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<blockquote data-quote="ChameleonX" data-source="post: 9109792" data-attributes="member: 6801361">A few minutes of research indicates that the spell originally had the DM give a short and/or vague indication of the result of the proposed action, not necessarily just the literal words &quot;weal&quot; and/or &quot;woe.&quot;It seems as the editions progressed, this became increasingly simplified to the point of being next to useless.Ergo, the solution to make the spell more useful while still keeping to the spirit of its use would be to take the options less literally.If the result is weal, you could say, &quot;You receive a brief vision of yourself tossing coins and gems in the air in exuberant joy.&quot;If the result is woe, you could see, &quot;a shiver rolls down your spine as a you hear a distant scream and the sound of crunching bone. Your allies don't seem to have heard it.&quot;Weal and woe could be, &quot;you hear a voice whisper in the back of your mind; gold and glory await those who slip the lurking flame's snare.&quot;And so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChameleonX, post: 9109792, member: 6801361"] A few minutes of research indicates that the spell originally had the DM give a short and/or vague indication of the result of the proposed action, not necessarily just the literal words "weal" and/or "woe." It seems as the editions progressed, this became increasingly simplified to the point of being next to useless. Ergo, the solution to make the spell more useful while still keeping to the spirit of its use would be to take the options less literally. If the result is weal, you could say, "You receive a brief vision of yourself tossing coins and gems in the air in exuberant joy." If the result is woe, you could see, "a shiver rolls down your spine as a you hear a distant scream and the sound of crunching bone. Your allies don't seem to have heard it." Weal and woe could be, "you hear a voice whisper in the back of your mind; gold and glory await those who slip the lurking flame's snare." And so on. [/QUOTE]

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