Thunderfoot
Hero
Prismatic Wall... Your Wall of Force is puny and only one color mage...
Well, it has been replaced by other spells...So it's true, the magic is going away ...
And the vorpal blade went crystal crack!Crystal Brittle. The most underpowered 9th level spell until you need to turn some guys +5 Vorpal Sword of Wounding Sharpness into Tiffany Crystal. Totally worth it for the look on their face.
Permanency.
yup... that one I miss sometimes...Permanency.
I don't remember any of us as players having access to the spell but myself as a DM I used it a lot behind the scenes for many reasons and effects. After reading the 5E core books almost 8 years ago and realizing this spell had been removed I questioned the design intent.Permanency was so much fun. Casting that made you feel like a real archmage. Whether it was just a continual light spell that lasted forever or a never-ending Cloudkill, it could do so many things. I remember having a magic-user with a permanent Mordenkainen's Sword back in the day.
By doing things the hard way and not having everything be solved by a six second spell and snapping your fingers.I've never had my players use it or used it as a player, but I don't see the world in D&D as portrayed in the core books functioning without it. Without permanency how do you create a magical item, create a dungeon that survives thousands of years or become a Lich? Even though it was seldom used in play, taking it out of the game is like saying there's no need for gravity. Enchant Item is another one iirc not in 5E.