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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9436993" data-attributes="member: 5889">In my game, we houseruled it that a 5th level or higher caster can concentrate on two spells at once. You get one concentration save for both spells, and lose them both if the save fails.I've used it for 2 years now, and never had a single issue. Honestly solved a lot of problems with a very simple houserule.Now if you want to get more involved. I think the fundamental issue with concentration is its two mechanics crammed into one:1) A mechanic to prevent stacking of certain effects (often buffs).2) A mechanic to create &quot;spell interruption&quot; for opponents.Both of these are good to have, but they serve different masters. Instead there should be two different mechanics. Something like this:1) Dedicated: You cannot have two spells with the dedicated keyword active at the same time.2) Concentration: Normal rules for losing concentration, concentration saves, etc etc.so for example shield of faith. We don't want player stacking a ton of defenses, but its also really annoying when a character puts a defense on themselves, and then when they get hit they can lose the defense (suffering a double whammy).In this model, shield of faith would have the Dedicated keyword, but would not be concentration.I think that is a much better model, but of course to implement it you would have to review and adjust all the concentration spells, so its a lot of work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 9436993, member: 5889"] In my game, we houseruled it that a 5th level or higher caster can concentrate on two spells at once. You get one concentration save for both spells, and lose them both if the save fails. I've used it for 2 years now, and never had a single issue. Honestly solved a lot of problems with a very simple houserule. Now if you want to get more involved. I think the fundamental issue with concentration is its two mechanics crammed into one: 1) A mechanic to prevent stacking of certain effects (often buffs). 2) A mechanic to create "spell interruption" for opponents. Both of these are good to have, but they serve different masters. Instead there should be two different mechanics. Something like this: 1) Dedicated: You cannot have two spells with the dedicated keyword active at the same time. 2) Concentration: Normal rules for losing concentration, concentration saves, etc etc. so for example shield of faith. We don't want player stacking a ton of defenses, but its also really annoying when a character puts a defense on themselves, and then when they get hit they can lose the defense (suffering a double whammy). In this model, shield of faith would have the Dedicated keyword, but would not be concentration. I think that is a much better model, but of course to implement it you would have to review and adjust all the concentration spells, so its a lot of work. [/QUOTE]

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