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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4314156" data-attributes="member: 55846">I believe that ritual costs should, in anything, be higher in campaigns that focus less on combat.&nbsp; There, the power of rituals is even more powerful since they allow for such a wide range of effects and the power to bypass so many problems.&nbsp; I fear that without significant resource costs, rituals will quickly become fix-it-alls.&nbsp; In combat-heavy, who cares if it doesn't do damage campaigns, you could make a good case for rituals being free or low cost, since they would have less relative value.Using time as a balancing resource may be fine for some campaigns, but really only if the challenges are carefully controlled in time dependence.&nbsp; The restrictions on rituals then become even more situational.&nbsp; The pacing of the campaign then determines the utility of rituals.&nbsp; The gp costs may not be the most elegant, but at least they put a additional consideration and limited resource at play.&nbsp; They also help explain why rituals aren't in constant use throughout the gameworld.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 4314156, member: 55846"] I believe that ritual costs should, in anything, be higher in campaigns that focus less on combat. There, the power of rituals is even more powerful since they allow for such a wide range of effects and the power to bypass so many problems. I fear that without significant resource costs, rituals will quickly become fix-it-alls. In combat-heavy, who cares if it doesn't do damage campaigns, you could make a good case for rituals being free or low cost, since they would have less relative value. Using time as a balancing resource may be fine for some campaigns, but really only if the challenges are carefully controlled in time dependence. The restrictions on rituals then become even more situational. The pacing of the campaign then determines the utility of rituals. The gp costs may not be the most elegant, but at least they put a additional consideration and limited resource at play. They also help explain why rituals aren't in constant use throughout the gameworld. [/QUOTE]

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