How much would game balance change if... [Archive] - Wizards Community

How much would game balance change if... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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FrostHammer
09-09-07, 12:49 PM if a spell has a duration of concentration + X, you're allowed to temporarily stop concentrating for up to X turns to cast another spell and then resume concdentration?
Kouk
09-09-07, 04:38 PM if a spell has a duration of concentration + X, you're allowed to temporarily stop concentrating for up to X turns to cast another spell and then resume concdentration?

I think you wouldn't see a tremendous change because combats don't last many rounds at all.

However, there are skill tricks and feats (I think) that let you concentrate as a swift action, or let your familiar concentrate for you, so you can cast other spells while keeping a previous one still active.

You might want to limit the spells to only those X number of rounds that it can exist without concentration, so a player doesn't just keep alternating which rounds he is concentrating so as to keep the spell in existence forever while he continues to cast other spells.
war_thog
09-09-07, 08:53 PM I dont believe you are allowed to "re-start" concentrating on something.
It certainly doesnt say you can anywhere, least as far as Ive seen.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
FrostHammer 09-09-07, 12:49 PM	if a spell has a duration of concentration + X, you're allowed to temporarily stop concentrating for up to X turns to cast another spell and then resume concdentration?
Kouk 09-09-07, 04:38 PM	if a spell has a duration of concentration + X, you're allowed to temporarily stop concentrating for up to X turns to cast another spell and then resume concdentration? I think you wouldn't see a tremendous change because combats don't last many rounds at all. However, there are skill tricks and feats (I think) that let you concentrate as a swift action, or let your familiar concentrate for you, so you can cast other spells while keeping a previous one still active. You might want to limit the spells to only those X number of rounds that it can exist without concentration, so a player doesn't just keep alternating which rounds he is concentrating so as to keep the spell in existence forever while he continues to cast other spells.
war_thog 09-09-07, 08:53 PM	I dont believe you are allowed to "re-start" concentrating on something. It certainly doesnt say you can anywhere, least as far as Ive seen.