Timeline for Would it be balanced to change True Strike from a cantrip to a 1st level spell in order to make accessing it less of an investment?
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| Sep 17, 2020 at 12:41 | comment | added | PixelMaster | @illustro I'm really not sure what you're getting at. In my answer I never said the spell should be a level 1 spell; my paragraph about making it a bonus action assumed it stayed a cantrip. Only Yuval suggested combining that change with making it a bonus action. These would be two major changes, however, and I can't judge the balancing of that change without playtesting. | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 12:37 | history | edited | PixelMaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2020 at 11:22 | comment | added | illustro | That first part of the sentence in my previous comment should read "it wasn't (and still isn't) clear that the ..." | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 9:14 | comment | added | illustro | @PixelMaster it wasn't (and still isn't) that the changing to the bonus action was in addition to making it a levelled spell. | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 0:53 | comment | added | PixelMaster | @illustro having established that making the cantrip a first level spell would make it even worse than it already is, I based my proposed changes on the spell continuing to be a cantrip. In which case it would indeed give more or less free advantage on any leveled spell (or cantrip for that matter) that is cast using an action. And like I said to Yuval Amir, making it a first-level spell cast with a bonus action equals two major changes at once, which I can't judge without either thinking about it more extensively or playtesting it. | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 0:36 | comment | added | illustro | Changing it to be a bonus action means the other spells cast, using your action(s), can only be a cantrip(s). So it wouldn't give them free advantage on levelled spells at all. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 11:47 | comment | added | PixelMaster | @YuvalAmir that would remove the issue of being able to cast it indefinitely, except for high-level wizards (shouldn't be a problem there though, other 1st-level-spells are also powerful if castable at-will). That modification is pretty far off from the original version, though, so I can't say how well it would be balanced. If you decide to playtest a modified version, please leave your feedback here ^^ It may also be a good idea to open a separate question if really want to homebrew the spell with feedback from the community. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 9:51 | comment | added | Yuval Amir | What about making it a level 1 spell and a bonus action? You could use it to give advantage to cantrips exchange for a first level spell slot | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 20:55 | history | edited | PixelMaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | PixelMaster | @NautArch yes, precisely. Casters normally don't have anything to do with their bonus action if they're casting a leveled spell (= spell level 1+) with their action, meaning that this cantrip would give them free advantage on leveled spells. In addition, even if they only cast a cantrip with their action (such as firebolt), they can get pretty much free advantage on that cantrip's attack roll. There are exceptions of course, such as casting Magic Stone, Misty Step, sorcerers casting a quickened spell, or (multiclassed) rogues taking the Disengage action - but generally, the BA is left over. | |
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| Sep 15, 2020 at 13:09 | history | edited | PixelMaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2020 at 13:00 | history | answered | PixelMaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |