lol. I've known the guy for 14 years. I know how he thinks :)
Indeed. The "I'll not listen to my players" comments are more like "I'll go play by myself" comments. The fact that Darth and I are talking about it is back and forth, we're trying to figure out the mechanics when the authors...
PC here: The DM is just looking around for things to beat us up with. He has a tendency to always max their HP and other items, but it never really pans out.
I'll agree with others when they say it has no duration; but when I read "aura", I don't read continuous, I just read "area affect"...