Timeline for How would this extra spellcasting rule affect game balance?
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| Jan 10 at 7:16 | comment | added | justhalf | Another common term for something that means something similar to nova would probably be "burst damage", and is used in some games as well. | |
| Jan 10 at 4:31 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | I've heard nova in the context of a star going nova -- your one big blast. But "alpha strike" seems like a more common term for hitting with everything you've got, both in games and in the military. | |
| Jan 9 at 11:02 | history | edited | Eddymage | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9 at 9:50 | comment | added | VLAZ | @ThomasMarkov I've been seeing "nova" being very commonly used in D&D discussions since at least D&D 4e. At that point it was common to discuss characters/teams using nova tactics that were mostly about blowing their dailies early. It's certainly not a recent term. But with 5e there is less call of it. It's also been seeing reduced usage in general gaming community usage (including, video games). The question from 2011 is probably around the peak when the term "nova" was used. | |
| Jan 9 at 9:03 | comment | added | Thomas Markov | This seems like one of those times where just explaining what you mean is more helpful than using a vocabulary word. But maybe I’m just not up on what the kids these days are saying. I find the answers to that question terribly disappointing, but I don’t see what you think a new question might look like without being a duplicate. | |
| Jan 9 at 8:57 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | @ThomasMarkov See this question discussion of the term. I could ask a terminolgy question on it, unless you think that would be a duplicate? | |
| Jan 9 at 8:54 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | @ThomasMarkov It is using their highest spell slots to cause damage, for example if you can cast shatter or fireball on a group of opponents, that is often the most damage you can cause as a spellcaster in a round, but it is a nova abilty becasue you only can do it a limited number of times in a day. Now, you can concentrate this ability to do twice as much damage in one round, but furhter shorten how often you can use it in a day. The more you can concentrate your resources in a short time, the higher your nova ability. At least that is how I understand the term. | |
| Jan 9 at 8:51 | history | edited | Nobody the Hobgoblin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9 at 8:51 | comment | added | Thomas Markov | What is “the nova ability of casters”? | |
| Jan 9 at 8:47 | history | answered | Nobody the Hobgoblin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |