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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tlantl" data-source="post: 5979504" data-attributes="member: 55225">In my AD&D days the threat of losing your character from a bad roll when teleporting was usually enough to keep players from not only abusing the scry and fly method but it kept them from even attempting something so dangerous. I never had a player die from a bad teleport since they never used it to go to places they weren't familiar with. It might seem a harsh punishment on paper but if the rule keeps players from ruining years of character building by failing a die roll then it becomes an effective deterrent that never actually occurs. No one is going to risk that eight or ten percent chance that they might miss teleporting to a place they have only scryed once or twice.Alternately the player could find that missing wasn't deadly but by using those same miss chances to cause the spell to fail upon casting and deliver some small amount damage or stunning effect that persists for hours the same result could be had.</blockquote>