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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drachasor" data-source="post: 4314289" data-attributes="member: 55655">I have already said I find such divinations to be an exception.  If you still wanted something like that free then you'd have to place some other restriction (such as only allowing them to be cast once per month).If the PCs can spend days inching through a dungeon and suffer no consequences, then the game has a lot more problems than the cost of rituals.  Frankly, in any semi-believably dungeon/dangerous area, you aren't going to have much, if any time to spend doing a ritual.  There might be the occasional exceptional case, but that is exceptional.  Time IS a critical factor there because creatures live and wander around inside such places.As for Forbiddance, I suggest you look over the area of effect.  If a PC acquires it, then it really isn't that big of a deal if they cast it before they go to sleep, imho.  Remember this is something that can only be done at level 20 and above too.  In any case, the PCs will have plenty of time to check out an area they are going to rest anyhow (everyone could take 20 looking it over, though they couldn't do a ritual 20 times).  So this isn't a big deal.Well, I have repeatedly said from my very first post that all rituals shouldn't be free.  I merely said that MOST of them should.  I would think it is clear that I am talking about the rituals in the book.  Honestly, the number of potentially problematic rituals in the book are very small in number (some of the divinations, raise dead -- potentially, and so forth).  The vast, vast majority of the rituals are perfectly fine as free.  If you want me to list all the rituals that I think are fine as free or those that I think are problematic as free, then I will.  Honestly, I'd think the vast majority would be rather obvious.</blockquote>

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