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<blockquote data-quote="jdsivyer" data-source="post: 4502780" data-attributes="member: 78336">I think that this is a pretty good idea <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Bloodied in 4th ed doesn't do a lot.&nbsp; When a character is bloodied it ought to entail some sort of penalty, to indicate that they've taken a fair amount of punishment, etc.&nbsp; As for what the penalty could be, I'd suggest the -2 penalty.&nbsp; -5 is a tad harsh, although kind of realistic (for a fantasy game <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm&nbsp; &nbsp; :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />).As for the Arcana Check, I again lean towards the smaller 10% penalty.&nbsp; This is, of course, if you want a touch of realism in your D&amp;D game.The 0 level spells thing to be cast at any time?&nbsp; Not a bad idea, and it certainly has some merit, but it might have the other players who are not spellcasters whining a little bit about &quot;what do I get?&quot;&nbsp; I mean, I like the idea, but then you'd probably have to think of something for the fighter, etc., to compensate...perhaps.&nbsp; At low levels spellcasters are certainly not ultra powerful, so perhaps this is a bonus for them?&nbsp; I'd have to think more about this one <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdsivyer, post: 4502780, member: 78336"] I think that this is a pretty good idea :) Bloodied in 4th ed doesn't do a lot. When a character is bloodied it ought to entail some sort of penalty, to indicate that they've taken a fair amount of punishment, etc. As for what the penalty could be, I'd suggest the -2 penalty. -5 is a tad harsh, although kind of realistic (for a fantasy game :erm:). As for the Arcana Check, I again lean towards the smaller 10% penalty. This is, of course, if you want a touch of realism in your D&D game. The 0 level spells thing to be cast at any time? Not a bad idea, and it certainly has some merit, but it might have the other players who are not spellcasters whining a little bit about "what do I get?" I mean, I like the idea, but then you'd probably have to think of something for the fighter, etc., to compensate...perhaps. At low levels spellcasters are certainly not ultra powerful, so perhaps this is a bonus for them? I'd have to think more about this one :heh: [/QUOTE]

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