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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7161946" data-attributes="member: 1465">I don't like them either. I don't think they make the game any better or more interesting. I would also want simplicity and consistency.1) A first really simple idea could be: - all spells have verbal and somatic components, period (&quot;material&quot; components don't exist); no more need to check anything if all spells work the same- verbal means the usual thing: you must be able to speak clearly (as loud as normal conversation), you can't do it if silenced or gagged- somatic means you need one free hand, but it's up to you to describe it as waving a wand/symbol/whatever, sprinkling ingredients, or just gesturing (make the latter always working as a backup choice, so that it's not inherently a penalty to choose something else)- you can still add a requirement for expensive ingredients to a few specific spells2) A complication on the previous idea, for more tactical variety, could be made by adding these:- some spells are &quot;magic words&quot;, i.e. don't need the somatic component- some spells are &quot;silent spells&quot;, i.e. don't need the verbal componentApart from still not having material components, how is this different from the normal rules? It's all in the presentation of the spells! The normal rules require you to check which components a spell has. In this variant, you assume both components unless the spell is marked as &quot;word&quot; or &quot;silent&quot;. IMO it would be more comfortable.------As for the object interaction rules, I would just totally ignore the &quot;one object&quot; restriction and use common sense. If it feels too much to do in a single turn, the DM just says you can't do more than what you've already done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7161946, member: 1465"] I don't like them either. I don't think they make the game any better or more interesting. I would also want simplicity and consistency. 1) A first really simple idea could be: - [I]all spells [/I]have [B]verbal [/B]and [B]somatic[/B] components, period ("material" components don't exist); no more need to check anything if all spells work the same - [B]verbal[/B] means the usual thing: you must be able to speak clearly (as loud as normal conversation), you can't do it if silenced or gagged - [B]somatic[/B] means you need one free hand, but it's up to you to describe it as waving a wand/symbol/whatever, sprinkling ingredients, or just gesturing (make the latter always working as a backup choice, so that it's not inherently a penalty to choose something else) - you can still add a requirement for [I]expensive[/I] ingredients to a few specific spells 2) A complication on the previous idea, for more tactical variety, could be made by adding these: - some spells are "magic words", i.e. don't need the somatic component - some spells are "silent spells", i.e. don't need the verbal component Apart from still not having material components, how is this different from the normal rules? It's all in the [I]presentation[/I] of the spells! The normal rules require you to check which components a spell has. In this variant, you assume both components [I]unless[/I] the spell is marked as "word" or "silent". IMO it would be more comfortable. ------ As for the object interaction rules, I would just totally ignore the "one object" restriction and use common sense. If it [I]feels[/I] too much to do in a single turn, the DM just says you can't do more than what you've already done. [/QUOTE]

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