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Violist said:
While we were on the subject of crafting spells, what does the almighty GM think of the following?
Elemental Blast
Evocation
Level: Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 Standard action
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Area: 20-ft.-radius spread
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Reflex half
Spell Resistance: Yes
This spell functions like Fireball , with every creature in the area of effect taking 1d6 points of random damage (acid, electricity, fire, sonic) per caster level (15d6 max).
Material component:
A small glass prism worth 15 gp that is consumed in the casting.
How reasonable is that for a level 5 spell? perhaps more of an MC cost?
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Personally? That it's pushing the bounds of a 5th level spell, but works, as posted above.
Why? Very few direct-damage spells, barring those of a high level (Prismatic Spray, 7th), or those that are severely weakened (Shadow Evocation, 5th, extra save for a fairly extreme partial; or Ice Storm, 4th, with 3d6 bludgeoning (elemental resistance doesn't help with that) and 2d6 Cold - doesn't scale with level) have the potential to still be quite useful when used against a creature that is exceptionally inappropriet due to an elemental immunity (e.g., Fireball vs. Red Dragon, Lightning Bolt against Blue Dragon). This one does, and there isn't anything severely crippled about the spell (like Shadow Evocation's extra save, or Ice Storm's flat damage amount at about half what a minimum caster for the spell would do with a Fireball).