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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1459594" data-attributes="member: 2629">This was kind of my point. People are getting too much bang out of their buck with this spell because they can min/max the effect by using game mechanics. If you do not allow game mechanics to be used as a part of the trigger for this spell, it helps to keep it reasonable. It also helps keep away that 'video game' feel that infests D&amp;D these days. A PC should never use a game term (as a game term) in character. Does this make some uses of contingency harer to set up? Yes. Are those types of things hard in the real world? Yes.As an example, a DNR (Do not resuscitate order) in the US is often a very long, well thought out specification of how someone should be treated in a life or death situation where there might be questions regarding quality of life after an injury. These things are very hard to lay out and quite often do not cover the situations that do arise in enough detail to give clear guidance. I see contingency spells a lot like a DNR in a way - a safety net to provide proper treatment of the PC when he is incapable of provifding that treatment for himself. It should be hard to use it for some things ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 1459594, member: 2629"] This was kind of my point. People are getting too much bang out of their buck with this spell because they can min/max the effect by using game mechanics. If you do not allow game mechanics to be used as a part of the trigger for this spell, it helps to keep it reasonable. It also helps keep away that 'video game' feel that infests D&D these days. A PC should never use a game term (as a game term) in character. Does this make some uses of contingency harer to set up? Yes. Are those types of things hard in the real world? Yes. As an example, a DNR (Do not resuscitate order) in the US is often a very long, well thought out specification of how someone should be treated in a life or death situation where there might be questions regarding quality of life after an injury. These things are very hard to lay out and quite often do not cover the situations that do arise in enough detail to give clear guidance. I see contingency spells a lot like a DNR in a way - a safety net to provide proper treatment of the PC when he is incapable of provifding that treatment for himself. It should be hard to use it for some things ... [/QUOTE]

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