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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 7087774" data-attributes="member: 6845520"><p>There is no rule stopping it, albeit as mentioned, walking around chanting and waving your arms in the middle of a dark dungeon quiet cavern is sure to attract attention. As would casting in the middle of a crowded marketplace (where magic may even be illegal depending on setting). Likewise, depending on specific terrain, or the evironmental conditions, they may be required to make a saving throw to keep from looking Concentration. Keeping a delicate spell wording or gestures correct is difficult if they are walking across a narrow ledge, uneven ground in the dark, or in when surrounded by a crowd of people talking, likewise, if they are whipping out certain material components the smell may attract wondering creatures as well as the sound, and they would likely suffer a disadvantage on perception to notice things while focusing on magic.</p><p></p><p>That said, this does bring up a minor gripe in have with ritual casting. I am very very glad that it exists (albeit in wish all casters had it, not just wizards/clerics/druids), as it encourages players to use more of the utility spells without sacrificing all effectiveness, but it does bother me that they can move/travel while doing it. To me ritual casting seems thematically to be there to imitate scenes in fiction such as performing exercisms, witches "sniffing" out magic, reviving/communicating with the dead, and performing divination and reading fortunes type of stuff, etc. The idea of such acts "on the go" is just odd...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MostlyHarmless42, post: 7087774, member: 6845520"] There is no rule stopping it, albeit as mentioned, walking around chanting and waving your arms in the middle of a dark dungeon quiet cavern is sure to attract attention. As would casting in the middle of a crowded marketplace (where magic may even be illegal depending on setting). Likewise, depending on specific terrain, or the evironmental conditions, they may be required to make a saving throw to keep from looking Concentration. Keeping a delicate spell wording or gestures correct is difficult if they are walking across a narrow ledge, uneven ground in the dark, or in when surrounded by a crowd of people talking, likewise, if they are whipping out certain material components the smell may attract wondering creatures as well as the sound, and they would likely suffer a disadvantage on perception to notice things while focusing on magic. That said, this does bring up a minor gripe in have with ritual casting. I am very very glad that it exists (albeit in wish all casters had it, not just wizards/clerics/druids), as it encourages players to use more of the utility spells without sacrificing all effectiveness, but it does bother me that they can move/travel while doing it. To me ritual casting seems thematically to be there to imitate scenes in fiction such as performing exercisms, witches "sniffing" out magic, reviving/communicating with the dead, and performing divination and reading fortunes type of stuff, etc. The idea of such acts "on the go" is just odd... [/QUOTE]
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