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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6241128" data-attributes="member: 58197">Protection from energy provides a fixed buffer which absorbs 12 points/level of damage (capped at 120) and then ends. This makes it almost worthless against environmental damage; even 1d6 damage per round will burn through it in a couple of minutes. Resist energy is the spell for dealing with hostile environments.Now, one can certainly imagine scenarios where protection from energy would be useful out of combat, but you could say the same about fireball. The spell is clearly meant for soaking up burst damage from things like dragon breath. Its other uses are extremely limited.At 3rd level, I'd say that cure serious wounds and remove blindness/deafness should be considered combat spells, as they are almost always used to &quot;clean up&quot; after a fight. The rest of the &quot;fix people up&quot; spells I put in the mixed category.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6241128, member: 58197"] [I]Protection from energy[/I] provides a fixed buffer which absorbs 12 points/level of damage (capped at 120) and then ends. This makes it almost worthless against environmental damage; even 1d6 damage per round will burn through it in a couple of minutes. [I]Resist energy[/I] is the spell for dealing with hostile environments. Now, one can certainly imagine scenarios where [I]protection from energy[/I] would be useful out of combat, but you could say the same about [I]fireball[/I]. The spell is clearly meant for soaking up burst damage from things like dragon breath. Its other uses are extremely limited. At 3rd level, I'd say that [I]cure serious wounds[/I] and [I]remove blindness/deafness[/I] should be considered combat spells, as they are almost always used to "clean up" after a fight. The rest of the "fix people up" spells I put in the mixed category. [/QUOTE]

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