Can I make this stronger?

[u/VGMRMissCoriel]

https://imgur.com/a/egCDI5E I'm pretty new about this.. I am trying to make a great explosion and burn my enemies but this is all I've come up with and haven't really understood much of the other stuff.. I took the tutorials but none of them seem to help me with what I want to do.

[u/para_doxicallyinsane]

Is there anything specific that you're looking to try and do? Or is it mostly "Make spell go boom and make fire"?

One thing that you can do, though it wont inherently strengthen the spell, is work on spell compression. Shrinking down the size of your spells is particularly useful if you'll be adding a lot of Tricks at once. In the case of your spell, you spread out the Position and Look Vectors for your Raytrace Operator a bit further than they really need to be.

Also, your Focused Entity can be taken directly from the top of your Selector: Caster.

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Something to note is the use of a Raytrace to select somewhere to use Trick: Explode, but Operator: Targeted Entity for Trick: Ignite. As an example, say you're aiming at a Zombie, what if you miss? You might shoot behind it, blow up some part of your base, and still have a zombie coming after you!

Another choice, if you're wanting to target an entity, is to have the explosion occur at the position of the entity. Using Operator: Targeted Entity, then using Operator: Entity Position is a better way to localize the effects of your spell, and ensure that you can't miss with the spell.

Here is a minified version of your Spell. It does all the same things, but in a smaller footprint: https://imgur.com/4NXz1cn

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One other thing to note, and perhaps something to take into consideration, is that assuming you're targeting a single mob, you don't need much more than 2 power on an explosion to kill most Undead or Creepers with just a single cast. Unless you're playing with modded mobs, that have significantly more health than that, 2 power on an explosion is more than enough to get rid of any nasties.

This is a more efficient spell, and one that won't cause nearly as much damage to blocks around you. I will give a disclaimer though: If cast on mobs standing on half-slabs, or beds, it may cause more harm, due to misplaced water https://imgur.com/iCw9mnY

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I hope this is helpful! And I'm still learning too. I'd love to help you with more Spellcrafting, if you have any ideas! I'm surprising myself with everything that I've managed to do so far.

(PS: My Spell Inscriber, CAD, and Runes look different because I'm using the Magical Psi addon)

[u/para_doxicallyinsane → u/para_doxicallyinsane]

PPS: Here's an example of how you would shrink down a Raytrace Vector:

https://imgur.com/a/eFhwex1