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<blockquote data-quote="Grog" data-source="post: 913006" data-attributes="member: 6183">I say BAD. Shortening the duration of Bull's Strength and other spells from 1 hour/level to 1 minute/level is a bad idea IMO. The reason being, now these spells will become mainly NPC spells.Here's why. If a spell's only going to last a few minutes, it's pretty much only good for one combat. The problem is, PCs usually have multiple combats to worry about, while NPCs only have to worry about one fight - the one with the PCs. So they can afford to dump all their resources into that one fight, while the PCs have to be more careful. Also, the NPCs are more likely to know the PCs are coming (since&nbsp; the PCs are usually in enemy territory), so they can cast the spells as needed, while the PCs are rarely sure when a combat is around the corner.I liked the long-duration buffs because it gave the PCs a chance to use buff spells more often than they otherwise would have been able to. Getting rid of them seems to screw the PCs over more than NPCs and/or monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grog, post: 913006, member: 6183"] I say BAD. Shortening the duration of Bull's Strength and other spells from 1 hour/level to 1 minute/level is a bad idea IMO. The reason being, now these spells will become mainly NPC spells. Here's why. If a spell's only going to last a few minutes, it's pretty much only good for one combat. The problem is, PCs usually have multiple combats to worry about, while NPCs only have to worry about one fight - the one with the PCs. So they can afford to dump all their resources into that one fight, while the PCs have to be more careful. Also, the NPCs are more likely to know the PCs are coming (since the PCs are usually in enemy territory), so they can cast the spells as needed, while the PCs are rarely sure when a combat is around the corner. I liked the long-duration buffs because it gave the PCs a chance to use buff spells more often than they otherwise would have been able to. Getting rid of them seems to screw the PCs over more than NPCs and/or monsters. [/QUOTE]

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