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#1 pariahsilver Sep 18, 2009 22:14:59	For no particular reason, I thought about delayed blast fireball today and decided to work up a version in 4E.  Thoughts? Delayed Blast Fireball Wizard Attack 25 You hurl a glowing orange bead into the fray, holding it together with your will so you can unleash its power at just the right time. Daily * Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement Standard Action Ranged 20 Effect: You conjure a bead of fire in an unoccupied square.  The bead lasts until the end of your next turn.  At the end of that turn, the bead is destroyed and you make the following attack centered on the bead's square. Close burst 3 Target: Ech creature in burst Attack: Intelligence vs. Reflex Hit: 5d8 + Intelligence modifier fire damage. Miss: Half damage. Sustain Minor: The bead lasts until the end of your next turn.  At the end of any round in which you do not sustain the power, the bead is destroyed and you make the attack above centered on the bead's square.
#2 bone_naga Sep 19, 2009 11:50:08	Looks good. I like that you can sustain it indefinitely, it leaves a bit of uncertainty for the enemies. You might want to increase the burst to a 5 to compensate for the lack of status effects compared to other level 25 wizard powers. Either that or lower the level to 19. It would be a bit strong on the damage side at that level, but Acid Wave has the potential to do more, and this doesn't create a zone or inflict status effects like many other powers of that level. Plus enemies can choose to avoid the burst area, negating all damage.
#3 Chimerasame Sep 19, 2009 12:59:58	Having unusually high damage for 19 would not be inappropriate. This spell has the disadvantage that it's often (perhaps not always) fairly easy to just get out of the radius and never go back to it.   It's a little different from the original spell back in the day, but I wonder if it would make any sense to offer another sustaining possibility -- sustain move; you may move the bead up to 6 squares. You may move it through occupied squares but you may not end its movement in an occupied square.
#4 pariahsilver Sep 20, 2009 0:51:48	Figured I'd take a crack at initiating the majority of the changes mentioned in those two replies. Delayed Blast Fireball Wizard Attack 25 You hurl a glowing orange bead into the fray, holding it together with your will so you can unleash its power at just the right time. Daily * Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement Standard Action Ranged 20 Effect: You conjure a bead of fire in an unoccupied square.  The bead lasts until the end of your next turn.  At the end of that turn, the bead is destroyed and you make the following attack centered on the bead's square. Close burst 4 Target: Each creature in burst Attack: Intelligence vs. Reflex Hit: 6d8 + Intelligence modifier fire damage. Miss: Half damage. Sustain Standard: You can move the bead up to 4 squares, and the bead lasts until the end of your next turn.  At the end of any round in which you do not sustain the power, the bead is destroyed and you make the attack above centered on the bead's square.  Sustain Minor: The bead lasts until the end of your next turn.  At the end of any round in which you do not sustain the power, the bead is destroyed and you make the attack above centered on the bead's square.
#5 Igfig Sep 21, 2009 17:23:41	Sustain Standard to move the bead seems excessive to me--how about Sustain Move? Other than that, great power.  It's a wonderful piece of battlefield control, since you can drop the bead in a cluster of enemies and send them scattering, then use it to chase them down or keep them out of an area.