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<blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 7115030" data-attributes="member: 6778305">There's a lot of latitude in 5e for DMs to use their own sense and imagination.You're &quot;sensing&quot; that creating a high-level spell seems too easy. One thing to build into it might be to add in the costs of the material components that were tried and found ineffective in making the wanted spell work. Drug companies spend a whole lot of time and money testing different chemical combinations for both safety and effectiveness. It's part of why they make the news for incredibly expensive dosages when the medication gets introduced to market - they need to recoup all the money they spent on the experiments that failed (another part might be greed and the desire to gouge a market backed into a corner - just saying). Assembling the right mix of material components can be very time-consuming, maybe requiring whole adventures to acquire rare components.The longer the wizard takes to find the right combination, the more lifestyle expenses mount, too.Maybe some of those failed efforts failed spectacularly. Add in the cost and time of repair and healing. Maybe legal costs, too, if you injured any of your neighbors or damaged their property. That could even get you time in the local dungeon, delaying your research further.Fun, fun, fun in the slow-you-down &quot;dun&quot;. (Oops! Sorry. Beach Boys on in the background.)I hope these ideas help kick-start your own imagination.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Redthistle, post: 7115030, member: 6778305"] There's a lot of latitude in 5e for DMs to use their own sense and imagination. You're "sensing" that creating a high-level spell seems too easy. One thing to build into it might be to add in the costs of the material components that were tried and found ineffective in making the wanted spell work. Drug companies spend a whole lot of time and money testing different chemical combinations for both safety and effectiveness. It's part of why they make the news for incredibly expensive dosages when the medication gets introduced to market - they need to recoup all the money they spent on the experiments that failed (another part might be greed and the desire to gouge a market backed into a corner - just saying). Assembling the right mix of material components can be very time-consuming, maybe requiring whole adventures to acquire rare components. The longer the wizard takes to find the right combination, the more lifestyle expenses mount, too. Maybe some of those failed efforts failed spectacularly. Add in the cost and time of repair and healing. Maybe legal costs, too, if you injured any of your neighbors or damaged their property. That could even get you time in the local dungeon, delaying your research further. Fun, fun, fun in the slow-you-down "dun". (Oops! Sorry. Beach Boys on in the background.) I hope these ideas help kick-start your own imagination. [/QUOTE]

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