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Making Vancian Casting More "Linear" and Less "Quadratic"
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<blockquote data-quote="concjo" data-source="post: 5890774" data-attributes="member: 78913"><p>1. This is based off of my experiences with various gaming groups as a DM and player for 20+ years. So, it's not an assumption.</p><p>2. EVERYTHING (regarding rules) is an assumption as there are no official rules on it. DUH..</p><p> </p><p>3. Have you ever run a module? Yes, there are deadlines that are measured in days and either can't be moved or don't make sense to move the deadline into hours/minutes. YOU are now making the assumptions that all deadlines could/should be moved.... Yes, i could house rule everything as a DM, but that's not really what we're talking about.</p><p> </p><p>4. You are once again missing the point.... If there are essentially no "wear down" fights, the group is at somewhere near full power. To actually make ANY fight challenging, they would need to be more over the top. Some of the funniest things have happened with non-threatening fights that were just there to use up some resources. </p><p> </p><p>5. Who drinks a potion of cure light wounds in a boss fight? NO ONE past level 3.... No need for a potion of haste, because your mage has that back after a short rest... Why bother with any scrolls, potions or wands at all really. With a short rest, you always have the resources you need. You could also argue that it reduces the usefullness of some scrying, scouting and some things around preparation. Need a knock, wait 5 minutes. I normally just memorize all blasty spells to be 100% effective, but now i'll take a breather and get that remove disease, knock, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="concjo, post: 5890774, member: 78913"] 1. This is based off of my experiences with various gaming groups as a DM and player for 20+ years. So, it's not an assumption. 2. EVERYTHING (regarding rules) is an assumption as there are no official rules on it. DUH.. 3. Have you ever run a module? Yes, there are deadlines that are measured in days and either can't be moved or don't make sense to move the deadline into hours/minutes. YOU are now making the assumptions that all deadlines could/should be moved.... Yes, i could house rule everything as a DM, but that's not really what we're talking about. 4. You are once again missing the point.... If there are essentially no "wear down" fights, the group is at somewhere near full power. To actually make ANY fight challenging, they would need to be more over the top. Some of the funniest things have happened with non-threatening fights that were just there to use up some resources. 5. Who drinks a potion of cure light wounds in a boss fight? NO ONE past level 3.... No need for a potion of haste, because your mage has that back after a short rest... Why bother with any scrolls, potions or wands at all really. With a short rest, you always have the resources you need. You could also argue that it reduces the usefullness of some scrying, scouting and some things around preparation. Need a knock, wait 5 minutes. I normally just memorize all blasty spells to be 100% effective, but now i'll take a breather and get that remove disease, knock, etc. [/QUOTE]
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