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Woops, shows how much I know. Nevermind everyone, Time Stop's fine.

Fair enough, and that's how I would rule it if I were DMing. (Although I emphasized the hitting you part because you said "any trap that can hit you will be detected" not because of anything in the spell description.) Still, it's one of those spell that could be so much more balanced with just...

Wouldn't you be casting it before you are in a position such that the trap can hit you? Like if the mechanism is inside a chest, you are probably searching for traps before you even open it.

I agree with this, just because you don't know it's there doesn't mean it's not in line of sight. That said, pretty sure that means any trap that is built into something like a wall or a door or a container can be considered out of line of sight. This is not as significant a drawback as Iry was...

Elemental Evil Player's Companion, IIRC

Finding traps is hard and dangerous even with this spell. You gotta cast it, so you must already suspect traps in the area when you cast it. It doesn't actually find the trap's location. It can give a false negative result because it only finds hazards that were artificial constructed with the...

5e.

Reminder: Downvote good spells, upvote bad spells. THE SURVIVOR IS THE WORST. Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 18 Blade Ward 15 Divine Word 0 - K.O. You're safe now, little spell. Drawmij's Instant Summons 23 Feign Death 23 Find Traps 31 - We can catch up to true strike if we try. Friends 29...

Reminder: Downvote good spells, upvote the worst. THE SURVIVOR IS THE WORST. It took me a minute to realize it too, but he did. He just reversed the colors because of the nature of the contest. I think I'll do so too. Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 21 Barkskin 5 Blade Ward 17 Divine Word 14...

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 23 Barkskin 10 Blade Ward 18 Divine Word 18 Drawmij's Instant Summons 25 - Doesn't deserve ALL the negative attention it's getting. Most of it though... Feign Death 20 Find Traps 26 - Deserves ALL the negative attention. Friends 25 Mordenkainen's Sword 23 Phantasmal...

Why did you downvote a spell then complain about it? In this thread the survivor is crowned the WORST spell, so you downvote spells that aren't bad.

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 20 Barkskin 18 - The wording might be about as intuitive as a nuclear submarine, but 16 AC naked isn't bad, especially if you are a class that turns into animals that typically don't have great AC. Blade Ward 18 Drawmij's Instant Summons 26 Feign Death 21 Find Traps...

So best case scenario you burn a 2nd level slot to accomplish nothing (but faster than you would have otherwise done so). And then you still run the risk of triggering a trap, because it's wasn't something produced by a person with the intent of it being a trap. "It's not that bad." you say, but...

Vote up bad spells! Vote down good spells! Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 21 Animate Dead 8 Barkskin 20 Blade Ward 20 Drawmij's Instant Summons 23 Feign Death 21 Find Traps 21 - My worst spell thread revealed useful properties of all spells mentioned. Except this one. It actually got worse the...

I feel like I understand the purpose of Blur a lot better now. I still think I prefer Mirror Image, but it sounds like Blur is appealing in quite a number of situations. Thanks for the analysis. Also, wow I never realized the sneak attack thing; does that have any interesting implications?

Actually I meant you need a hand for the shield you are holding, not your Shield spell; I took into consideration your build might have Warcaster. I assumed Shield was being used because you included it in your list of factors increasing your AC. Personally I would pop Shield to prevent me...

I want to say, I'm really happy I made this topic and about those who have opposed my claims here, because it has been a real learning experience, so thank you all. So typically an eldritch knight who is okay putting one of his/her school unrestricted spell choice, his/her off hand which now...

If you wanna keep wish in there it's fine by me, it'll be hilarious, but I think we all know Wish is nowhere near the worst spell.

Sorry guys, I derped on Blur. I still think Magic Mouth should be on the list. I don't think a spell existing as an excuse for the DM to include such effects makes is not bad. It's an excuse for it to exist, but that doesn't make it good. Honestly I would have included Nystul's Magic Aura if it...

Huh, must not have my head on straight this morning. Thanks for the catch.