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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Slapzilla" data-source="post: 3944030" data-attributes="member: 52781">Prophecy and Madness are states that can come on whenever they want, too.  Prophesy is (to me) a crystal clear vision of the ramifications of one's actions.  Foresight, understanding... Wisdom.  If Waking Trance allows the 'boon' of a Divination school spell via ritual but fatigues you until you rest for a number of hours equal to the bonus spell's level, (above and beyond a regular night's rest) then I think it limits abuse potential, has a drawback and fits the feel of both prophesy and what you seem to be shooting for.  You could also limit it to a once daily use and remove the fatigue entirely.  You could also impose it on the character whenever you wanted, with or without the fatigue, but you risk annoying the player.  I also like the potential for a Bardic Knowledge style check randomly given to the PC.Madness on the other hand, is (to me) much like a drug induced state where connections are made in an altered logic state.  It may make perfect sense to the one in the state, but doesn't stand up in the light of day.  Farscape was a setting for DnD and Call of Cthulu is a d20 game (hard to find nowadays) that had madness as an... issue.  CoC had a great system where you'd take your Wisdom score, multiply it by 5 and get your sanity stat.  Whenever the void touched you you rolled percentile dice against your sanity and if you got under it, well, good.  If over... you lost a bit of touch with reality.  (I think it was a random die roll for the loss... 1d4 for small stuff, 10d6 for whoppers... )  What does the Madness give you?  Firm convictions and powerful resolve.  I think +4 vs charms, compulsions and morale effects in exchange for potentially losing your character's sanity is fair.Let us know how it goes.</blockquote>

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