mlenser
commented
2 years ago When you get it at 5th level, you are taking 20–25 damage per turn, but when you reach higher levels, you are taking 60+ damage per turn.
This makes several assumptions in the monsters you're facing and that you'd be targeted by them all. As a percentage of your total health things stay fairly similar. As a pure number count, you're likely taking more damage at higher tiers.
This spell isn't meant to provide pure numbers. It is meant to be open ended to prevent broken bones, falling, significant damage, harsh conditions, etc.
Picture this: a high level caster casts immolation with 4 mana on a target. It takes some 65 damage and is burning 12. The target uses temporal regression with 2 mana and completely reverts both the initial damage and the burning condition.
Yup, it's a very strong spell. I'm not sure if it can be scaled to all tiers. Maybe it should be 3 mana?
My suggestion is to put a cap of 20 health regained per mana, so up to 40 health regained at 2 mana, 60 at 3 mana, 80 at 4 mana, and maybe uncapped at 5 mana.
This feels somewhat clunky and wouldn't solve cases like reverting conditions. It would still be very possibly to undo strong CC or lots of burning/bleeding. It feels like a bandaid.
Marcloure
https://www.kryxrpg.com/spells/temporal-regression
Issue is, since you regain all life lost snice your previous turn, the spell effectiveness grows naturally as you level up without requiring more mana. When you get it at 5th level, you are taking 20–25 damage per turn, but when you reach higher levels, you are taking 60+ damage per turn.
Picture this: a high level caster casts immolation with 4 mana on a target. It takes some 65 damage and is burning 12. The target uses temporal regression with 2 mana and completely reverts both the initial damage and the burning condition.
Another example: at 5th level, a gladiator has a DPR of 22. A pit fiend has a DPR of 122. Both are equally canceled by a 2 mana temporal regression. It's extremelly powerful that you can take 122 damage and revert all of it (and any condition that may come with it) with just 2 mana.
My suggestion is to put a cap of 20 health regained per mana, so up to 40 health regained at 2 mana, 60 at 3 mana, 80 at 4 mana, and maybe uncapped at 5 mana.