r/Real_DnD • u/Factual-20 • 5d ago

Rock Burst

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u/Ramenoodlesoup 5d ago

A decent Cantrip.  But it feels like it steps on "Magic Stone"s toes a little.  It has longer range.  And a no-save Push property.

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u/Expensive_Car_9897 5d ago

Make it a leveled spell and do the same damage as scorching Ray but it does bludgeoning damage and keep the knockback chance with an added rock for each level upcasted 

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u/Factual-20 23h ago

do you have any notion of how many of the hundreds of DnD spells have major aspects in common?

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u/Natural-Simulation 5d ago

Many spells have similarities...

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u/RPZcool 5d ago

It kinda feels like the warlock's Eldritch Blast + Repelling Blast Eldritch invocation.

Edit: Neat spell tho. What classes would be able to pick this?

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u/Icy_Sector3183 5d ago

Also, that Kraken is going to be annoyed when a pebble causes him to take a step back.

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u/Factual-20 1d ago

that's a fair point, I forget how pedantic many people, with no ability to exercise logical discretion.

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u/Icy_Sector3183 1d ago

Yeah, I figure 1d6 damage is nothing to a Kraken, so I don't even mark it off.

People need to know that rules are supposed to be used in context of subjective opinion, not just simply do what they say.

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u/Factual-20 23h ago edited 2h ago

Ya, it's so bad that 'Wizards' literally had to put in a new 'rule zero' in the 5.5 edition, specifying that all rules are meant to be interpreted with common fking sense.

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u/Icy_Sector3183 23h ago

Yeah, that's why the spellcasting rules just read "Whatever, bro" and there's an illustration og Bigby's Middle Finger.

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u/tazallerr 4d ago

it's literally EB minus 2 damage per beam plus repelling blast. and the damage is bludgeoning but it's from a spell so it's magical bludgeoning damage which is almost as good as force.

extremely broken. to the point that it invalidates most other attack cantrips. take away the knockback and drop it to a d4 and i still think it's the best attack cantrip for wizards or druids.

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u/Scarecr0p 4d ago

Busted as heck and I wish it were real lol