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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2874891" data-attributes="member: 545">I would take a similar approach...&quot;Personally, I agree that it would be realistic to impose some kind of significant circumstance penalty.&nbsp; In the rules as written, such things do not exist for this kind of situation.&nbsp; The effects of damage, even very large amounts, do not generally linger in terms of penalties.&quot;I willing to impose such penalties.&nbsp; But it is not going to be limited just to spellcasters and similar effects.&nbsp; Ands that means I will be dishing them out to both the NPCs and your characters regularly.&quot;I think that will slow the game down more than it is worth.&nbsp; But I am willing to do so if you prefer.&quot;Keep in mind what will happen to the front line fighters when I start throwing Giants at them.&nbsp; Or the entire party is unlucky and get engulfed by a particularly big Fireball.&nbsp; Think about what those penalties will look like.&quot;I will have fun watching both the NPCs and PCs suffer these penalties.&nbsp; But I am not sure you will fun if your PC dies because he loses initiative, gets hammered in the 1st round of combat, he is ineffective in his counterattack because of lingering penalties, and then he is slaughtered like a farm animal in round 2.&quot;I am willing to try it and see how it works out, if you want.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 2874891, member: 545"] I would take a similar approach... "Personally, I agree that it would be [i]realistic[/i] to impose some kind of significant circumstance penalty. In the rules as written, such things do not exist for this kind of situation. The effects of damage, even very large amounts, do not generally linger in terms of penalties. "I willing to impose such penalties. But it is not going to be limited just to spellcasters and similar effects. Ands that means I will be dishing them out to both the NPCs and your characters regularly. "I think that will slow the game down more than it is worth. But I am willing to do so if you prefer. "Keep in mind what will happen to the front line fighters when I start throwing Giants at them. Or the entire party is unlucky and get engulfed by a particularly big Fireball. Think about what those penalties will look like. "I will have fun watching both the NPCs and PCs suffer these penalties. But I am not sure you will fun if your PC dies because he loses initiative, gets hammered in the 1st round of combat, he is ineffective in his counterattack because of lingering penalties, and then he is slaughtered like a farm animal in round 2. "I am willing to try it and see how it works out, if you want." [/QUOTE]

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