Is there any reasonings behind why the Hidden Ace card only lasts 8 hours when you first create it? Me and a friend were having a discussion on why it doesn't just last till your next long rest, as they believe that tracking time for items like those shouldn't be necessary, while I think it's fair for the amount of power you can put into this one card.
Also, with the wording of the feat, when creating the Hidden Ace card, does it not use a spellslot on creation? As it doesn't specify whether or not you need to use a spellslot in order to create it.
I don't see anything about an 8 hour time limit? It does not look like a spell slot is used to create the Hidden Ace card or to cast the spell from it.
In addition, I don't see why you couldn't accumulate these cards over the course of several long rests.
The 8 hour time limit is new, some people have gotten the book early and the Cartomancer Feat is pretty different from the UA. And for the limit of cards, it's restricted to creating 1 once per long rest.
Ah, you know what, I think I accidentally answered your original question of "why the Hidden Ace card only lasts 8 hours". Without this limitation, you could accumulate an unlimited amount of these cards by creating another one at the end of every long rest. This was probably reported during playtesting. This was probably not intended so they added some wording that makes it so that you pretty much can only have one of these at a time since long rests are supposed to occur only approximately once per day, assuming default rules for resting.
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Is there any reasonings behind why the Hidden Ace card only lasts 8 hours when you first create it? Me and a friend were having a discussion on why it doesn't just last till your next long rest, as they believe that tracking time for items like those shouldn't be necessary, while I think it's fair for the amount of power you can put into this one card.
Also, with the wording of the feat, when creating the Hidden Ace card, does it not use a spellslot on creation? As it doesn't specify whether or not you need to use a spellslot in order to create it.
I don't see anything about an 8 hour time limit? It does not look like a spell slot is used to create the Hidden Ace card or to cast the spell from it.
In addition, I don't see why you couldn't accumulate these cards over the course of several long rests.
The 8 hour time limit is new, some people have gotten the book early and the Cartomancer Feat is pretty different from the UA. And for the limit of cards, it's restricted to creating 1 once per long rest.
Here is a video showcasing it: https://youtu.be/Dqv487-KRq8?si=SeEDXHqHUG-lvEuC
Ah, you know what, I think I accidentally answered your original question of "why the Hidden Ace card only lasts 8 hours". Without this limitation, you could accumulate an unlimited amount of these cards by creating another one at the end of every long rest. This was probably reported during playtesting. This was probably not intended so they added some wording that makes it so that you pretty much can only have one of these at a time since long rests are supposed to occur only approximately once per day, assuming default rules for resting.