Chromatic Orb 3.5 [Archive] - Wizards Community

Chromatic Orb 3.5 [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
thegreatbuddha
04-05-06, 10:47 AM Did Chromatic Orb ever get updated to 3.0/3.5?

It was such a great spell...
FEADIN1
04-05-06, 11:27 AM You have the orb spells in the Complete arcane, not really the same.
CaoSlayer
04-05-06, 11:42 AM It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced.
thegreatbuddha
04-05-06, 10:46 PM It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced.

*sniff*

I miss it too.
Moon-Lancer
04-05-06, 11:29 PM people complain about the spells today, but do we really want to go back to chromatic orb?
Vaelan
04-05-06, 11:41 PM It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced.
Chromatic Orb paralyzed people that actually made the save, so it is quite a bit better than Finger of Death.
True Cavalier
04-06-06, 04:53 AM Hurray for useful low-level slots once you are high-level :D

I didn't play much of second edition, only 1 campaign, but I loved it in Baldur's Gate.
Jarrad
04-06-06, 05:08 AM Yeah, but if low-levels spells can be that powerful just because the caster has advanced to a high level, to what end are there high-level spells at all? Surely it would be better to have ALL spells as first-level (or 0th-level) spells that have increasing effect as the caster advances...

Just think: as a 1st level caster, Temporal Stasis doesn't actually freeze a creature in time, it just makes its watch a bit slow, hopefully making it late for the fight. By 5th level, the target will *always* be late for important appointments, making it unable to hold down any job that isn't in senior management. By 10th level it's as useful as you need: the target will be moving so slowly through time that not only will it always arrive after the fight has finished, but after a few years its hairstyle and clothes will be so out of fashion that it will be a complete social outcast, and will turn against the former allies who have so cruelly snubbed it. ;-)

Of course, it's not so easy to categorise the low-level effects of all spells that easily...

1st-level Mage: (points finger, mutters words of power) "Disintegrate! Die, foul beast!"

Monster: "AAAAARGH! You... you... you B*ST*RD! I'd just had that jacket dry-cleaned!"
Radagast
04-06-06, 12:13 PM Hahahaha - oh, that's great!

It makes me want to create some sort of Curse spell that makes the target forever late unless they get Remove Curse or a similar spell cast. That would be fun!

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
thegreatbuddha 04-05-06, 10:47 AM	Did Chromatic Orb ever get updated to 3.0/3.5? It was such a great spell...
FEADIN1 04-05-06, 11:27 AM	You have the orb spells in the Complete arcane, not really the same.
CaoSlayer 04-05-06, 11:42 AM	It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced.
thegreatbuddha 04-05-06, 10:46 PM	It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced. sniff I miss it too.
Moon-Lancer 04-05-06, 11:29 PM	people complain about the spells today, but do we really want to go back to chromatic orb?
Vaelan 04-05-06, 11:41 PM	It was such a broken spell... finger of death as a level 1 spell was never balanced. Chromatic Orb paralyzed people that actually made the save, so it is quite a bit better than Finger of Death.
True Cavalier 04-06-06, 04:53 AM	Hurray for useful low-level slots once you are high-level :D I didn't play much of second edition, only 1 campaign, but I loved it in Baldur's Gate.
Jarrad 04-06-06, 05:08 AM	Yeah, but if low-levels spells can be that powerful just because the caster has advanced to a high level, to what end are there high-level spells at all? Surely it would be better to have ALL spells as first-level (or 0th-level) spells that have increasing effect as the caster advances... Just think: as a 1st level caster, Temporal Stasis doesn't actually freeze a creature in time, it just makes its watch a bit slow, hopefully making it late for the fight. By 5th level, the target will always be late for important appointments, making it unable to hold down any job that isn't in senior management. By 10th level it's as useful as you need: the target will be moving so slowly through time that not only will it always arrive after the fight has finished, but after a few years its hairstyle and clothes will be so out of fashion that it will be a complete social outcast, and will turn against the former allies who have so cruelly snubbed it. ;-) Of course, it's not so easy to categorise the low-level effects of all spells that easily... 1st-level Mage: (points finger, mutters words of power) "Disintegrate! Die, foul beast!" Monster: "AAAAARGH! You... you... you BSTRD! I'd just had that jacket dry-cleaned!"
Radagast 04-06-06, 12:13 PM	Hahahaha - oh, that's great! It makes me want to create some sort of Curse spell that makes the target forever late unless they get Remove Curse or a similar spell cast. That would be fun!