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Changing Cantrips: Guidance, Resistance, True Strike, and Friends
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<blockquote data-quote="ezo" data-source="post: 9236127" data-attributes="member: 7037866"><p>My thoughts:</p><p></p><p><strong>Divine Inspiration:</strong> This is way too good. Yes the casting time is 10 minutes, but it is a free d4 for multiple creatures, especially with a range of 100 feet! Granted, it is just for ability checks and saves, but still...</p><p></p><p>If the duration was shorter (like maybe 1 hour), the range less (like 5 or 10 feet), and a creature can benefit from it only once before requiring a rest, then it would be more balanced IMO. I do see what you are trying to do with Resistance, and frankly just combining the two into one cantrip would be fine.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, in our games Guidance is limited to once per rest (including short) per PC.</p><p></p><p><strong>True Strike:</strong> Just a bit too strong, but not likely to do any harm. Making it a bonus action is, frankly, what we did as well. Otherwise, it is an absolutely useless feat 9 times out of 10. Rerolling damage is a good interpretation, so that's fine, but I would limit the number of dice you can reroll, instead of any/all.</p><p></p><p>This is something I could see <em>every</em> pew-pew caster taking. Bonus action True Strike, action 4d10 Fire Bolt, re-roll any die that is low? Changing it the way you have almost makes it a must have for such PCs.</p><p></p><p>Or, a rogue who takes it via a feat or something applying it to a 5+ d6 sneak attack??</p><p></p><p><strong>Friends:</strong> Perfectly fine. The only odd bit is the "succeed their save by 5 or more" part since 5E generally steers away from such things. They are out there, sure, just not that common. Perhaps just make it, "<em>You have disadvantage on any Charisma checks you make against a creature that succeeds on their saving throw as they suspect you might be using magic on you and grow somewhat suspicious.</em>" and remove the 5-point thing.</p><p></p><p>This way, the spell becomes a "Well, if it works, I get advantage; if it fails, I have disadvantage" but it doesn't automatically make the creature hostile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ezo, post: 9236127, member: 7037866"] My thoughts: [B]Divine Inspiration:[/B] This is way too good. Yes the casting time is 10 minutes, but it is a free d4 for multiple creatures, especially with a range of 100 feet! Granted, it is just for ability checks and saves, but still... If the duration was shorter (like maybe 1 hour), the range less (like 5 or 10 feet), and a creature can benefit from it only once before requiring a rest, then it would be more balanced IMO. I do see what you are trying to do with Resistance, and frankly just combining the two into one cantrip would be fine. FWIW, in our games Guidance is limited to once per rest (including short) per PC. [B]True Strike:[/B] Just a bit too strong, but not likely to do any harm. Making it a bonus action is, frankly, what we did as well. Otherwise, it is an absolutely useless feat 9 times out of 10. Rerolling damage is a good interpretation, so that's fine, but I would limit the number of dice you can reroll, instead of any/all. This is something I could see [I]every[/I] pew-pew caster taking. Bonus action True Strike, action 4d10 Fire Bolt, re-roll any die that is low? Changing it the way you have almost makes it a must have for such PCs. Or, a rogue who takes it via a feat or something applying it to a 5+ d6 sneak attack?? [B]Friends:[/B] Perfectly fine. The only odd bit is the "succeed their save by 5 or more" part since 5E generally steers away from such things. They are out there, sure, just not that common. Perhaps just make it, "[I]You have disadvantage on any Charisma checks you make against a creature that succeeds on their saving throw as they suspect you might be using magic on you and grow somewhat suspicious.[/I]" and remove the 5-point thing. This way, the spell becomes a "Well, if it works, I get advantage; if it fails, I have disadvantage" but it doesn't automatically make the creature hostile. [/QUOTE]
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