Talk:Taste of Souls (5e Equipment)

Balance

Keeping enough small creatures constantly alive would be costly? Taking damage after every long rest discourages indefinitely storing souls? Basic attack damage is comparable to longbow or rapier +1? Potentially get disadvantage for melee after a certain point from the length of whip?

The bag of rats is a typical flaw in these soul-based weapons. Rats cost almost nothing to maintain, breed rapidly, and can be found practically anywhere. Nothing is keeping a player from spending all their souls right before taking a rest, resting normally, and giving the bag a few hits afterward. The damage is comparable, but a rapier doesn't have 85 ft. of reach, and you can't wield a longbow and a shield at the same time (longbows also cost ammunition). There's no mechanic for disadvantage with absurd reach, so unless you add it, that's not really an argument. --Ref3rence (talk) 19:25, 30 August 2020 (MDT)