VeryAngryFelid wrote:IMHO this proves that either panlords or shatter (or both) are bad design. 200 surprise damage despite AC 38? What is expected play? Quaff flight when any panlord is in view and then find that the panlord has airstrike???
I suppose it all depends on whether you think the whole concept of "sudden death" is exciting. It's all kind of arbitrary whether one gets one button press or ten or twenty before hitting the "danger" zone... But Pan Lords and high level spells generally just all up the ante on "Oops, I didn't really mean to do
that" as I say when I find myself getting too nervous and hitting a step completely by accident while trying to figure out what's going on.
It certainly isn't
just Shatter that's high-powered, anyway. Even Force Lance for example, can do some pretty hefty damage if you get thrown into a metal wall...