“And what you have are hit points, and the hope that before your hit points are empty, our spells slots have run out”

… is the joke Irressitable dance? Is it somehow unthinkable to you that a powerful barbarian might have found some way around charm spells/other single targetsave or sucks? What if they just happen to be a Berserker?

With the right eldrich blast build who needs spell slots.

As they should, would love to narrate that scene!

Well technically the barbarian can only rage for a limited time without having to rest too (although he’s a lot more dangerous without rage than a caster without spells is). Would a rogue have no limited resource other than hitpoints?

Booming blade can get nasty too, but requires a lot more work for spacing/movement.

Bear totem barbarian bbegs are the bane of every party. Fireball? So that’s 26 damage… Halved.

Hey. One hour combat? Have you played D&D?

“And halved again…” reveals Teifling horns

Resistance doesn’t stack, so it’s only halved once.

With a full party of casters? One hour IC, a couple years OOC.

So I’m only familiar with D&D in a general sense… is there a reason the mage party can’t just, like, levitate the barbarian? Seems like then you’d have a very angry, very sturdy BBEG balloon to dispose with as you like.

Levitate only lasts ten minutes, and the target gets a con save which is one of the barbarians class saves, he only goes up 20 feet if he fails, which puts the very angry barbarian within throwing object range.

Even in the worst case the barbarian will only be levitated for a handful of rounds and the wizard will want to be using offensive spells.

Warlock 2/ Sorcerer X needs spellslots to fuel quicken spell metamagic (for more eldritch blast)