Questions tagged [resource-consumption]
For questions about resource consumption or expenditure and managing how resources are consumed.
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How does gear with limited amount of uses work?
I am not certain about how to interpret the rules about limited amount of item uses. It seems that either I can use the gear a certain number of times during each assignment, or I am only allowed to ...
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Do pots of Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments act like a consumable item that is fully consumed when activated or can a pot be activated multiple times?
The popular interpretation of Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments is that a pot can be opened and only a portion of the paint can be used with the remainder being saved for later use. Often discussions of the ...
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Are there any more ways to regain spent hit dice?
I am aware of the rules surrounding long rests and hit dice. What I am interested in here is whether there is any way apart from long resting to regain any number of hit dice?
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How does one balance massive resources in large battles/scenes to the party?
This is mainly for Starfinder. My players are L4.
So, my players have set up a successful political party on the moon of Europa, which is currently in revolt against the Soviet Union. One of the PCs ...
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Do any odd complications arise when I houserule that you can recover a single arrow fired into battle?
Refer to: Is ammunition recoverable and reusable?
You can't recover a single valuable magic arrow fired into battle due to the general rule of rounding down applying to the weapon property that lets ...
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Can you use consumables and charges with Astral Projection without really consuming them?
Astral Projection creates an astral copy of your body, replicating your possessions.
Your astral body resembles your mortal form in almost every way, replicating your game statistics and possessions. ...
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In a low-combat campaign, most PC abilities seem useless; what few fights there are barely use up resources. How do I deal with this as the DM?
As part of session 0, I discovered my group wanted a campaign with a heavier amount of intrigue, exploration, investigation, etc. Well, I did it. And I think the general perception is that it's going ...
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Can you temporarily extinguish a non-magical light source to conserve it?
A lamp and two lanterns are described on page 152 of the Player's Handbook as follows:
Lamp. A lamp casts bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns ...
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How can I get better at identifying the "right time" to use my spell slots?
I've played a bunch of DnD 5e, but my current campaign is my first time playing a Warlock outside of a one-shot; right now I'm almost to level 5. I'm playing more of a face/roleplay-focused role, so ...
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Does the "reappearing" property of the "Shadowneedle" Unbreakable Arrow function?
In Adventurers League play, it is possible to find a "Shadowneedle" (Unbreakable arrow from module CCC-KUMORI-02-04), which has this special text :
One of twenty unbreakable arrows crafted with ...
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Is there a way to auto-resolve a fight and account for resource consumption?
Sometimes the result of an encounter is easily seen even before the fight starts. If I let the PCs automatically win the fight, are there rules to determine how much resources it would cost them? I.e. ...
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Spending Tokens of Friendship in Starter Adventure
I have bought the Tails of Equestria starter set to play with my children. On page 5 of A Dragon's Bounty the following things are stated:
Each pony begins with 1 Friendship point
You can spend 1, 2, ...
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How can I make sure my players' decisions have consequences?
Last session, my players got into what was meant to be a fairly minor battle. The wizard misjudged the strength of the enemies and used both of his third level spell slots, and the druid acted sub-...
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Are there rules for shortening the adventuring day and reducing the number encounters without unbalancing them?
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In a few groups I'm DMing, sessions last about 3h. During that time, we usually have about half the adventuring's day worth of encounters (so at level 10, about 18k XP out of the 36k XP ...
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How can I end combat quickly when the outcome is inevitable?
I'm DMing for a party of 6. In our next session, I'm planning on running four combat encounters. With such a large group, I've found that it usually takes an hour or two to get through a single battle....
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