Falling Icicle
Adventurer
I really like the flavor of alot of rituals, and love that I can use any ritual I know without "preparing" it in advance. As the party wizard, I have a "gotta catch em all" attitude toward rituals. But I've noticed that despite all the rituals I've learned, I rarely ever use them except for enchant magic item. My party and I have a very frugal attitude and hate spending money on non-permanent things. This attitude goes back even to earlier editions, where we'd rarely spend money on consumable items. So the only rituals I usually end up using are those that are very low level and inexpensive, and even those I don't use very often. We look at the higher level rituals which can cost tens of thousands of gold per cast and just shake our heads. We would never use such a ritual unless absolutely forced to by the story, and even then there would be alot of grumbling about it.
Unfortunately, while I really like the flavor of rituals, I end up using them far less often than the equivalent spells in past editions, simply because of the cost. I was wondering how other people felt about this and if their experiences were similar? Do you think rituals are worth the cost? How often do you use rituals in your game? Would you prefer a rituals/day or some other way of balancing them than money?
Unfortunately, while I really like the flavor of rituals, I end up using them far less often than the equivalent spells in past editions, simply because of the cost. I was wondering how other people felt about this and if their experiences were similar? Do you think rituals are worth the cost? How often do you use rituals in your game? Would you prefer a rituals/day or some other way of balancing them than money?