Thinking about adding this spell to my repertoire as a druid. Does it effectively nullify any single attack against you? So even if the damage is 28 damage it completely negates it? If so this could be a lifesaver at times. Could you wield a wand of this?
The spell does not nullify an attack, it grants you damage reduction and fire resistance equal to half your caster level against the attack.
So if the attack would deal 28 damage and you had a caster level of 7 this spell would reduce the damage to 25.
I remember looking at this spell and thinking its garbage.
I remember looking at this spell and thinking its garbage.
It isn't great. Being an immediate action spell helps it though, since at least it uses less action economy.
I could maybe see using it at higher levels when it would do a bit more and you have first level spells you aren't using for anything else.
Still, that is only a maybe using it....
by those levels one would hope quickened spells were being prepared to use those actions for :P but yeah maybe I kind of wish it was a higher level spell so it could be less rubbish because the imagery is very kewl.
Quickened spells can't be used as an immediate action, although they do take up the swift action that could be used for one. In my experience, even with quickened spells after a round or two of combat classes that don't have built in swift actions (like a wizard or a druid) often end up without anything to do with their swift action, so it is potentially viable to mitigate a bit of damage.
The problem is that the damage mitigated is too little for even a low value spell slot and low value action. I personally think the spell would be fine if it was your level in DR and Energy resistance, rather than half your level, that would be enough to make it worth it sometime, and reducing damage on a single attack isn't ever going to be too overpowered. It would still be fine as a first level spell.
wow this spell is garbage then from what I am reading lol I'm looking for some level 1 spells that I can use, I have 4 slots. I have used two for Long Strider and Ice armor. We have a wand of CLW already. Any recommendations for my last two spell slots? Currently level 6.
Obscuring mist and Shillelagh?
I like obscuring mist, a bit situational otherwise pretty solid. Shillelagh is OK but Im always in octopus form I don't wield a quarterstaff. How about the Jump spell? Seems like it may be good to cast on my animal companion to get into position behind our foes?