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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 5978217" data-attributes="member: 710">One will certainly have to take care for what spells they apply and consider who can use the spells.I think of spells like Tenser's Transformation or that Cleric spell that boosts melee damage. Temporarily, you may find them useful as you are almost as good as a Fighter, but you will likely need spells later. But this is clearly a case where we have to make sure that doesn't suffer from such a restriction can get the spell. But D&D Next could provide guidelines for this and suggest DMs to take a very close look."Take Damage" may not necessarily be "any damage" but take "X amount" damage. So a caster may not be able to maintain flight if he has suffered 30 points of damage or so - this allows people to bring flying casters to the ground, but not hinder regular exploration and give them some time to really shine.My tendency is to think that involuntary movement would need to be controlled in some way, and the rule would probably be "make a check if you move or are moved". In other ideas, I use the concept of a "Caster Check", which is basicaly an ability check  on your spell casting ability score, against DCs based on spell level. Something like 5+Spell Level (for checks that are meant as minor risks), 10 + Spell Level (for more significant risks) and 15 to 20 + spell level (for stuff you normally won't rely on making.)I don't necessarily agree that all day buffs are a mistake. They should just not be too straightfoward like those +4 to ability score spells.I think it's generally in my mind as additional condition. And I think there are plenty of spells where this is a condition where a spell should fail - stuff like Invisibilty or Fly, for example.</blockquote>

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