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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6235674" data-attributes="member: 1165"><p>I'm a big fan of 4e rituals, except the material component costs. (Some, such as Make Whole, really need them though.)</p><p></p><p>I actually appreciate the barrier. I don't like to give magic to non-casters. 4e balanced casters to the point that non-casters aren't around to carry their stuff.</p><p></p><p>Another reason I don't like giving ritual magic to casters is to keep casters relevant. I like the thought of a barbarian chieftain who has become dependent on his shaman to perform the Hand of Fate ritual before his <em>every</em> action, and insists on being "in" on the ceremony. He really likes Mr. Blue Hand.</p><p></p><p>The shaman is annoyed, but s/he makes the chief pay for the components (and then some; the chief doesn't have the Arcana or Religion skill so doesn't know how much it should cost) and anything that makes the chief come crawling to the shaman empowers him or her.</p><p></p><p>If the chieftain could just perform the ritual himself...</p><p></p><p>It even supports low magic settings like Lord of the Rings. I don't like the thought of Aragorn "casting spells", but performing rituals such as Delay Affliction to keep Frodo alive until he can get him to a "real" healer such as Elrond appeals to me. But Aragorn is special; we don't see Gimli, Legolas, Boromir or Faramir (the latter a scholar) performing them. Obviously they (except maybe Faramir) spent their feats on kicking butt rather than magic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And then there's Denethor and Wormtongue, both of whom might have been able to perform rituals but we never saw any of them dish out any spellcasting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6235674, member: 1165"] I'm a big fan of 4e rituals, except the material component costs. (Some, such as Make Whole, really need them though.) I actually appreciate the barrier. I don't like to give magic to non-casters. 4e balanced casters to the point that non-casters aren't around to carry their stuff. Another reason I don't like giving ritual magic to casters is to keep casters relevant. I like the thought of a barbarian chieftain who has become dependent on his shaman to perform the Hand of Fate ritual before his [i]every[/i] action, and insists on being "in" on the ceremony. He really likes Mr. Blue Hand. The shaman is annoyed, but s/he makes the chief pay for the components (and then some; the chief doesn't have the Arcana or Religion skill so doesn't know how much it should cost) and anything that makes the chief come crawling to the shaman empowers him or her. If the chieftain could just perform the ritual himself... It even supports low magic settings like Lord of the Rings. I don't like the thought of Aragorn "casting spells", but performing rituals such as Delay Affliction to keep Frodo alive until he can get him to a "real" healer such as Elrond appeals to me. But Aragorn is special; we don't see Gimli, Legolas, Boromir or Faramir (the latter a scholar) performing them. Obviously they (except maybe Faramir) spent their feats on kicking butt rather than magic :) And then there's Denethor and Wormtongue, both of whom might have been able to perform rituals but we never saw any of them dish out any spellcasting. [/QUOTE]
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