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  1. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Find Traps 32 True Strike 38 Huh, wasn't able to vote yesterday due to technical issues, but it looks like Find Traps will be getting the silver medal it deserves anyway. Imma keep voting for it just for it, but I think we all know which spell is the real winner.
  2. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Drawmij's Instant Summons 4 Feign Death 5 Find Traps 35 Mordenkainen's Sword 9 True Strike 43 Weird 8
  3. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Wanna know what sucks worse than being prone when they realize you're not dead? Being blinded, incapacitated, and having your speed reduced to 0 when they realize your not dead. The damage resistance and poison/disease stalling is pretty sweet though.
  4. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Drawmij's Instant Summons 9 - Soon to be so far gone, no amount of sapphire crushing will summon it back Feign Death 12 Find Traps 33 - If you didn't see this coming, please stand on your head Mordenkainen's Sword 13 True Strike 41 Weird 15
  5. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) What Races (classes) do you allow or disallow in your campaign?

    I get how they might rub you the wrong way thematically, but if you say they are Munchkin races that means they are unbalanced or exploitable, right? In what way? Lawful good only? Makes sense, I feel like the only reason this wasn't already the case is because 5e has a thing against alignment...
  6. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Drawmij's Instant Summons 15 - Who cares if it doesn't retrieve the item if it's held. It does even better: it tells you a person from whom you can retrieve not only your possessions, but also all of theirs and their life, guilt free. Pairs well with Scrying. Feign Death 24 Find Traps 28 -...
  7. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Indeed, and Find Traps wouldn't detect it because it wasn't intended to be so. You act as though that is not a noteworthy drawback. Most spells work well even under whichever interpretation is the least useful, Find Traps does not. Sure, this is true, but that first half is significant. If...
  8. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Is the only purpose of a spellcasting focus to eschew common material components?

    I still like the idea of magic item foci that augment your casting in some way. We've seen WotC put out a lot of wands and staves that have an effect in addition to being able to be used as a focus, but I was hoping for something neat like "When you prepare spells spells while attuned to this...
  9. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Drawmij's Instant Summons 19 Feign Death 29 Find Traps 29 Friends 4 Mordenkainen's Sword 20 True Strike 40 Weird 20
  10. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 6 Drawmij's Instant Summons 19 Feign Death 31 Find Traps 30 Friends 18 Mordenkainen's Sword 22 True Strike 37 Weird 19
  11. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Ending geas

    The reason I would interpret it differently is because dispel magic didn't need to be listed, getting rid of effects like geas is the kind of thing dispel magic does. Meanwhile remove curse, greater restoration, and wish have descriptions that do not already explicitly include the ability to...
  12. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19 Drawmij's Instant Summons 20 Feign Death 27 Find Traps 35 Friends 29 Mordenkainen's Sword 24 Ray of Enfeeblement 8 True Strike 33 Weird 22
  13. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Aww, I reread Mending. I was always under the impression that the sapphire is crushed to dust, in which case Mending would be impossible. Up to the DM how thoroughly it is crushed I guess. Fabricate probably still works either way, but that's a bit of a setback.
  14. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    I LOVE THESE IDEAS! It looks like the mended sapphire, the sapphire before it is crushed, and/or the sapphire dust could be used as a material component or part of a component for Contingency, Hero's Feast, Imprisonment (on a 2 HD creature), Magic Jar, Planar Binding, Sequester, and...
  15. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Excellent points. I know you said you're convinced, but if it's all the same I'm gonna continue ranting anyway. I would still think it's worth it if you happen to have DIS as a spell (I'm not sure I would ever spend my spell selection on it). Let's assume that you are a level 11 wizard (because...
  16. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    As much as the component kills it for me, I don't understand how Instant Summons has gotten so few downvotes. I would think the ability to prep one's valuables (SPELLBOOK FOR INSTANCE) to return to one's possession in the event of theft or other unforeseen separation sounds like a really...
  17. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    That's a good justification for it being bad, but in my opinion that doesn't change the fact that it is bad. Maybe a more healthy way to balance it would be to buff it a bit (say, reducing it to a 1st level spell, removing the line of sight restriction, and removing the part about natural or...
  18. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    I'll lend you my downvote for Horrid Wilting, if you lend me your upvote for Find Traps. Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 16 - Here ya go Drawmij's Instant Summons 23 Feign Death 29 Find Traps 31 - Sorry Tony, this spell is bad even disregarding the line of sight thing Friends 31 Mordenkainen's...
  19. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 18 Blade Ward 8 Drawmij's Instant Summons 22 Feign Death 27 Find Traps 33 Friends 31 Mordenkainen's Sword 24 Ray of Enfeeblement 8 True Strike 34 Weird 22
  20. Phazonfish

    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

    Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 18 Blade Ward 11 Drawmij's Instant Summons 22 - Could be worse Feign Death 24 Find Traps 33 - Forgot to vote yesterday, looks like at least one person picked up the slack for me though Friends 33 Mordenkainen's Sword 24 Phantasmal Killer 7 Ray of Enfeeblement 14 True...
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