Re: OT: Narf has gone looney and wants to GM.
Yeah, I have a slight habit of doing that with the characters....
I GM the currently ECL 14 game (which, researching a 5th level spell, is likely the one you care aout....), Narf GM's the currently CL 3 game (on hold in the middle of a fight....), and Douglas is thinking about running a 5th level game (not started, but apparently mostly set up to run).
However, Medium range, VSM, 15 gp MC, randomly one of four or five elements, 20-foot spread, Reflex half and SR works. Starting to push the bounds, but it works.
Why? Well, it has inherent drawbacks ... you can't prep your allies for it with such spells as Resist Energy or Protection from Energy as you could with Fireball or Lightning Bolt; it does have an extra save (sort of) for any creature with some kind of elemental immunity (1 in 6 chance of no damage to a Red Dragon, for instance), as well as having the inherent drawback to most area-effect spells: can't really use it much after your allies have mixed it up with your opponents. Now, if the element was chosen, those would not apply, as you could prep allies or be sure of dealing something to the Red Dragon - but that's not the case here, so it works.
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Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.
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