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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7830961" data-attributes="member: 71699">I wonder if it also comes down to players? As I've stated before, mine are crunch-focused and if they have a thing, they will use that thing. So the way I run it is that if a player with guidance says they use guidance, and it is applicable per RAW, then I allow it to be applicable. I have two players with the cantrip, and they are different in their behaviour. One always applies it if permitted, the other applies it to checks they care about on a character level.Is there anything in RAW that clearly states when a check occurs in relation to the in-world acts needed to complete a task? And, same question, about whether guidance couldn't be recast repeatedly to span the duration (which, if the check occurs at some point, means that some instance of guidance should be running at that point)?Reflecting on how I run the game, I have inclined toward supposing that a check happens at a single point in time, at the end of the necessary acts. That is because say a task requires acts A, B, C and D. If a character does A, B and C, I would rule that they do not get a check, because they failed to carry out D. For me then, that implies that a check is made at a point in time - at the completion of D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 7830961, member: 71699"] I wonder if it also comes down to players? As I've stated before, mine are crunch-focused and if they have a thing, they will use that thing. So the way I run it is that if a player with [I]guidance[/I] says they use [I]guidance[/I], and it is applicable per RAW, then I allow it to be applicable. I have two players with the cantrip, and they are different in their behaviour. One always applies it if permitted, the other applies it to checks they care about on a character level. Is there anything in RAW that clearly states when a check occurs in relation to the in-world acts needed to complete a task? And, same question, about whether [I]guidance[/I] couldn't be recast repeatedly to span the duration (which, if the check occurs at some point, means that some instance of [I]guidance[/I] should be running at that point)? Reflecting on how I run the game, I have inclined toward supposing that a check happens at a single point in time, at the end of the necessary acts. That is because say a task requires acts A, B, C and D. If a character does A, B and C, I would rule that they do not get a check, because they failed to carry out D. For me then, that implies that a check is made at a point in time - at the completion of D. [/QUOTE]

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