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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 542057" data-attributes="member: 224"><p>And I'm sure yer a wonderful DM. Really. But what bearing does that have here? <em>Zero.</em> Really.</p><p></p><p>The <em>Contingency</em> versus 9th level spells sounds like a great idea. Clever use, and all o' that dreck. I'm just poking at it to see if it stands up to some scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>It seems as if spells like this, that depend on how the caster words his request, are <em>balanced</em> by that limitation. IOW, <em>wish, contingency,</em> and the like are balanced by the need to be careful when you word them.</p><p></p><p>As for your claim that high Int dragons wouldn't make mistakes ....well, that's just ludicrious. Not only is that essentially impossible to adjudicate as a DM, but it takes out at least part of the fun of the encounter.</p><p></p><p>DM: "The dragon rears back after noting your approach, and casts a quickened <em>True Seeing</em>. He instantly sees through your polymorphed-into-dragon's-guards disquise, so he proceeds to cast <em>Haste</em>, then <em>Time Stop</em>. Then he......"</p><p></p><p>Player 1: "Hey, how'd he know to cast <em>True Seeing</em>?"</p><p></p><p>DM: "He's super intellegent, of course! He guessed your next move, logically deducing it from your past actions! He didn't even need to <em>scry</em> you."</p><p></p><p>Player 1: "But we only just found that scroll of <em>Polymorph</em>.....</p><p></p><p>DM: "Hah! But he <em>knew</em> you'd find it, and based on the psychology of the individual.......</p><p></p><p>Player 2: "Hey DM, can your dragon guess what I'm gonna do with this empty beer can?..........."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 542057, member: 224"] And I'm sure yer a wonderful DM. Really. But what bearing does that have here? [i]Zero.[/i] Really. The [i]Contingency[/i] versus 9th level spells sounds like a great idea. Clever use, and all o' that dreck. I'm just poking at it to see if it stands up to some scrutiny. It seems as if spells like this, that depend on how the caster words his request, are [i]balanced[/i] by that limitation. IOW, [i]wish, contingency,[/i] and the like are balanced by the need to be careful when you word them. As for your claim that high Int dragons wouldn't make mistakes ....well, that's just ludicrious. Not only is that essentially impossible to adjudicate as a DM, but it takes out at least part of the fun of the encounter. DM: "The dragon rears back after noting your approach, and casts a quickened [i]True Seeing[/i]. He instantly sees through your polymorphed-into-dragon's-guards disquise, so he proceeds to cast [i]Haste[/i], then [i]Time Stop[/i]. Then he......" Player 1: "Hey, how'd he know to cast [i]True Seeing[/i]?" DM: "He's super intellegent, of course! He guessed your next move, logically deducing it from your past actions! He didn't even need to [i]scry[/i] you." Player 1: "But we only just found that scroll of [i]Polymorph[/i]..... DM: "Hah! But he [i]knew[/i] you'd find it, and based on the psychology of the individual....... Player 2: "Hey DM, can your dragon guess what I'm gonna do with this empty beer can?..........." [/QUOTE]
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