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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 6473368" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>Mountain climbers routinely practice a degree of methodical caution which IMO is way more inconvenient than chanting for six seconds every minute. Some of it's vocal: on belay, belay on, climbing, climb on, then ongoing requests for more or less slack. If that would drive you insane, then I strongly recommend you avoid technical climbing.</p><p></p><p>I've heard military patrolling or escorting a convoy described as boredom combined with terror, for hours on end, because any one of those humdrum moments could be the moment before a mine or an ambush, and maybe, just maybe, keeping your eyes moving might keep you (and your comrades) alive. Yes, by civilian standards, that's hard on sanity. There's a reason some veterans have a difficult transition back to civilian life and NOT scanning every rooftop for snipers.</p><p></p><p>I've done some rock climbing. I would chant, six seconds every minute, if I were at risk of a fatal fall and chanting could reduce that risk. From what I've heard of military situations, chanting for 6 every 60, to have a better chance on init when an ambush starts, would be a drop in the bucket, as an addition to the level of mental fatigue that's inherent to hostile-territory patrol or convoy missions.</p><p></p><p>Is dungeoneering less tense? Varies. He-Man sneaking into Skeletor's lair, not so tense. Gandalf and Aragorn in the Mines of Moria, yes, that tense. (Pippin, meanwhile, was in the bored-civilian frame of mind, even after the Watcher in the Water's tentacle attack. "Fool of a Took!")</p><p></p><p>Strain on voice? Hah. Anyone who works in a call center is using their voice much more than 10% of the time, all day long except for a Short Rest at lunch hour.</p><p></p><p>None of that means you have to allow a cleric to maintain Guidance. You want a cool-down? Sure, just as there is for Augury and so forth. For gameplay reasons, or for how-divine-magic-works reasons. For realism? No way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 6473368, member: 6786839"] Mountain climbers routinely practice a degree of methodical caution which IMO is way more inconvenient than chanting for six seconds every minute. Some of it's vocal: on belay, belay on, climbing, climb on, then ongoing requests for more or less slack. If that would drive you insane, then I strongly recommend you avoid technical climbing. I've heard military patrolling or escorting a convoy described as boredom combined with terror, for hours on end, because any one of those humdrum moments could be the moment before a mine or an ambush, and maybe, just maybe, keeping your eyes moving might keep you (and your comrades) alive. Yes, by civilian standards, that's hard on sanity. There's a reason some veterans have a difficult transition back to civilian life and NOT scanning every rooftop for snipers. I've done some rock climbing. I would chant, six seconds every minute, if I were at risk of a fatal fall and chanting could reduce that risk. From what I've heard of military situations, chanting for 6 every 60, to have a better chance on init when an ambush starts, would be a drop in the bucket, as an addition to the level of mental fatigue that's inherent to hostile-territory patrol or convoy missions. Is dungeoneering less tense? Varies. He-Man sneaking into Skeletor's lair, not so tense. Gandalf and Aragorn in the Mines of Moria, yes, that tense. (Pippin, meanwhile, was in the bored-civilian frame of mind, even after the Watcher in the Water's tentacle attack. "Fool of a Took!") Strain on voice? Hah. Anyone who works in a call center is using their voice much more than 10% of the time, all day long except for a Short Rest at lunch hour. None of that means you have to allow a cleric to maintain Guidance. You want a cool-down? Sure, just as there is for Augury and so forth. For gameplay reasons, or for how-divine-magic-works reasons. For realism? No way. [/QUOTE]
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