certainly not clear that it evocation is superior to conjuration in that regard.</blockquote>