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I have no idea what you are saying.

How exactly is a Druid casting a spell underwater??? ;)

Actually, there are rules that affect this, just not squeezing. DMG page 251. I think this is just a case of the designers missing the 5 foot cube case. If you put Cloud of Daggers at a grid intersection of a set of square grids, then it would cover 1/4th of each of the squares. I wouldn't...

DMs at my table say nope all of the time by making it random. Besides, if you get monkeys, they can be commanded to Help the melee PCs. They can be commanded to form a line and all do the Dodge action. Let alone the places that they can get into. Monkeys rule in 5E.

My error. I thought you were discussing something else. My reply was to your reply which was to someone else's reply to a post of mine. I got confused in that tangle. Sometimes. Typically not at longer ranges unless the cover is fairly narrow. A 15 foot wall perpendicular cover outdoors with...

Negating the tactic??? It often does the opposite. It helps the tactic. The wizard PC can still often move until he has 75% cover (from the edge of a large tree, wall, or pillar) and then cast a spell. Or the wizard might be able move from one side of cover to another (for example, if behind a...

Maybe not, but in probability, advantage is worth the percentage equivalent of about 4.5 on a D20 for most rolls at most tables (yes, as one's odds get extremely high, or extremely low, this changes). But about 22% more of the time, advantage will still result in a success. For an attack roll...

So, NPC spell casters who have magic missile are a dime a dozen at your table? At our table, it's mostly monsters. Sure, there are times when NPCs cast spells, but Magic Missile is very easy for a wizard to avoid. Minor Illusion of a box around himself (can't target MM on a foe you cannot see)...

Hmmm. Very odd. I see what you are saying, but I have never seen it at the table. Two players of Druids (one moon, one land) have taken WC to help ensure that their summoned pets would stick around. We have had 4 wizards over the 5E years (IIRC) and none of them have taken it, even at higher...

If you are that convinced, start a poll and ask the community.

My last wizard (not the one who started this thread) was a Life Cleric 1 / Wizard X necromancer that walked around in plate mail and shield and would throw out a Shield spell if needed. Got attacked quite a bit because he was often at or near the front, but typically only got hit maybe a half...

Meld Into Stone because a god shouldn't be bothered with helping out mere mortals. ;)

Yes, but how many of those casters have War Caster, and how many were concentrating on a spell when they were attacked? No doubt. But, the math still doesn't support WC at level 4 for most wizards in most campaigns as an optimal choice. Only so many limited spells, lots of other...

The Wizard? Not the Druid? Not the Cleric? These other PCs don't have the ability to control and sway combat? In our current campaign, we have 1 melee PC, 2 semicasters, and 3 full casters. The team almost always deploys in such a manner as to protect the back line PCs. Sure, they get attacked...

Most people? Sorry. Someone who decides to buck trends is the opposite of most people. In my case, I just didn't want to cast Sleep. I had had a lot of mages over the decades where Sleep was the go to spell at low level and I wanted to try something else. It's not that complicated. You appear...

One thing I wouldn't do is add more weapons. As is, only about 6 or 8 weapons or so are used the vast majority of time. Making each weapon desirable for some type of PC is more important than adding more.

Boring. Bring D&D to real life at your table. Guns, knives, whatever it takes. Although if you want to be "in character", limit it to swords, shields, staves, etc. This is the real solution to problem players.

Where did I state that I hated it? I actually really liked the spell until I tried to use it in practice. It has potential, but there are a lot of variables that have to come into play in actual game practice. Tell you what. Create a poll. That'll let you know what the community here thinks...

One spell though? That's eschewing "good and useful abilities" because a player passes on one spell? The other spells are really not designed well and it is a problem with the class if that's the case.

The word "shoot" implied sarcasm.