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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 7379021" data-attributes="member: 5890"><p>Just don't make the cleric say that he casts guidance. Unless he's doing something else, just assume that he does unless you or the cleric says otherwise.</p><p></p><p>You could make it even less obtrusive and subtract 1d4 from the DC.</p><p></p><p>If time doesn't matter, then quietly assuming that they take their actions sequentially and things take 30 seconds instead of 6 is fine... just make sure that you occasionally point out that they're taking the extra time, so when they get caught out by it (because reinforcements took 30 seconds to arrive, for instance), they can't complain and say "but we did those things at the same time".</p><p></p><p>Finally, any time that a third party is present, casting spells is probably not ok. While it's true that that specific spell isn't directly harmful, casting a spell is pretty much the same as brandishing a large knife. Even if you're not stabbing someone with it, it's going to make people nervous. Most people won't like the effect that it has on social interactions. Just for general safety's sake, it's a bad idea. You might get a pass if you're obviously using it as a tool... but even then, you don't do that sort of thing in someone else's shop, or home, or ballroom etc. Nobody will accept that you were brandishing a knife in the monarch's chamber in a harmless fashion. etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 7379021, member: 5890"] Just don't make the cleric say that he casts guidance. Unless he's doing something else, just assume that he does unless you or the cleric says otherwise. You could make it even less obtrusive and subtract 1d4 from the DC. If time doesn't matter, then quietly assuming that they take their actions sequentially and things take 30 seconds instead of 6 is fine... just make sure that you occasionally point out that they're taking the extra time, so when they get caught out by it (because reinforcements took 30 seconds to arrive, for instance), they can't complain and say "but we did those things at the same time". Finally, any time that a third party is present, casting spells is probably not ok. While it's true that that specific spell isn't directly harmful, casting a spell is pretty much the same as brandishing a large knife. Even if you're not stabbing someone with it, it's going to make people nervous. Most people won't like the effect that it has on social interactions. Just for general safety's sake, it's a bad idea. You might get a pass if you're obviously using it as a tool... but even then, you don't do that sort of thing in someone else's shop, or home, or ballroom etc. Nobody will accept that you were brandishing a knife in the monarch's chamber in a harmless fashion. etc. [/QUOTE]
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