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<blockquote data-quote="useridunavailable" data-source="post: 4473422" data-attributes="member: 53676">Well, no, I suppose I was exaggerating the issue.&nbsp; Our group has moved on, but the issue is still unresolved, and remains a major point of contention.&nbsp; As written, the power is obviously broken.&nbsp; It requires some type of correction to involve any semblance of fairness.&nbsp; Because this broken power in particular was the DM's own discovery, he has been less inclined to make a reasonable ruling on it than he would be if the tables were turned and it were a broken PC power.&nbsp; That's why it really pretty much requires an irrefutible (i.e., &quot;official&quot;) ruling to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.The point is that saying, &quot;I would do it this way or that way,&quot; doesn't really definitively solve anything in my case, although it may help me to persuade the DM that he's being unreasonable.Edit: The real problem we're having is that the guy read it beforehand and had actually planned to use it as written.&nbsp; When I called foul, he at least acknowledged that his intentions were nothing short of cheating and proceeded to make minimal concessions.&nbsp; Hopefully, Wizards of the Coast will acknowledge the cesspool of conjecture that has become the Sleep spell and its peers at some point in the near future.&nbsp; The existing rules on the subject are obviously and pervasively not sufficient.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="useridunavailable, post: 4473422, member: 53676"] Well, no, I suppose I was exaggerating the issue. Our group has moved on, but the issue is still unresolved, and remains a major point of contention. As written, the power is obviously broken. It requires some type of correction to involve any semblance of fairness. Because this broken power in particular was the DM's own discovery, he has been less inclined to make a reasonable ruling on it than he would be if the tables were turned and it were a broken PC power. That's why it really pretty much requires an irrefutible (i.e., "official") ruling to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. The point is that saying, "I would do it this way or that way," doesn't really definitively solve anything in my case, although it may help me to persuade the DM that he's being unreasonable. Edit: The real problem we're having is that the guy read it beforehand and had actually planned to use it as written. When I called foul, he at least acknowledged that his intentions were nothing short of cheating and proceeded to make minimal concessions. Hopefully, Wizards of the Coast will acknowledge the cesspool of conjecture that has become the Sleep spell and its peers at some point in the near future. The existing rules on the subject are obviously and pervasively not sufficient. [/QUOTE]

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