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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7837098" data-attributes="member: 20323">I think [USER=97077]@iserith[/USER], [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER], [USER=996]@Tony Vargas[/USER], you guys honed in one my issue...Yeah, the couple I've seen arcane eye cast it was never with a specific end in mind. I actually asked something like &quot;what are you looking for?&quot; and the answer I got back was a survey of the city's structures and – because the druid cast commune with nature – the location of powerful undead in the area (there were lots). Basically, he wanted the &quot;drone's eye view flying through the city.&quot; There wasn't a specific agenda. Just recon.It's not that the wizard player wants to hog a bunch of time. It's not a dysfunctional player or DM issue, as best I can tell. He just wants to play a convincingly know-it-all well-traveled archaeologist divination specialist. The issue seems to be when casting arcane eye to survey an area that is information rich, providing that information has been time-consuming at our table.Exactly. Last time and most recently, there isn't a specific goal. He's just trying to get as much information about a dangerous city as he can. What are the main structures? What enemies and hazards are readily visible? He wants a general survey.There's like 30 locations in this city which would be visible to an arcane eye. In 1 hour, the arcane eye can cover about 18,000 feet (30ft/6 sec round = 300 ft/minute = 18,000 ft/hr) or 72 hexes (which are 250-ft). The interesting areas of the city amount to about 20,000 feet or 80 hexes. So there's 2,000 feet, or 8 hexes that would be left out of a single casting of arcane eye.Very much agree that info-gathering can be used to hook and drive the plot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7837098, member: 20323"] I think [USER=97077]@iserith[/USER], [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER], [USER=996]@Tony Vargas[/USER], you guys honed in one my issue... Yeah, the couple I've seen [I]arcane eye [/I]cast it was never with a specific end in mind. I actually asked something like "what are you looking for?" and the answer I got back was a survey of the city's structures and – because the druid cast [I]commune with nature [/I]– the location of powerful undead in the area (there were lots). Basically, he wanted the "drone's eye view flying through the city." There wasn't a specific agenda. Just recon. It's not that the wizard player [I]wants [/I]to hog a bunch of time. It's not a dysfunctional player or DM issue, as best I can tell. He just wants to play a convincingly know-it-all well-traveled archaeologist divination specialist. The issue seems to be when casting [I]arcane eye[/I] to survey an area that is information rich, providing that information has been time-consuming at our table. Exactly. Last time and most recently, there isn't a specific goal. He's just trying to get as much information about a dangerous city as he can. What are the main structures? What enemies and hazards are readily visible? He wants a general survey. There's like 30 locations in this city which would be visible to an [I]arcane eye. [/I]In 1 hour, the[I] arcane eye [/I]can cover about 18,000 feet (30ft/6 sec round = 300 ft/minute = 18,000 ft/hr) or 72 hexes (which are 250-ft). The interesting areas of the city amount to about 20,000 feet or 80 hexes. So there's 2,000 feet, or 8 hexes that would be left out of a single casting of [I]arcane eye.[/I] Very much agree that info-gathering can be used to hook and drive the plot. [/QUOTE]

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