occam
Hero
Do you use or ignore this rule?
This can cause story problems for things that ought to be surreptitious. For example, it can really limit the long-term success of a doppelganger or rakshasa under deep cover using detect thoughts. And what a waste for the evil sorcerer to cast a silent & still charm person, say, and be unable to get around a primitive auto-detection.
Don't you sometimes want a character to get a spell off totally undetected, even if there's no effect due to a successful save? Is there an essential game balance reason it works this way?
SRD said:Succeeding on a Saving Throw
A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack.
This can cause story problems for things that ought to be surreptitious. For example, it can really limit the long-term success of a doppelganger or rakshasa under deep cover using detect thoughts. And what a waste for the evil sorcerer to cast a silent & still charm person, say, and be unable to get around a primitive auto-detection.
Don't you sometimes want a character to get a spell off totally undetected, even if there's no effect due to a successful save? Is there an essential game balance reason it works this way?