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<blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 5921154" data-attributes="member: 83822"><p>The problem with Save or Suck powers is that their very extremism encourages work-arounds. Everyone in a fight against the medusa is going to avert their eyes, because the alternative is too extreme. The result? No one is in any danger of turning to stone. </p><p></p><p>Even if people are surprised or do peek, the mythological/pop culture expectation that someone turns instantly to stone is lost with the relatively low saving throw DC. And even if people do turn to stone, the Caves of Chaos medusa comes conveniently with a potion of depetrification! </p><p></p><p>The end result is that far from being consequential and frightening, petrification is either an inconvenience (disadvantage for a whole combat) or a road-bump. What could be very cool ('Jimmy's turning slowly to stone! We've got to break the medusa's gaze somehow!' or 'She's pulling Anne's head around and if we don't break the grapple their eyes will meet!'') becomes a slog as everyone averts their eyes and misses an awful lot more, or just shrugs their shoulders at the occasional petrified ally and slathers the victims with depetrification potion at the end of the fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sanglorian, post: 5921154, member: 83822"] The problem with Save or Suck powers is that their very extremism encourages work-arounds. Everyone in a fight against the medusa is going to avert their eyes, because the alternative is too extreme. The result? No one is in any danger of turning to stone. Even if people are surprised or do peek, the mythological/pop culture expectation that someone turns instantly to stone is lost with the relatively low saving throw DC. And even if people do turn to stone, the Caves of Chaos medusa comes conveniently with a potion of depetrification! The end result is that far from being consequential and frightening, petrification is either an inconvenience (disadvantage for a whole combat) or a road-bump. What could be very cool ('Jimmy's turning slowly to stone! We've got to break the medusa's gaze somehow!' or 'She's pulling Anne's head around and if we don't break the grapple their eyes will meet!'') becomes a slog as everyone averts their eyes and misses an awful lot more, or just shrugs their shoulders at the occasional petrified ally and slathers the victims with depetrification potion at the end of the fight. [/QUOTE]
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