Came across this spell in the DnD Beyond article about DM'ing a red dragon. I thought: "whoa this would be great for a draconic sorcerer" and, of course, Sorcerers don't get this spell. Is it that this combo would be overpowered or something? Has anyone heard any explanation on this? Or am I missing something?
Elemental Bane is a 4th-level spell, so you'd expect a fair amount of power from it. It requires concentration, which is always contentious for your spell slots; it requires an action; and it allows a CON save, a success of which will mean nothing happens. It's useful for negating resistance, though that depends on you knowing the monster is resistant and not having other spells you can cast that the creature isn't resistant to. The additional damage, 2d6, is fine but only happens once per turn. So I wouldn't think it was overpowered under normal circumstances.
Maybe Sorcerers probably don't get it because it might be considered too sweet to Twin? Or too niche to be worth the average Sorcerer's spell selections? Hard to say in some cases how spells end up on one list or another.
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Came across this spell in the DnD Beyond article about DM'ing a red dragon. I thought: "whoa this would be great for a draconic sorcerer" and, of course, Sorcerers don't get this spell. Is it that this combo would be overpowered or something? Has anyone heard any explanation on this? Or am I missing something?
Elemental Bane is a 4th-level spell, so you'd expect a fair amount of power from it. It requires concentration, which is always contentious for your spell slots; it requires an action; and it allows a CON save, a success of which will mean nothing happens. It's useful for negating resistance, though that depends on you knowing the monster is resistant and not having other spells you can cast that the creature isn't resistant to. The additional damage, 2d6, is fine but only happens once per turn. So I wouldn't think it was overpowered under normal circumstances.
Maybe Sorcerers probably don't get it because it might be considered too sweet to Twin? Or too niche to be worth the average Sorcerer's spell selections? Hard to say in some cases how spells end up on one list or another.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.