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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 1765857" data-attributes="member: 1190">Please don't get personal.  It only weakens your position.  You know nothing of my games, how I run them, or what (if anything) that has to do with my response.Whether the game revolves around story or combat doesn't matter: if you wish to have any character able to cast a spell from a scroll, do so.  Know that it will make scrolls much more valuable and completely ruin any reason to get a wand (which has tons of limitations).If the issue is that the characters are constantly saving the world and have only a day to do it, then make sure that they have lots of support, or (like I said above) change the rule for your game.  I have a feeling (just my opinion) that most people won't agree with you.  I know I don't.  But you have the option.I tend to look at a new rule from this angle: Is this rule designed to deal with a major issue that affects gameplay on a nightly basis or does it deal with a minor or singular issue that comes up a couple times a year?  If it is the former, I will go with the alternate rule.  If the latter, I will generally not.Part of your response seems linked into the Resurrection thread and less related to this one.And in answer to your question, the cleric has a d8 HD, heavy armor, and pretty good weapons, plus a bunch of defensive spells to deal with the fact that every monster might well want to do them in.Of course, during the majority of scenarios I run, the monsters are not seeking a total party kill but are simply trying to achieve a particular end.  Often, the monsters in my more story driven sessions are often out to humiliate, ruin, or simply mock the characters.  I personally feel that drama comes not from body count but from style: I guess this is why my players fear the charm spells more than the death spells and raise dead and resurrections are less of issues.  This also makes it less necessary for everyone who can say a prayer to be able to use a resurrection scroll.DC</blockquote>

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