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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8950475" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Well that's why you simply don't require players to have the spell, but offer other ways for them to get to the Planes, via portal, friendly spellcasters, a magic item, or wild magic.D&amp;D has always been weird in this respect; if the party doesn't have spell X, the DM typically gives them a workaround.&nbsp; Your reward for having spell X in the first place?&nbsp; The DM doesn't have to bother with a workaround, lol.There are, I've noted, quite a few spells that mostly exist not primarily for players to use, but to fill niches and gaps in things that NPC's should have access to.&nbsp; Guards and Wards is an example I like to use. There's not usually a lot of reason for a PC to need this spell, especially since it's been 24 years since having a personal fortress or permanent base of operations has been an assumption.&nbsp; But we still have the spell because it would be weird for it not to exist (and presumably as justification for NPC Wizards to have magical defenses in their homes).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8950475, member: 6877472"] Well that's why you simply don't require players to have the spell, but offer other ways for them to get to the Planes, via portal, friendly spellcasters, a magic item, or wild magic. D&D has always been weird in this respect; if the party doesn't have spell X, the DM typically gives them a workaround. Your reward for having spell X in the first place? The DM doesn't have to bother with a workaround, lol. There are, I've noted, quite a few spells that mostly exist not primarily for players to use, but to fill niches and gaps in things that NPC's should have access to. Guards and Wards is an example I like to use. There's not usually a lot of reason for a PC to need this spell, especially since it's been 24 years since having a personal fortress or permanent base of operations has been an assumption. But we still have the spell because it would be weird for it not to exist (and presumably as justification for NPC Wizards to have magical defenses in their homes). [/QUOTE]

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