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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 5837564" data-attributes="member: 11300">It does not require DM fiat at all, but yes it requires that a player knows what their character can do. I sincerely believe this can be done relying only on the character's circumstances, capacity or resources to moderate the frequency of a particular action.- A healing ritual may take 8 continuous hours to perform. [Requires a time resource]- A blessing may only be performed as the Sun broaches the horizon. [Circumstance]- A fighter may only be able to perform a particular exploit if an opponent has attacked and missed them. [Circumstance]- A sniper can only do their "ultra sniping bolt" if they have maintained a bead on their target for one round, and the target has not spotted them. [Circumstance and Capacity]- The imbuing of a particularly powerful scroll requires the heart of a Baloth. [Resource]- A fighter can only perform a particular exploit if they are completely fresh (no wounds and full hit points).- A wizard casts a spell only if they make a difficult casting check (High DC) and if they fail to at least  make a lower DC, then something "not good" happens to them (stunned for a round, lose hit points, are considered fatigued etc.) [Capacity]My point is that this is all fairly simple to do as long as the designers build it right. It's not that complex, it helps a player invest in their character and what they can do, and it helps create verisimilitude for those who believe it important (while doing nothing wrong for those who don't believe it important). I like the idea of it anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Best RegardsHerremann the Wise</blockquote>

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