Miasma effect

[Mulkhoran]

It says you cannot do much more than cough and choke. The "voluntarily resuming breathing" bit doesn't seem to fit with that. Line 3 of the spells says you can cough and spit, a later line says you cannot. With a slight contradiction like this, I guess it really comes down to a DM call. We as a group unanimously interpreted it as I described above (you can cough and spit; why would holding your breath cancel this?) So, this could theoretically be filed as a house rule. I guess I never read the spell quite the way you have, but I have a tendency to simply fix contradictions. Thoughts?

Another thing to consider would be reviving the character. Lifeguards revive nearly drowned, unconscious people every day. Another possible HR could be a heal check to stabilize the character before death.

-Fletch!

Hmm, never really saw it that way. I always thought the second part of the description was sort of re-emphasizing the consequences if you tried to breathe. It seems odd that if you just cough and spit, nothing bad happens other than you can't do that, but if you hold your breath, *then* try to breathe, you die. But I can see where you're coming from. Then again, I just Fort save Miasma and call it a day. Oh well, thanks for the clarification.

 

[mkletch]

Hmm, never really saw it that way. I always thought the second part of the description was sort of re-emphasizing the consequences if you tried to breathe. It seems odd that if you just cough and spit, nothing bad happens other than you can't do that, but if you hold your breath, *then* try to breathe, you die. But I can see where you're coming from. Then again, I just Fort save Miasma and call it a day. Oh well, thanks for the clarification.

The only good thing with miasma is the fact that it is different. That might have colored my interpretation of the text, but maybe not. But the fact that it does not allow a save, and the possible workarounds for the effect, make it interesting - makes the PCs think, and actually worry a bit.

-Fletch!

 

[DevoutlyApathetic]

Those of you with the Psi book might want to look at Crisis of Breath and work from there. You know, the somewhat balanced version of this spell...

 

[mkletch]

It's annoying that the SRD does not contain the actual power descriptions for psionic powers. The stat blocks are nice, but only for the 25% of the time that you need them to the exclusion of the text...

-Fletch!