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Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!
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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7154065" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 21</p><p><strong><span style="color: #800000">Animate Dead 14</span></strong></p><p>Barkskin 20</p><p>Blade Ward 20</p><p><strong><span style="color: #008000">Drawmij's Instant Summons 22</span></strong></p><p>Feign Death 20</p><p>Find Traps 20</p><p>Friends 19</p><p>Holy Word 20</p><p>Mending 20</p><p>Mordenkainen's Sword 20</p><p>Phantasmal Killer 20</p><p>Ray of Enfeeblement 20</p><p>Time Stop 20</p><p>True Strike 20</p><p>Weird 20</p><p>Wish 19</p><p>Witch Bolt 18</p><p></p><p>It was a tough call between <em>Drawmij's</em> and <em>witch bolt</em>, but <em>witch bolt</em> is just run-of-the-mill useless. <em>Drawmij's</em> is spectacularly, flamboyantly, extra useless. It starts out useless and then adds special clauses to make sure that if you try to use it anyway, you will fail in multiple ways. It's the gauntlet thrown down before optimizers: "You think you're good? Create a build that makes use of <em>this!</em>" It's the <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=one+with+nothing" target="_blank">One With Nothing</a> of D&D.</p><p></p><p>As for the downvote, I'm really not clear on why <em>animate dead</em> is on this list to begin with. It's a decently effective spell, especially in the hands of a necromancer, and very flavorful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7154065, member: 58197"] Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 21 [B][COLOR=#800000]Animate Dead 14[/COLOR][/B] Barkskin 20 Blade Ward 20 [B][COLOR=#008000]Drawmij's Instant Summons 22[/COLOR][/B] Feign Death 20 Find Traps 20 Friends 19 Holy Word 20 Mending 20 Mordenkainen's Sword 20 Phantasmal Killer 20 Ray of Enfeeblement 20 Time Stop 20 True Strike 20 Weird 20 Wish 19 Witch Bolt 18 It was a tough call between [I]Drawmij's[/I] and [I]witch bolt[/I], but [I]witch bolt[/I] is just run-of-the-mill useless. [I]Drawmij's[/I] is spectacularly, flamboyantly, extra useless. It starts out useless and then adds special clauses to make sure that if you try to use it anyway, you will fail in multiple ways. It's the gauntlet thrown down before optimizers: "You think you're good? Create a build that makes use of [I]this![/I]" It's the [URL="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=one+with+nothing"]One With Nothing[/URL] of D&D. As for the downvote, I'm really not clear on why [I]animate dead[/I] is on this list to begin with. It's a decently effective spell, especially in the hands of a necromancer, and very flavorful. [/QUOTE]
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