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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2930830" data-attributes="member: 30001">You might want to mention that in the house rules.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I know some people freak out when I say I don't use the wealth guidelines for level.&nbsp; I can only imagine the reaction to the &quot;spell casting can lead to lobotomy&quot; rule.There are a number of questions that I like being mysteries to humans, but I can't come up with a good reason why the gods wouldn't know the answers, or why they wouldn't want to tell people about it.&nbsp; I sort of hand-wave the concept that powerful Chaotic beings mess with divination spells under certain circumstances (with the usual sensitivities towards nerfing character powers).I have an issue with raise dead as well - not so much that I mind PCs using it, but I don't want to have to consider the question of why every NPC of over a certain wealth level doesn't have themselves raised.&nbsp; One can imagine people hosting &quot;I've been dead&quot; parties.&nbsp; I'm a bit of a &quot;simulationist&quot; at times.&nbsp; Makes me want to start a thread on that.So I use houserules similar to what you're saying, where there's an X% chance of a nasty effect - like the God of Death taking an interest in what's happening.&nbsp; The most common effect is that the soul is lost someplace miserable and unable to return - a fate that's not really much different for a PC, but one greatly feared by NPCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 2930830, member: 30001"] You might want to mention that in the house rules. :) I know some people freak out when I say I don't use the wealth guidelines for level. I can only imagine the reaction to the "spell casting can lead to lobotomy" rule. There are a number of questions that I like being mysteries to humans, but I can't come up with a good reason why the gods wouldn't know the answers, or why they wouldn't want to tell people about it. I sort of hand-wave the concept that powerful Chaotic beings mess with divination spells under certain circumstances (with the usual sensitivities towards nerfing character powers). I have an issue with raise dead as well - not so much that I mind PCs using it, but I don't want to have to consider the question of why every NPC of over a certain wealth level doesn't have themselves raised. One can imagine people hosting "I've been dead" parties. I'm a bit of a "simulationist" at times. Makes me want to start a thread on that. So I use houserules similar to what you're saying, where there's an X% chance of a nasty effect - like the God of Death taking an interest in what's happening. The most common effect is that the soul is lost someplace miserable and unable to return - a fate that's not really much different for a PC, but one greatly feared by NPCs. [/QUOTE]

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