Timeline for What balance issues would arise from a house rule imposing a saving throw versus exhaustion after a PC falls unconscious?
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 18:20 | history | edited | Pyrotechnical | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Address querent's edit.
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 15:35 | comment | added | Pyrotechnical | @RutherRendommeleigh not necessarily, there are some house rule standards I personally use. But for the sake of providing a universal definition by which to make this comparison, yes. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:26 | comment | added | Ruther Rendommeleigh | Ah, so you consider RAW "perfectly balanced"? | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:25 | comment | added | Pyrotechnical | @RutherRendommeleigh your premise is stipulated upon the notion that Healing Word's strength is a problem. The video I linked wants HW to be a 3rd level spell, which I consider excessive. Indeed, opinions on the matter vary. But if you consider the RAW the baseline for balance, the proposed change unbalances things in a substantial manner. Whether that imbalance is a problem is a table to table issue with regards to how that table feels about whack a mole style play and the inherent strength of HW. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:14 | comment | added | Ruther Rendommeleigh | You make a good argument for the houserule changing the balance, but I fail to see how it would unbalance the game. Specifically, you call Healing Word "the strongest spell in the game", so wouldn't nerfing it bring it more in line with other spells? Similarly, there seems to be a consensus that the encounter balancing guidelines tend to err on the side of "too easy", so wouldn't this change also shift them towards better balance? | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:04 | comment | added | Erik | @hohenheim NPCs getting death saves depending on their importance isn't a houserule, that's actually in the book :) | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 13:28 | comment | added | Slagmoth | Actually, re-reading it I guess that makes sense. Just didn't match what was in my head with the wording. Transitive communication and civil discourse at its finest. :) | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 13:22 | comment | added | hohenheim | I edited my question to include another houserule of my campaign, namely that NPCs could get death saves as well, depending on their importance. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 13:02 | comment | added | hohenheim | Healin Word is indeed a very powerful spell. And if this houserule leads to less healing words on my table, than this is a result I can appreciate. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 12:56 | history | answered | Pyrotechnical | CC BY-SA 4.0 |