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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8846028" data-attributes="member: 93670">This scenario is quite possibly one of if not the most stilted against success with the current influence rules & the results are a cakewalk.  Guidance is a spell that's guaranteed to interact with other subsystems like influence/search/study/etc & usually doing so when the out of combat action cost is a complete nonissue.  A spell like that needs to be considered in the context of how it impacts those other subsystems.[spoiler="imagine this Well known NPC Mayor"][ATTACH=full]268538[/ATTACH][/spoiler]In <a href="https://eberron.fandom.com/wiki/Xor%27chylic" target="_blank">this </a>role....  Bob is a bard with expertise in a relevant skill, +4 or +5 charisma, & nine levels under his belt.... He needs to roll a six after factoring the +15. Reaction guidance brings that six down to 5 maximum or 3 to 4(technically 3.5) if you figure the average for a d4.. Since the mayor is an unsettling but potentially neutral or even friendly point of contact for Nation/Deity adjacent narrative space movers & shakers in the world the players have a seriously good chance of interacting with him socially without expecting combat.  The players are almost certain to be in ToTM so 10feet becomes anyone in the entire group unless the mayor engages in things to split the party apart in ways that trigger an "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA" target="_blank">it's a trap</a>" style reactions in players.</blockquote>

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