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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7379835" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Actually, changing piv instead of changing rules or play can help avoid problems. I have found, in life and in game, when someone complains getting them to look at it from a step back can help get to the "problem" in different ways and often avoid the double down yeah-feel-your-pain fixes.This is especially true if your "problem" is at its core "what others are doing."Lets give an example...Lets say IN MY GAMES i added the Guidance pre-approval Angel-insurance thingy as an immersive fix that has nothing at all nosirree to do with balance.Lets say from that i tell a cleric of Altoid the White they cannot cast Guidance to help detect or disarm traps cuz you know *I the GM* have decided AtW does not like that today.Thief fails checks, four folks get blasted... Fire thingyNow the AtW cleric wants to heal... I say ok.Room later they see similar signs... I still say "AtW says no Guidance" Now they instead ask for some protection spells from the cleric or enhance ability and i say yes cuz it was only Guidance that needed immersion proofing...I can guarantee you that in my game and in more than a few others the so-called immersive gains are DOA due to the obvious gross illogic and inconsistency.Showing a GM to look at it differently rather than just reinforce their impression can help avoid problems.My suggestion was to boost the duration with concentration so that the cleric can portray it as a prayer for blessing and yet not get into the scene itself. At least an hour means no more immersion breaking last minute interrupto cleric.</blockquote>

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