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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7206388" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Depends how harsh one is on the Survival skill checks, I suppose. For me, if you haven't got a Ranger in the party good luck with that in anything other than ideal conditions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Also, if one doesn't know how many mouths one might eventually have to feed (e.g. a rescue mission) it's worth having handy.</p><p></p><p>Depends on the game and-or DM. I know in this case I'd go 3e on it and have the level of the Bestow Curse's caster have a lot to say about how easy the curse is to simply Dispel.</p><p><insert evil cackle here> </p><p></p><p>Come and sit at my table, my pretty...yes, that's it...now roll up a character...heh heh... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Ah. Yes, it looks to have been horribly nerfed from what I'm used to; to the point of near-useless.</p><p></p><p>Not at all the case in games I'm used to. Common is a language used mostly by traders and adventurers (and not even all adventurers know it - some players intentionally choose other languages instead) and not often by the general populace who instead use whatever language is local to their culture.</p><p>If I'm in the Celtic lands, most people I meet will speak Celtic and only a few will speak Common. If I cross to Norse lands they'll speak Norse...and a few will speak Common. Dwarven lands...Dwarvish...etc.</p><p></p><p>You'd need to add a decipher-writing part to Tongues, then.</p><p></p><p>True, though failure could be risky via unintentional insult etc. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Water Breathing is another example of a spell that's kinda useless most of the time but that every now and then becomes absolutely can't-finish-the-adventure-without-it essential...and is thus hard to rate on a general scale like this.</p><p></p><p>Maybe there needs to be a new "Highly Variable" category for such spells.</p><p></p><p>Lan-"highly-variable poster"-efan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7206388, member: 29398"] Depends how harsh one is on the Survival skill checks, I suppose. For me, if you haven't got a Ranger in the party good luck with that in anything other than ideal conditions. :) Also, if one doesn't know how many mouths one might eventually have to feed (e.g. a rescue mission) it's worth having handy. Depends on the game and-or DM. I know in this case I'd go 3e on it and have the level of the Bestow Curse's caster have a lot to say about how easy the curse is to simply Dispel. <insert evil cackle here> Come and sit at my table, my pretty...yes, that's it...now roll up a character...heh heh... :) Ah. Yes, it looks to have been horribly nerfed from what I'm used to; to the point of near-useless. Not at all the case in games I'm used to. Common is a language used mostly by traders and adventurers (and not even all adventurers know it - some players intentionally choose other languages instead) and not often by the general populace who instead use whatever language is local to their culture. If I'm in the Celtic lands, most people I meet will speak Celtic and only a few will speak Common. If I cross to Norse lands they'll speak Norse...and a few will speak Common. Dwarven lands...Dwarvish...etc. You'd need to add a decipher-writing part to Tongues, then. True, though failure could be risky via unintentional insult etc. :) Water Breathing is another example of a spell that's kinda useless most of the time but that every now and then becomes absolutely can't-finish-the-adventure-without-it essential...and is thus hard to rate on a general scale like this. Maybe there needs to be a new "Highly Variable" category for such spells. Lan-"highly-variable poster"-efan [/QUOTE]
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