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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8927356" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Re Divine Favour, I can't say.</p><p></p><p>If Divine Favour is a meta-currency a la Inspiration in 5e the answer is easy: it wouldn't exist. I'd either excise it from the system or not use that system.</p><p></p><p>If Divine Favour is an in-game reward for character actions then it becomes an open question.</p><p></p><p>Re 4e rituals, while people might try to assert that, there'd be some DM-side pushback. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> That said, I'm not sure I'd even run with a magic system where use of magic didn't measurably deplete the caster somehow (as a limiting mechanism if nothing else, so they can't just keep casting all day), so the answer would become simple: did you use the resource (i.e. deplete your casting resources until such time as they can be recovered)? If yes, it can be a ritual. If no, it's not.</p><p></p><p>More to the point, they also a) need to realize they have that scope and b) be willing to use it. This is what often makes new players so wonderful: they don't yet feel like they can't try something, so they just go ahead and try it. Experienced players sometimes fall into patterns and become - often completely unintentionally - less willing to use the scope they've always had.</p><p></p><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p>There's a school of thought that says, to a certain extent, limitations breed creativity; and I think it has some merit. Too many limitations (as in your choose-your-own-adventure example) obviously squash creativity, but no limitations can have the same effect. It's as though all that "open space" is somehow overwhelming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8927356, member: 29398"] Re Divine Favour, I can't say. If Divine Favour is a meta-currency a la Inspiration in 5e the answer is easy: it wouldn't exist. I'd either excise it from the system or not use that system. If Divine Favour is an in-game reward for character actions then it becomes an open question. Re 4e rituals, while people might try to assert that, there'd be some DM-side pushback. :) That said, I'm not sure I'd even run with a magic system where use of magic didn't measurably deplete the caster somehow (as a limiting mechanism if nothing else, so they can't just keep casting all day), so the answer would become simple: did you use the resource (i.e. deplete your casting resources until such time as they can be recovered)? If yes, it can be a ritual. If no, it's not. More to the point, they also a) need to realize they have that scope and b) be willing to use it. This is what often makes new players so wonderful: they don't yet feel like they can't try something, so they just go ahead and try it. Experienced players sometimes fall into patterns and become - often completely unintentionally - less willing to use the scope they've always had. Agreed. There's a school of thought that says, to a certain extent, limitations breed creativity; and I think it has some merit. Too many limitations (as in your choose-your-own-adventure example) obviously squash creativity, but no limitations can have the same effect. It's as though all that "open space" is somehow overwhelming. [/QUOTE]
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