Acid Spells [Archive] - Wizards Community

Acid Spells [Archive] - Wizards Community

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DarkPawn
10-31-06, 01:49 AM Looking for a website that could show me all Acid Spells from all sources. Recently acquired the Complete Mage and was looking at the reserve feat Acidic Splatter. As far as I can tell though, the highest level acid spell is acid cloud, 6th level.

Anyone know of any higher level acid spells? Or point me to a source where I could search more effectively? Thanks in advance.
Morgen
10-31-06, 02:06 AM Well rather then trying to list out all the spells that have the acid type, I figured It'd be more efficient to point you to the feat Energy Substitution.

That will turn the energy of any spell with an energy type you prepair with it to a different time. So you can make a fireball and acidball or fire seeds into acid seeds, etc.
DarkPawn
10-31-06, 02:15 AM Well rather then trying to list out all the spells that have the acid type, I figured It'd be more efficient to point you to the feat Energy Substitution.

That will turn the energy of any spell with an energy type you prepair with it to a different time. So you can make a fireball and acidball or fire seeds into acid seeds, etc.

Or an Acidic Meteor Swarm...gotcha. Thanks for the tip. That might be worth it. I noticed that the old version of Energy Substitution in Tome & Blood had Sonic as one of the options. The version in Complete Arcane does not. Any reason for this?
DrMorganes
10-31-06, 02:46 AM Balance.

Sonic resistance is one of the rarest in the game. Being able to swap Sonic damage into any energy-based spell essentially meant all of your direct-damage spells are now pretty much guaranteed to bypass energy resistance. Having this for the mere cost of a single feat is unbalanced.

Keep in mind the rule of thumb for juding whether a given feat, class feature, spell, etc is balanced:

If EVERYBODY wants it, it's overpowered. If NOBODY wants it, it's underpowered.

Honestly, what mage WOULDN'T take Energy Substitution if Sonic Energy was on the list of substitutable options?
DarkPawn
10-31-06, 02:48 AM Okay thanks for the info/
angryscrub
10-31-06, 01:19 PM Also, I believe that heighten spell works with reserve feats.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
DarkPawn 10-31-06, 01:49 AM	Looking for a website that could show me all Acid Spells from all sources. Recently acquired the Complete Mage and was looking at the reserve feat Acidic Splatter. As far as I can tell though, the highest level acid spell is acid cloud, 6th level. Anyone know of any higher level acid spells? Or point me to a source where I could search more effectively? Thanks in advance.
Morgen 10-31-06, 02:06 AM	Well rather then trying to list out all the spells that have the acid type, I figured It'd be more efficient to point you to the feat Energy Substitution. That will turn the energy of any spell with an energy type you prepair with it to a different time. So you can make a fireball and acidball or fire seeds into acid seeds, etc.
DarkPawn 10-31-06, 02:15 AM	Well rather then trying to list out all the spells that have the acid type, I figured It'd be more efficient to point you to the feat Energy Substitution. That will turn the energy of any spell with an energy type you prepair with it to a different time. So you can make a fireball and acidball or fire seeds into acid seeds, etc. Or an Acidic Meteor Swarm...gotcha. Thanks for the tip. That might be worth it. I noticed that the old version of Energy Substitution in Tome & Blood had Sonic as one of the options. The version in Complete Arcane does not. Any reason for this?
DrMorganes 10-31-06, 02:46 AM	Balance. Sonic resistance is one of the rarest in the game. Being able to swap Sonic damage into any energy-based spell essentially meant all of your direct-damage spells are now pretty much guaranteed to bypass energy resistance. Having this for the mere cost of a single feat is unbalanced. Keep in mind the rule of thumb for juding whether a given feat, class feature, spell, etc is balanced: If EVERYBODY wants it, it's overpowered. If NOBODY wants it, it's underpowered. Honestly, what mage WOULDN'T take Energy Substitution if Sonic Energy was on the list of substitutable options?
DarkPawn 10-31-06, 02:48 AM	Okay thanks for the info/
angryscrub 10-31-06, 01:19 PM	Also, I believe that heighten spell works with reserve feats.