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<blockquote data-quote="grimmgoose" data-source="post: 9602206" data-attributes="member: 7042183">You're right, it's the point of the spell.I'm saying it's a bad spell, because that's a bad point. Arcane Eye gives one player the spotlight, and the gameplay looks like one of two ways:Option 1:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM: Okay, you see a long hallway, with one door at the far end, a hole in the wall on the left, and a door on the right.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Player with Arcane Eye: Okay, I go through the door on the right. Through the key hole.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM: You see x, y, z, plus a, b, c.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arcane Eye: Okay, now the hole on the left.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM: You see a trap. Also d, e, f.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arcane Eye: Nice. Now the door in the center.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM: [to the rest of the party: &quot;yeah, go ahead and grab some snacks. We'll be here awhile&quot;]. This looks like an armory.&nbsp; You see g, h, and i. Opposite this room are two more doors...</li>
</ul>ad infinitum until the player gets bored, the party (or the DM) revolts, or the dungeon is fully mapped out.Option 2:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM: not this again. Look, here's the map. Let's just say you know where everything is. Let's move on.</li>
</ul>Fundamentally, it's a spell that encourages boring gameplay. The fact that boring gameplay 'is the point' doesn't make it any better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grimmgoose, post: 9602206, member: 7042183"] You're right, it's the point of the spell. I'm saying it's a bad spell, [I]because that's a bad point. [/I] Arcane Eye gives one player the spotlight, and the gameplay looks like one of two ways: Option 1: [LIST] [*][B]DM[/B]: Okay, you see a long hallway, with one door at the far end, a hole in the wall on the left, and a door on the right. [*][B]Player with Arcane Eye[/B]: Okay, I go through the door on the right. Through the key hole. [*][B]DM: [/B]You see x, y, z, plus a, b, c. [*][B]Arcane Eye[/B]: Okay, now the hole on the left. [*][B]DM: [/B]You see a trap. Also d, e, f. [*][B]Arcane Eye[/B]: Nice. Now the door in the center. [*][B]DM[/B]: [to the rest of the party: [I]"yeah, go ahead and grab some snacks. We'll be here awhile"[/I]]. This looks like an armory. You see g, h, and i. Opposite this room are two more doors... [/LIST] ad infinitum until the player gets bored, the party (or the DM) revolts, or the dungeon is fully mapped out. Option 2: [LIST] [*][B]DM:[/B] not this again. Look, here's the map. Let's just say you know where everything is. Let's move on. [/LIST] Fundamentally, it's a spell that encourages boring gameplay. The fact that boring gameplay 'is the point' doesn't make it any better. [/QUOTE]

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