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<blockquote data-quote="Albert_Fish" data-source="post: 1859939" data-attributes="member: 1780">In&nbsp; my&nbsp; &quot; Typical Amount of&nbsp; Magic&quot; campaign I&nbsp; got tired of my players perfectly counting&nbsp; squares for&nbsp; Areas of&nbsp; Effect so as&nbsp; to&nbsp; dis-include&nbsp; allies.To this&nbsp; end&nbsp;&nbsp; I&nbsp;&nbsp; invoked&nbsp; two seperate rules.Rule 1:&nbsp; you&nbsp; may spend a round&nbsp; concentrating&nbsp; your&nbsp; spell&nbsp; so it&nbsp; does not effect&nbsp; your&nbsp; allies orRule 2 make a&nbsp; Spell-craft&nbsp; Check DC 15 +1/2 of the&nbsp; Spell level.&nbsp; If the roll fails&nbsp; then role&nbsp; on your&nbsp; standard&nbsp; Grenade-like effects diagram.I would&nbsp;&nbsp; adjust&nbsp;&nbsp; Rule&nbsp; 2 to a&nbsp; Level Check Granting&nbsp; bonuses&nbsp; on&nbsp; spells&nbsp; that&nbsp; are&nbsp;&nbsp; two levels&nbsp; blow the&nbsp; uppermost Spell&nbsp; Level; i.e. A fifth level spell caster gains&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; plus to&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp; Level&nbsp; checks&nbsp; for casting&nbsp; 1st level spells.You can also&nbsp; do the&nbsp; odds=1 rule fromthe&nbsp; Grim-n-Gritty system wherein&nbsp; all odd numbers rolled on&nbsp; damage or&nbsp; duration dice are&nbsp; counted&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; ones so that&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 die fireball might&nbsp; roll as follows : 6,4,2,1,3=6,4,2,1,1=14 points of&nbsp; damage rather than 16.&nbsp; It&nbsp;&nbsp; makes it so&nbsp; you can roll&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; maximum amount, but&nbsp;&nbsp; you are more likely to role a&nbsp; smaller&nbsp; amount for&nbsp;&nbsp; either Duration or Damage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Albert_Fish, post: 1859939, member: 1780"] In my " Typical Amount of Magic" campaign I got tired of my players perfectly counting squares for Areas of Effect so as to dis-include allies. To this end I invoked two seperate rules. Rule 1: you may spend a round concentrating your spell so it does not effect your allies or Rule 2 make a Spell-craft Check DC 15 +1/2 of the Spell level. If the roll fails then role on your standard Grenade-like effects diagram. I would adjust Rule 2 to a Level Check Granting bonuses on spells that are two levels blow the uppermost Spell Level; i.e. A fifth level spell caster gains a plus to to Level checks for casting 1st level spells. You can also do the odds=1 rule fromthe Grim-n-Gritty system wherein all odd numbers rolled on damage or duration dice are counted as ones so that a 5 die fireball might roll as follows : 6,4,2,1,3=6,4,2,1,1=14 points of damage rather than 16. It makes it so you can roll the maximum amount, but you are more likely to role a smaller amount for either Duration or Damage. [/QUOTE]

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