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* Fire is a more common damage type. With more fire-dealing enemies around, it's good game design for players to get access to fire mitigation before electric; it also keeps electric enemies/attacks scary even once fire is more of a known quantity. There's an in-world justification as well, namely that druids would prioritize learning the spell which protects against more attacks | * Fire is a more common damage type. With more fire-dealing enemies around, it's good game design for players to get access to fire mitigation before electric; it also keeps electric enemies/attacks scary even once fire is more of a known quantity. There's an in-world justification as well, namely that druids would prioritize learning the spell which protects against more attacks | ||
* Protection from Lightning gives an automatic pass for saving throws, compared to a saving throw bonus *and* damage reduction for Pro. from Fire [and, speaking of the Pro. from Fire damage reduction, does that mean that a fire spell which normally deals 50% damage on a saving throw deals 1/4 damage to someone who saves while affected by Pro. from Fire?] | * Protection from Lightning gives an automatic pass for saving throws, compared to a saving throw bonus *and* damage reduction for Pro. from Fire [and, speaking of the Pro. from Fire damage reduction, does that mean that a fire spell which normally deals 50% damage on a saving throw deals 1/4 damage to someone who saves while affected by Pro. from Fire?] | ||
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| + | [[User:Tao alexis|Tao alexis]] ([[User talk:Tao alexis|talk]]) Looking at it, because it's a higher level spell, the protection from lightning should have the area of effect increased to 20 ft. rather than ten, and the endurance to 2 rounds per level instead of one. Other than that, it can be left alone. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:18, 20 June 2022
Maxwell (talk) Why is protection from lightning a fourth level spell, compared to protection from fire as a third level spell? These are the reasons I can think of:
- Fire is a more common damage type. With more fire-dealing enemies around, it's good game design for players to get access to fire mitigation before electric; it also keeps electric enemies/attacks scary even once fire is more of a known quantity. There's an in-world justification as well, namely that druids would prioritize learning the spell which protects against more attacks
- Protection from Lightning gives an automatic pass for saving throws, compared to a saving throw bonus *and* damage reduction for Pro. from Fire [and, speaking of the Pro. from Fire damage reduction, does that mean that a fire spell which normally deals 50% damage on a saving throw deals 1/4 damage to someone who saves while affected by Pro. from Fire?]
Tao alexis (talk) Looking at it, because it's a higher level spell, the protection from lightning should have the area of effect increased to 20 ft. rather than ten, and the endurance to 2 rounds per level instead of one. Other than that, it can be left alone.
