Actually not quite like this, but I have had stuff similar to this happen with my ritual usage in games. I find when it comes to stressful situations and such, rituals become a team-game. The person doing performs the ritual while the others help, defend, distract, etc.
Oh no, there is no way that you're going to say that 4E's effect-tracking is more complicated than 3E's and older editions. In 4E, effects remain either until you save against them, or for one round, ending on the initiative count of whomever originated the effect. In previous editions, one had to keep track of how many rounds it had been since a buff was applied to him, the complexity of which grows exponentially as more effects are piled into the combat. Since from mid-levels upwards buffs were the only way for non-full-caster classes to remain relevant in combat, keeping track of effects was functionally a constant hassle in 3.5E above level 7.
Have you see how long that sucker lasts?
