Timeline for Ways to limit the power and overuse of Phantasmal Force
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| Jun 3, 2015 at 21:03 | vote | accept | onewho | ||
| Jun 3, 2015 at 21:03 | comment | added | onewho | Ok, after reviewing the math I am satisfied with the answer. I may write my own rules for this instead of completely follow the book for this, but this should give me a good basis for how to write my own rules to limit the area of effect for the spell. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 20:08 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @onewho A 2-inch radius sphere has a volume of ~34 cubic inches. So my "40 or 50" math before was off, but it would require at least a 30th-level illusionist to pull off 34 cubic″ with phantasmal force if you're reading the area of affect in cubic inches instead of squares. It's far worse to read it as 3D. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 20:04 | comment | added | onewho | @SevenSidedDie How do you figure that? Here is how I see it: MU Fireball Area of effect = 4 inch diameter sphere (2 inch radius) Ill Phantasmal limitation for 1st level = 5 inch cube of space. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 19:58 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @onewho If you read the area as 4 cubic″ + 1 cubic″/level it's actually far worse: you need to be in excess of 40th or 50th level to represent a fireball with phantasmal force then. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 19:55 | comment | added | onewho | See, I always figured the area of effect for a phantasmal force was described in 2d for the sake of miniatures (since most measurements in 1st edition were based on this), so I always just converted the area to 3d. Since a MU would cast a 4" sphere diameter fireball, it wasn't impossible for a 1st level Ill to do the same with a phantasmal force, but thinking about in 2d would add some serious limitations. However I could see an Ill creating a barrage of Magic Missiles since each one is no bigger then an arrow. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 19:37 | comment | added | Sandalfoot | Upvoted primarily for that last bit about the audio. It's a lot more important than most folks give it credit for. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 18:58 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2015 at 18:52 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2015 at 18:51 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | Now I'm imagining an illusionist making a phantasmal force version of fireball while yelling Wooosh! Boom! (It's adorable, by the way. Then he's absorbed by a gelatinous cube.) | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 18:46 | history | answered | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |