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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5911047" data-attributes="member: 54877">Don't think anyone said that yet, though a few tangents did get me wondering last night if that was a possibility.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I like the idea a lot from a flavor perspective.  My one doubt is that it might not accomplish what they are trying to accomplish mechanically, which is stop the wizard loading up with a ton of utility scrolls so as to:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cover every situation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not need to put those spells in normal "slots" (whatever those are in this edition)</li> </ul>Of course, given the other changes, those might not be as big an objection as they would be in earlier editions using scrolls that way as a house rule.  Certainly, a scroll with slow, ritual knock is not the same thing as a rogue getting you through the door in a hurry or a wizard dedicating a precious, scarce regular spell slot to doing the same.   I also like that thought for some ritual healing by the cleric or other healer.  It becomes a way to recover from really nasty fights, but the time and gold invested could become considerable, thus not making it a common thing.   It's a shame that the flavor doesn't really work for wand charges.  CLW wands would be a much smaller issue if each charge took five or ten minutes to use. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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