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<blockquote data-quote="Moonsword" data-source="post: 4853007" data-attributes="member: 7174">My, oh my, oh my, is this ever true.&nbsp; Wizards and wizard-alikes in 3rd edition may have gotten a damage knock, but dealing with the problem of your allies being in the area is nothing new to an old hand at wizardry.&nbsp; Pick your target carefully.&nbsp; If it's the last encounter of the day (or you're reasonably sure the healer(s) can handle it) and it fits your character concept, don't be afraid to tag the defender or striker with something if the risk is worth it.&nbsp; (Not all wizards would be willing to play that card, of course, and not all defenders and melee strikers are going to put up with a wizard getting &quot;sloppy&quot; - base it on the personalities.&nbsp; This isn't a pure tactical decision.)&nbsp; That said, try very hard not to smack them with debuffs as opposed to damage or movement effects - while damage can be absorbed and handled by the healer and movement effects can actually let you jerk them into advantageous positions, debuffs actively impede their abilities.Also, if you are willing to risk catching them in the fringes, get a range of powers that target different defenses, not just for targeting enemies with different weaknesses but for the ability to tailor your hits for the allies that are potentially going to get tagged.&nbsp; If the only allies caught in the blast zone are a fighter and a rage barbarian, don't worry so much about hitting them with thunderwave - both of them have the hit points to laugh it off, and Fortitude is their primary Defense anyway, so they're less likely to get hit.&nbsp; In addition, if you do catch them, you can push them just like the enemy.&nbsp; (This is one of the few reasons to ever deliberately smack your allies with something as opposed to collateral damage - the rogue might not like getting hit, but if you shove him right into a flanking position, he's ikely to be a little less upset about it.)&nbsp; Conversely, don't drop thunderlance on them - very few builds for either one have much in the way of Reflex, and that spell does quite a bit of damage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moonsword, post: 4853007, member: 7174"] My, oh my, oh my, is this ever true. Wizards and wizard-alikes in 3rd edition may have gotten a damage knock, but dealing with the problem of your allies being in the area is nothing new to an old hand at wizardry. Pick your target carefully. If it's the last encounter of the day (or you're reasonably sure the healer(s) can handle it) and it fits your character concept, don't be afraid to tag the defender or striker with something if the risk is worth it. (Not all wizards would be willing to play that card, of course, and not all defenders and melee strikers are going to put up with a wizard getting "sloppy" - base it on the personalities. This isn't a pure tactical decision.) That said, try very hard not to smack them with debuffs as opposed to damage or movement effects - while damage can be absorbed and handled by the healer and movement effects can actually let you jerk them into advantageous positions, debuffs actively impede their abilities. Also, if you are willing to risk catching them in the fringes, get a range of powers that target different defenses, not just for targeting enemies with different weaknesses but for the ability to tailor your hits for the allies that are potentially going to get tagged. If the only allies caught in the blast zone are a fighter and a rage barbarian, don't worry so much about hitting them with [i]thunderwave[/i] - both of them have the hit points to laugh it off, and Fortitude is their primary Defense anyway, so they're less likely to get hit. In addition, if you do catch them, you can push [i]them[/i] just like the enemy. (This is one of the few reasons to ever deliberately smack your allies with something as opposed to collateral damage - the rogue might not [i]like[/i] getting hit, but if you shove him right into a flanking position, he's ikely to be a little less upset about it.) Conversely, don't drop [i]thunderlance[/i] on them - very few builds for either one have much in the way of Reflex, and that spell does quite a bit of damage. [/QUOTE]

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