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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9253326" data-attributes="member: 6801845">You've said they're an issue for you, I've tried to explain why many of them are not.  Having to challenge a party based on their capabilities is something every DM is faced with.It's a concentration spell, you still need to physically walk around, it is not invisible, if it takes any damage it disappears.  I see nothing that says it can move through obstacles or fly so I would rule that it cannot.  It can't interact with the world around it other than to speak so I would rule that it can't even open a door.I simply have a document stating what house rules and rulings I make.  It's pretty short, less than a page if I printed it out.  I've included spell modifications below.I have no idea what "Manifest Mind" is.  It's not a spell, I couldn't find it with a search. Forbiddance - that's actually an interesting use of the spell, personally I'd just add that to my list of "it doesn't work that way".   Banishment is one I tweak.  See below.I've tried to tell you what I do to resolve the problems.  Part of it is just an agreement with the group, if the PCs use something, I can use it as well.  Start counterspelling? Well, I find it boring, but suddenly enemy mages frequently have counterspell as well (I regularly change NPC spell lists anyway).  Is that really the kind of game you want to play?My current house rule list concerning spells is something I include when I invite people to the game and reiterate during session 0.  My list is:For thematic and game play reasons, a few spells have been modified or banned.  I don't use standard D&D cosmology, I use realms loosely based on the 9 worlds of Norse mythology, to travel between planes you have to travel the great tree Yggdrasil, and even then unless you are a god passage may be blocked.  Passageways exist to travel the tree but they are rare and must be opened with a Plane Shift spell (see below). <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Banishment doesn't send anything back to it's home plane unless it was summoned.  In that case a temporary portal has been opened that can be severed.  A creature that is permanently on your current plane can be sent back, if you are close to a passageway back to their home plane of existence.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Plane Shift can be used to open a doorway passage that leads to a path traversing Yggdrasil to another realm.  It does not create a new passageway, it must already exist.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Teleport is unreliable over long distances and has a much greater chance of failure than standard.  An item associated to a location can't be just any random object from that location, it has to have special significance and association to the location.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Teleportation Circle spell does not automatically grant you the sigils for other circles, the sigils are a closely guarded secret.  The spell can, however, be cast as a ritual.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Raise dead is possible, but this is a cosmology where even gods can die.  The spirits of the dead travel through Nifleheim on their way to their final resting place, once there it is virtually impossible to bring them back.  Revivify works as normal because the spirit is still connected to the body. Raise Dead requires a special quest.  Resurrection is only possible under very unusual circumstances.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tiny Hut stops all attacks in both directions, you can't attack anything outside the hut from inside.  In addition, the hut does not have an impenetrable floor since it's a dome.</li> </ul>There are some other things that I could add if they were abused I suppose.  For example I've never had anyone seen anyone use Forbiddance so it's never come up.    I don't ever argue about my house rules with people, I just let people know what they are.  I'll discuss how I do things with people but ultimately I make the final call.  I let people know that I will do my best to be fair but I don't care for exploits especially because anything the PCs do their opponents can also do. I don't argue with people about any of this, if someone can't accept my rulings they are free to leave.  NOTE: concerning Forbiddance if it ever comes up I'll just make a house rule that if the spell would immediately damage any creature when you cast the spell, it fails.  After all, any spell the PCs can use, the opposition can use as well.  If someone had taken the spell with this in mind, I'd let them swap it out for something else.</blockquote>

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