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i was wrong about Cloud of Daggers and I
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have been for several years so I was
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under the impression that the 2014
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version of Cloud of Daggers still
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allowed a saving throw so a combination
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of like the spell being immobile the AoE
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being tiny the damage not being great
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and then thinking that it had a saving
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throw it looked like a pretty awful
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spell honestly um some folks in comments
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on my previous video uh called me out
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for that and encouraged me to take a
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second look so yeah I went and looked i
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was wrong i appreciate folks correcting
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me um so in the new version of the spell
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like old version of the spell was fine
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like it's better than I gave it credit
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for new version of the spell got an
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important buff in that you can move it
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and also the language for when the
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damage applies is much clearer so it is
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a more reliable source of damage and the
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fact that it doesn't allow a saving
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throw makes that 44 damage pretty great
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honestly also the context changed around
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the spell in the 2024 rules the
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abundance of forced movement effects
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from like push weapon masteries and
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grapple being like easier to get into
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because you don't need proficiency in
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athletics um and just a ton of class
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features that now force movement all of
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those options make spells like cloud of
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daggers considerably better and while
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it's admittedly small AoE is certainly a
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limitation the ability to force enemies
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into that 5-ft cube makes it a lot
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better uh this is you know independent
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of the discussion around where to place
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AoE's you can still make a 5-ft cube
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work especially since there's no save to
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avoid the damage i got this one wrong i
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appreciate folks taking the time to tell
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me to go take another look i try really
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hard to be right i get things wrong
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sometimes and hey when folks find things
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that I've done wrong I always appreciate
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when you tell me about
