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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9005706" data-attributes="member: 7006">True enough.&nbsp; I'm sure each person would have their own opinion on that.&nbsp; My opinion is pretty straightforward, in that it doesn't matter if you call them Spells, Prayers, Invocations, or whatever name you give them depending on the power source they are supposed to be for... they all are played exactly the same-- roll a spell attack or have a saving throw made, or else some non-combat ability occurs, and in al cases you tick off the box spell slot box you have for the level you cast.And because D&amp;D combat is its own mini-game within the D&amp;D game sphere and most &quot;fluff&quot; has to be layered and described by the player on top of the mini-game mechanics (or more often than not isn't)... there's no differentiation between spells, prayers, invocations or whatnot.&nbsp; Unless the player works really hard to try and describe what happens as being something different depending on the power source.&nbsp; But because the mini-game doesn't require it, it doesn't oftentimes happen (just like &quot;describing attacks&quot; can get easily pushed by the wayside too, since the mini-game doesn't need those descriptions to function and instead they just slow the mini-game down.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9005706, member: 7006"] True enough. I'm sure each person would have their own opinion on that. My opinion is pretty straightforward, in that it doesn't matter if you call them Spells, Prayers, Invocations, or whatever name you give them depending on the power source they are supposed to be for... they all are played exactly the same-- roll a spell attack or have a saving throw made, or else some non-combat ability occurs, and in al cases you tick off the box spell slot box you have for the level you cast. And because D&D combat is its own mini-game within the D&D game sphere and most "fluff" has to be layered and described by the player [I]on top[/I] of the mini-game mechanics (or more often than not [I]isn't[/I])... there's no differentiation between spells, prayers, invocations or whatnot. Unless the player works [I]really hard[/I] to try and describe what happens as being something different depending on the power source. But because the mini-game doesn't require it, it doesn't oftentimes happen (just like "describing attacks" can get easily pushed by the wayside too, since the mini-game doesn't need those descriptions to function and instead they just slow the mini-game down.) [/QUOTE]

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