Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
I also found a ritual (from Dragon Mag 385) called "Death Like Visage" that does a feign death like deception at level 6 in spite of the benefits being incredibly narrow, its still more potent than the practice, sigh.
It is a wierd one with no component cost aside from the need to be wearing a particular amulet (take off the amulet the effect ends implying the amulet isn't even expended during working the ritual)... so even if we just translated feign death to a martial version of it, we have 2 levels lower than the practice and no healing surge cost and no mention of someone noticing you might be alive.
Nor do I think it is totally appropriate either just that I thought it needed mentioned regardless.
There are indeed many many totally "all over the map rituals/practices with regards to usefulness and level. I guess I missed how sloppy they had been treated. It's a bit like they weren't powers so they didnt consider balance.
I am wondering if this problem was so big in the players handbook rituals or if it occurred during later edition creep? hmmm
It is a wierd one with no component cost aside from the need to be wearing a particular amulet (take off the amulet the effect ends implying the amulet isn't even expended during working the ritual)... so even if we just translated feign death to a martial version of it, we have 2 levels lower than the practice and no healing surge cost and no mention of someone noticing you might be alive.
Nor do I think it is totally appropriate either just that I thought it needed mentioned regardless.
There are indeed many many totally "all over the map rituals/practices with regards to usefulness and level. I guess I missed how sloppy they had been treated. It's a bit like they weren't powers so they didnt consider balance.
I am wondering if this problem was so big in the players handbook rituals or if it occurred during later edition creep? hmmm