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<blockquote data-quote="Joe Liker" data-source="post: 6362348" data-attributes="member: 6777505">Starting at level 9, when the proficiency bonus is +4, this cantrip is only about half as good as proficiency. By comparison, all bards are half-proficient (at minimum) in every skill starting at level 2, all the time, without having to cast a spell.Plus 1d4 on a skill check is nice, but it's not exactly an auto-success. It's basically the same as a circumstance bonus from previous editions.There seem to be a lot of DMs who think creating and maintaining challenge is their primary role. It is not. The primary role of a DM is to make the game fun. Maintaining challenge is a small part of that. A much bigger, more important part is letting the players use their abilities to their advantage and feel powerful in doing so.In the grand scheme of things, guidance is an easy way to let players feel good about their characters and teamwork, and it does not wreck the game. It improves their chance of success by a blistering 12.5 percent. Big woop. Trust me, your game will be better if you just let them have their fun. People are far more likely to lose interest in a campaign where the DM is overly draconian than if things are a tiny bit on the easy side. It is human nature to like to win, after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joe Liker, post: 6362348, member: 6777505"] Starting at level 9, when the proficiency bonus is +4, this cantrip is only about half as good as proficiency. By comparison, all bards are half-proficient (at minimum) in every skill starting at level 2, all the time, without having to cast a spell. Plus 1d4 on a skill check is nice, but it's not exactly an auto-success. It's basically the same as a circumstance bonus from previous editions. There seem to be a lot of DMs who think creating and maintaining challenge is their primary role. It is not. The primary role of a DM is to make the game fun. Maintaining challenge is a small part of that. A much bigger, more important part is letting the players use their abilities to their advantage and feel powerful in doing so. In the grand scheme of things, [I]guidance[/I] is an easy way to let players feel good about their characters and teamwork, and it does not wreck the game. It improves their chance of success by a blistering 12.5 percent. Big woop. Trust me, your game will be better if you just let them have their fun. People are far more likely to lose interest in a campaign where the DM is overly draconian than if things are a tiny bit on the easy side. It is human nature to like to win, after all. [/QUOTE]

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