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Dispel magic only available at level 2 is useless at mid-level on because of how Counteract works. I’d love to see more casters willing and able to dispel in pfs.
That is all.
Venture-Lieutenant, Finland—Turku
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They used to scale, but it was removed and some options were taken out. Probably because an automatically heightened scroll of your choice is pretty much better than any other comparable consumable that the other lists offer.
My Monk/Wizard is sad for nothing having an extra fireball, but I don't see heightening coming back - who would pick a healing potion if you could just hand the party caster a scroll of soothe or Heal?
That being said, Dispel Magic should be available at all levels because of how counteract checks work, and picking dispel magic is a gamble as there's no guarantee it'll always be useful. Not having scaling dispel magic means it's a double gamble - 1, would dispel be useful during a scenario and 2, will the effect you need to dispel be low enough for it to work?
(unlike fireball, which is basically always useful as long as the scenario has at least 1 combat with enemies that aren't immune to fire).
Venture-Agent, California—Silicon Valley
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My Monk/Wizard is sad for nothing having an extra fireball, but I don't see heightening coming back - who would pick a healing potion if you could just hand the party caster a scroll of soothe or Heal?
I mean, that was the point of removing the scaling. Everyone was picking Fireball and Heal, so what was the point in even having the different spells available?
Spells like Dispel Magic, which rely on which level the spell is cast at, should be more common in the list. I also think having Heal at a higher level than 3rd would be nice, but not at whichever level you want. Spells that deal damage like Fireball or Cone of Cold need to stay limited, else that's what everyone will take.
Honestly, there probably shouldn't be damaging spells on the list at all. The other two schools don't get nearly as many damage options, if at all. Spells is basically the best school to take, even as a Martial character, since you can just hand the scroll off to a caster in the party.
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They used to scale, but it was removed and some options were taken out. Probably because an automatically heightened scroll of your choice is pretty much better than any other comparable consumable that the other lists offer.
My Monk/Wizard is sad for nothing having an extra fireball, but I don't see heightening coming back - who would pick a healing potion if you could just hand the party caster a scroll of soothe or Heal?
Maybe make a qualifier requiring it to be lower level. At 5-6, take any previous scroll heightened to 2nd level. At 7-8, take any previous scroll heightened to 3rd level. And so on and so forth.
Other than that, +1 on Dispel at every level.
Regional Venture-Coordinator, Central Europe
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Personally, I would be in favor of some ACP boon options to add some more items (and yes also spells) to the list players can select via their Pathfinder training ^^
No thanks, the whole school thing is already far too complicated with 4 different lists, adding options to that with boons is not something I would like to see.
Venture-Lieutenant, Netherlands—Leiden
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Maybe the revision of spells during the remaster would be a good moment to take a new look at this. Also if condition removal spells get reorganized.
The school lists are a good way of teaching newish players "these items are relevant at your level, go check them out".