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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7379109" data-attributes="member: 2525">Guidance is an out-of-combat spell. Because in-combat you wouldn't spend an action to add 1d4 to someone's ability check. If you were willing to spend an action for that, you'd spend it instead using the Help action which would given them advantage on the check, which is worth more than 1d4.So given it's an out-of-combat thing, there is no real time constraint. 6 seconds to mumble a prayer to your deity is pretty meaningless in terms of time. Nor is the 1d4 game-breaking for DCs.So...why require the player to do anything? Why not just treat it as effectively an aura of helpfulness. If you're in 30' of the cleric then, when out of combat and not in initiative, all PCs get a +1d4 to their ability checks.  Now there is no distraction. And it doesn't harm immersion - the general blessing of the clerics deity is over the party and things just tend to work slightly better when near him.</blockquote>