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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9649931" data-attributes="member: 50987">Ah, I get what you're saying.&nbsp; I suppose it would be possible for the party to use multiple scrolls at once in a single round, in the hope of dealing ~28 points of fire damage for every week of downtime and 400gp the wizard spent on those scrolls.&nbsp; Assuming there were no complications during Downtime.&nbsp; And assuming the characters all pass their Arcana checks.&nbsp; And the monsters aren't resistant.&nbsp; And fail their save throws.But such a strange tactic would require an immense amount of dedication, time, money, and coordination.&nbsp; Nobody at my table is going to want to (literally) burn that many resources all at once, for such a low chance of success....and certainly not more than once.&nbsp; So I'd probably allow it---they've earned it, after all.Haste would be a much bigger problem, IMO.&nbsp; A stockpile of Haste scrolls means that the Fighter and the Monk get to attack roughly 234,427 times per round and are no longer bottlenecked by Concentration, so everyone else at the table gets bored and walks to the kitchen while they wait for their turn.&nbsp; The game has to stay fun for everyone.But mass-production of scrolls isn't difficult for the DM to prevent.&nbsp; If a quick out-of-character chat with the players, asking them not to cheese up the game doesn't work, the DM could restrict the amount of downtime that the characters get between adventures.&nbsp; The DM could also increase the chances (and severity) of complications, or make certain spell components hard to find, that sort of thing.&nbsp; DMs shouldn't let &quot;clever&quot; players steamroll the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9649931, member: 50987"] Ah, I get what you're saying. I suppose it would be possible for the party to use multiple scrolls at once in a single round, in the hope of dealing ~28 points of fire damage for every week of downtime and 400gp the wizard spent on those scrolls. Assuming there were no complications during Downtime. And assuming the characters all pass their Arcana checks. And the monsters aren't resistant. And fail their save throws. But such a strange tactic would require an immense amount of dedication, time, money, and coordination. Nobody at my table is going to want to (literally) burn that many resources all at once, for such a low chance of success....and certainly not more than once. So I'd probably allow it---they've earned it, after all. Haste would be a much bigger problem, IMO. A stockpile of Haste scrolls means that the Fighter and the Monk get to attack roughly 234,427 times per round and are no longer bottlenecked by Concentration, so everyone else at the table gets bored and walks to the kitchen while they wait for their turn. The game has to stay fun for everyone. But mass-production of scrolls isn't difficult for the DM to prevent. If a quick out-of-character chat with the players, asking them not to cheese up the game doesn't work, the DM could restrict the amount of downtime that the characters get between adventures. The DM could also increase the chances (and severity) of complications, or make certain spell components hard to find, that sort of thing. DMs shouldn't let "clever" players steamroll the game. [/QUOTE]

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