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    Default Re: How powerful is a level 20 Wizard Simulacrum with no spell slots?

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    Default Re: How powerful is a level 20 Wizard Simulacrum with no spell slots?

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    Maybe you're okay with the further implications, but this is the sort of thing you want to consider those implications on: remember, it is not necessary that the simulacrum be of the caster, nor even of a willing target.
    Simulacrum as a spell is somewhat morally fraught as, when used on a non-willing subject. Replacing the King with Folger’s Crystals and ruling from behind the throne is dodgy behavior..period.

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    They did that in previous editions, and have chosen in 5e not to get that fiddly, but none of that stops a DM from embracing that concept to tailor the simulacrum spell better to their game world.
    If one is going with this idea, splintering a should should have a cost; how many HP or spell slots or {something}s must a wizard give up in order for a simulacrum to have a piece of a real soul? Might be better to think it all the way through before implementing a change.
    Quick idea of the top of my head, would be to limit the number of casts to one’s Constitution Modifier.

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    Simulacrum as a spell is somewhat morally fraught as, when used on a non-willing subject. Replacing the King with Folger’s Crystals and ruling from behind the throne is dodgy behavior..period.
    It's not the morality I was suggesting you concern yourself with, but rather the implications as to whether the spell is too powerful, when you can fracture other creatures' souls. With an illusion spell.

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    Replacing the King with Folger’s Crystals and ruling from behind the throne is dodgy behavior..period.
    We are facing that conundrum as PCs in a campaign now, and have to figure out how to find the original King and then deal with the sim.

    Recently had a battle in a room full of spell casters, a few of whom were actually simulacra who melted into little puddles as soon as the meteor swarm fell (the mad emperor brought down fire; it dropped my Paladin to 0 HP but didn't kill him)
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