Mines Malingerer
Posts: 39
Joined: Wednesday, 19th June 2013, 09:00
Replace Ignite Poison with Ignite Clouds spell
There is however another side off ignite poison that I think is less interesting, it is in almost all cases the superior choice over letting poison do its work for very little downside. A very large portion of Venom Mage gameplay consists of repeatedly spamming Toxic radiance or poison cloud immediately followed by ignite poison. This combination is present in the starting book and is often optimal without much thought. In my opinion this dilutes the nature of poison of being a damage over time effect to yet another source of instant damage.
I suggest replacing the ignite poison spell with an ignite clouds spell. This keeps the interesting aspects of the spell while putting more focus on Poison magic as a source of damage over time.
Rebalance as needed.