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:It's still a touch attack. And it doesn't actually disintegrate anything. --[[User:Luigifan18|Luigifan18]] ([[User talk:Luigifan18|talk]]) 21:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC) | :It's still a touch attack. And it doesn't actually disintegrate anything. --[[User:Luigifan18|Luigifan18]] ([[User talk:Luigifan18|talk]]) 21:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC) | ||
::It matches ''disintegrate'' in terms of damage/level at age 35. Which is much lower than the ages of most young adults. --[[User:Foxwarrior|Foxwarrior]] ([[User talk:Foxwarrior|talk]]) 22:02, 5 December 2012 (UTC) | ::It matches ''disintegrate'' in terms of damage/level at age 35. Which is much lower than the ages of most young adults. --[[User:Foxwarrior|Foxwarrior]] ([[User talk:Foxwarrior|talk]]) 22:02, 5 December 2012 (UTC) | ||
+ | :::But this spell doesn't scale with level. It's really just there so the DM has an excuse to smite the insufferable munchkin playing an 800-year-old wizard for +3 Intelligence - and to specifically make it so that his own powergaming blew up in his face. (The fact that it can drop dragons and liches with a single blow, thus making hilarity ensue, yet proves to be an insignificant scratch to a human fighter and literally will not harm an infant is a nice touch.) | ||
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+ | :::Yeah, I don't like munchkins all that much. Brings back memories of the very first game I DM'ed, where one of the players sent the whole thing off the rails by trying to murder the rest of the party. --[[User:Luigifan18|Luigifan18]] ([[User talk:Luigifan18|talk]]) 22:38, 5 December 2012 (UTC) |
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Humans Are Short-Lived
Even taking away the range doesn't really justify making a no-save disintegrate two levels lower. --Foxwarrior (talk) 20:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
- It's still a touch attack. And it doesn't actually disintegrate anything. --Luigifan18 (talk) 21:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
- It matches disintegrate in terms of damage/level at age 35. Which is much lower than the ages of most young adults. --Foxwarrior (talk) 22:02, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
- But this spell doesn't scale with level. It's really just there so the DM has an excuse to smite the insufferable munchkin playing an 800-year-old wizard for +3 Intelligence - and to specifically make it so that his own powergaming blew up in his face. (The fact that it can drop dragons and liches with a single blow, thus making hilarity ensue, yet proves to be an insignificant scratch to a human fighter and literally will not harm an infant is a nice touch.)
- It matches disintegrate in terms of damage/level at age 35. Which is much lower than the ages of most young adults. --Foxwarrior (talk) 22:02, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, I don't like munchkins all that much. Brings back memories of the very first game I DM'ed, where one of the players sent the whole thing off the rails by trying to murder the rest of the party. --Luigifan18 (talk) 22:38, 5 December 2012 (UTC)