Counterspelled Booming Blade

[Psyren]

(I have a geologist in the group. Lava is dense).

I fully concur - but again, D&D is far from the most egregious defender in this regard.

Yep, Blatant Beast acknowledged this from the beginning. Not relevant.

So the avoidable incongruous result was acknowledged yet willfully ingested anyway. Got it.

Lava is already 18d10 damage off the books, most PCs are going to be killed by that damage anyway.

Most, yes - but not all. And again, this approach allows things like fire resistance, Absorb Elements, even interesting counters like Tomb of Levistus etc to play a role.

On consideration, "the air isn't breathable" is one of the harder things to circumvent. Water? Sure. Deadly gas? Uhhh... I think there's one magic item that let's you not need air and that might be it.

There's Air Bubble from Spelljammer, and Air Genasi probably wouldn't be too chuffed.

[Theodoxus]

This is where a 10th+ level moon druid is a boon. "I become an air elemental and let everyone chill in my oxygen rich environment". That's a ruling isn't it... air elementals can't actually do that, right?

[Psyren]

This is where a 10th+ level moon druid is a boon. "I become an air elemental and let everyone chill in my oxygen rich environment". That's a ruling isn't it... air elementals can't actually do that, right?

Not sure how chill you can be getting flung 20 feet in the air

[Theodoxus]

Not sure how chill you can be getting flung 20 feet in the air

Everyone has 4 levels of Monk? Zen slow fall!

[Amnestic]

Everyone has 4 levels of Monk?

Why bother? An acrobatics check solves that problem apparently.

[Theodoxus]

What's the DC? Even on a 10, you're going to slowly take damage... any higher and the poor folks who tanked their Dex are going to be hurting. Sure, 2d6 is a lot less than 18d6... but you're probably going to be inside the elemental for more than 9 rounds ;)

[Dr.Samurai]

Why bother? An acrobatics check solves that problem apparently.

Yeah.

It's a passive aggressive check...

[Theodoxus]

Yeah.

It's a passive aggressive check...

Which I failed until after I posted, and then re-read Amnestic's post a second time... Makes sense though, my aggression is pretty low, so my passive aggressive check is likewise.

[Peelee]

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: Closed for review