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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8943207" data-attributes="member: 29398">I don't mind this if the &quot;works and ends the encounter&quot; bit only happens in an unusual or rare set of circumstances when things line up just right.It is ridiculous.&nbsp; Design whatever encounters you like, and the the PCs don't happen to have the ability on hand to deal with something then so be it - maybe they get stuck, or have to abandon the adventure, or come up with a workaround.For example: the 5-Fighter party is up against a forcecage.&nbsp; If at least one of those Fighters is a Dwarf (or Gnome, in some versions) then digging through the wall/floor/ceiling becomes a viable - if slow - means of getting around said forcecage....provided the players think of it.&nbsp; It's amazing how many don't.Yep.&nbsp; Personally, I found a good way of doing this was to re-write every spell from scratch (which I did when I put them all online for our 1e-variant system).&nbsp; Yes it's tedious, but the rewriting process allows you to identify and plug loopholes, clarify wording, maybe change which classes can access which spells, maybe re-level some spells that are over- or under-whelming for the level they're at, and add in any rulings or precedents that have already come up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8943207, member: 29398"] I don't mind this if the "works and ends the encounter" bit only happens in an unusual or rare set of circumstances when things line up just right. It is ridiculous. Design whatever encounters you like, and the the PCs don't happen to have the ability on hand to deal with something then so be it - maybe they get stuck, or have to abandon the adventure, or come up with a workaround. For example: the 5-Fighter party is up against a forcecage. If at least one of those Fighters is a Dwarf (or Gnome, in some versions) then digging through the wall/floor/ceiling becomes a viable - if slow - means of getting around said forcecage....provided the players think of it. It's amazing how many don't. Yep. Personally, I found a good way of doing this was to re-write every spell from scratch (which I did when I put them all online for our 1e-variant system). Yes it's tedious, but the rewriting process allows you to identify and plug loopholes, clarify wording, maybe change which classes can access which spells, maybe re-level some spells that are over- or under-whelming for the level they're at, and add in any rulings or precedents that have already come up. [/QUOTE]

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