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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taren Seeker" data-source="post: 2030747" data-attributes="member: 615">I've found in higher level D&D combat there is one quality that I find to be most influential over who wins.Those that fly, and those that can't.I played Green Regent at Winter Fantasy in a party that had a Shadow Adept with Transmutation banned. I can't tell you how many times I would have loved a haste, fly or slow to go off. We made it through by the skin of our teeth, but even a single fly spell would have solved most of our problems. Not just in one combat, but every combat in the module.Fly is one of the most important combat spells in D&D, one that is useful in pretty much every combat. If you fight creatures that can trip, fly. If you fight ones that can't fly, fly. Not only does it open up more options for the tanks, it can save the back rank characters' lives. Even being in a classic 10' ceiling dungeon fly can be invaluable if you have to fight over dangerous terrain, traps, etc.Why do fighters need mobility? Well if they are above the plane of the battlefield charging is a lot easier. If they are a reach fighter or archer they may be able to attack without reprisal. Ditto if they are a spring attacker or skirmisher. If the opponent can fly or climb, then casting one fly on a fighter to kill the thing in melee is much more efficient than trying to nuke it with multiple fireballs/magic missiles/etc. Even if you have a good archer in the party pinning the enemy in melee is usually beneficial as well.BTW, regarding the rest of the thread, did I mention that banning Transmutation is crazy? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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