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<blockquote data-quote="Samurai" data-source="post: 6361653" data-attributes="member: 3850">Let me point out a few things about Guidance:1)&nbsp; It is a spell, requiring verbal and somatic components.&nbsp; That means it is obvious spellcasting to viewers and listeners, which likely won't be taken kindly in many places.&nbsp; Casting an unknown spell in the middle of a delicate negotiation or the king's hall can cause a lot of problems.&nbsp; Casting Guidance while you are sneaking is highly audible.&nbsp; Think about all the times, places, and instances where you do not want to cast a spell because of the attention it draws.2)&nbsp; Guidance is Concentration, up to 1 minute.&nbsp; That means you can only have it active on 1 person at a time, and you can't have any other, better spells that you could be concentrating on instead.&nbsp; You can't be Detecting Good and Evil, or Detecting Magic, or using Silence to help everyone in sneaking instead of +1d4 for 1 person.&nbsp; While it may occasionally be useful at the lower levels (if you are in a place where obvious spellcasting doesn't matter), eventually many other spells will prove to be more beneficial and using your concentration for +1d4 for 1 character for 1 roll will be a last resort.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samurai, post: 6361653, member: 3850"] Let me point out a few things about Guidance: 1) It is a spell, requiring verbal and somatic components. That means it is obvious spellcasting to viewers and listeners, which likely won't be taken kindly in many places. Casting an unknown spell in the middle of a delicate negotiation or the king's hall can cause a lot of problems. Casting Guidance while you are sneaking is highly audible. Think about all the times, places, and instances where you do not want to cast a spell because of the attention it draws. 2) Guidance is [B]Concentration[/B], up to 1 minute. That means you can only have it active on 1 person at a time, and you can't have any other, better spells that you could be concentrating on instead. You can't be Detecting Good and Evil, or Detecting Magic, or using Silence to help everyone in sneaking instead of +1d4 for 1 person. While it may occasionally be useful at the lower levels (if you are in a place where obvious spellcasting doesn't matter), eventually many other spells will prove to be more beneficial and using your concentration for +1d4 for 1 character for 1 roll will be a last resort. [/QUOTE]

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