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|reason=This is amusingly silly, but save DCs scale with very slightly less than character level, and attack bonuses scale with notably more than character level. At level 15, hitting a DC 30 spell is easy, and optimizing for frequency of critical hits is pretty easy too.
 
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:The average roll of a caster level 15 character is 25.5. Admittedly, because there's another d20 in there, it's harder for the initiator to guarantee success, but the initiator probably will succeed. --[[User:Foxwarrior|Foxwarrior]] ([[User talk:Foxwarrior|talk]]) 03:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 
:The average roll of a caster level 15 character is 25.5. Admittedly, because there's another d20 in there, it's harder for the initiator to guarantee success, but the initiator probably will succeed. --[[User:Foxwarrior|Foxwarrior]] ([[User talk:Foxwarrior|talk]]) 03:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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::That's acceptable, I suppose. But maybe I should impose a −5 penalty to the attack roll if the maneuver is used more than once in a given encounter, as it won't catch the spellcasters off-guard anymore. --[[User:Luigifan18|Luigifan18]] ([[User talk:Luigifan18|talk]]) 15:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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This is amusingly silly, but save DCs scale with very slightly less than character level, and attack bonuses scale with notably more than character level. At level 15, hitting a DC 30 spell is easy, and optimizing for frequency of critical hits is pretty easy too.


Hmmm... okay, I changed it to an opposed caster level check. That serves as a much better analogy of the contest between pitcher and batter, anyways. --Luigifan18 (talk) 03:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

The average roll of a caster level 15 character is 25.5. Admittedly, because there's another d20 in there, it's harder for the initiator to guarantee success, but the initiator probably will succeed. --Foxwarrior (talk) 03:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
That's acceptable, I suppose. But maybe I should impose a −5 penalty to the attack roll if the maneuver is used more than once in a given encounter, as it won't catch the spellcasters off-guard anymore. --Luigifan18 (talk) 15:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)