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ericgrau · 10-07-2012, 10:04 PM

The thing that makes meteor swarm sometimes worth it is the large area. I don't see many situations where a 240 foot bolt will hit more than a 120 foot bolt, making this very rarely worth it rather than sometimes. So it takes meteor swarm from "well sometimes it's actually pretty good" to truly underpowered. You might try some kind of variant on chain lightning instead. As long as it hits more targets than 4 lightning bolts but less targets than meteor swarm it shouldn't be overpowered.

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ericgrau Firbolg in the Playground Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender:	Re: Meteor Swarm Lightning Variant The thing that makes meteor swarm sometimes worth it is the large area. I don't see many situations where a 240 foot bolt will hit more than a 120 foot bolt, making this very rarely worth it rather than sometimes. So it takes meteor swarm from "well sometimes it's actually pretty good" to truly underpowered. You might try some kind of variant on chain lightning instead. As long as it hits more targets than 4 lightning bolts but less targets than meteor swarm it shouldn't be overpowered. __________________ So you never have to interrupt a game to look up a rule again: My 3.5e Rules Cheat Sheets: Normal, With Consolidated Skill System TOGC's 3.5e Spell/etc Cards: rpgnow / drivethru rpg Utilities: Magic Item Shop Generator (Req. MS Excel), Balanced Low Magic Item System Printable Cardstock Dungeon Tiles: Part 1, 2 Last edited by ericgrau : 10-07-2012 at 10:06 PM.