I might inject, that this is a very drastic measure that some groups will find to be annoying. As long as they are actually debating constructively, then the example above isn’t even needed. If, as the comment says, the debate is going in circles, some groups can be brought back on track by simply telling them: “So guys… What are you going to do? Because you’ve been doing the same back and forth for half an hour now?”

Not saying that you should not use the above method. Just saying that some players will find that to be an “extreme” solution. Instead, simply reminding them, that they should probably get to a result within the next five minutes can do.

Thanks.

Please. Its not that bad. Baldurs Gate is a nice place. With a lot of crimes. And horrible Living conditions. There are also a lot of politicians. Did I mention all the noise reporters…? Okay maybe it’s that bad.

Thanks. He seems like a really cool guy.

Who ist this guy?

Ah yes. Good ol’ Volo. Nice to see him from time to time. I should use his books more often.

Fortunes Favor doesn’t seem like the optimal spell to use in a situation like this (even if you could). Unless the games include no social component, enhance ability would be better.

About the house rule: I get why you’d use the rule for simplicity, but especially if your not playing a cleric, but instead a wizard or an artificer, it seems weird to make the PC a chosen one by having those spells.

I usually give NPCs a set selection of spells they use. But this set is only their prepared spell-list, it varies depending on the NPC and most preparation-casters will have access to the other spells on their list, should the need arise (as it most likely won’t, so there is no extra work on my part).

Oh. That sounds very interesting. Thanks.

Who’s Aribeth?

Probably. An author once wrote this piece of conversation:

“Wait? You can transform matter. Thats magic.” “Your people can use metal to fly over buildings.” “Of course they can. It makes perfect sense.”

Having a world, where “magic” actually exist raises a lot of questions about some conventional expressions and cultural aspects.

Ironically enough, I’ve had campaigns where just doing what the priestess suggested would have been a better solution than what the party ended up deciding to do.

Casting a spell and holding it uses visible components the hobgoblin could react to.

Incite greed also explicitly says that the creature avoids obvious harm while approaching you and does nothing beyond approaching you. If the would always run after the gem (forsaking personal safety to do so), this would be noted in the description.

I assumed it to be about weird interpretations/effects of spell that are either Raw but stupid (like find traps finding intentional clauses in legal documents) or common sense interpretations that still lead to weird outcomes (using bead of force+levitate+thunderwave to blast the BBEG into orbit). Because why make a video about people misinterpreting spells without making clear that this is unintended?

Oh. Yeah. But why afraid?

Not to worry. The Zenths tend to be pretty chill.

I still don’t get the ,would".

Okay. Maybe I’m outing myself as an idiot… but I don’t get it.

"So what do you have? "

“A sword!”

“A sword?”

“Yes. And I can hit with it twice as often twice every hour.”

“… I’ll stick to my spellslots thank you.”

“… It sounded better in my head.”

I should be more like ,is paralyzed when struck with a stake through the heart". But thats ruins the joke.

Meanwhile I’m impressed by the fact, that Konsi used EXACTLY 25 words.