D&D (2024) 2024 Spell Changes

[Baumi]

Btw casting a spell that has a casting time of 1 minute or more now uses Concentration while casting it (sorry if it was discussed before).

 

[Nikosandros]

Btw casting a spell that has a casting time of 1 minute or more now uses Concentration while casting it (sorry if it was discussed before).

This was already the case. You have to maintain concentration while casting a longer spell in the 2014 rules.

 

[Baumi]

This was already the case. You have to maintain concentration while casting a longer spell in the 2014 rules.

Interesting .. there is always a rule that you never knew you missed even after 10 years

 

[Nikosandros]

Interesting .. there is always a rule that you never knew you missed even after 10 years

It happens to me a lot. I also often confuse rules in one edition with the rules for another one...

 

[MarkB]

Interesting .. there is always a rule that you never knew you missed even after 10 years

The one I saw get missed a lot was losing concentration when incapacitated, because it was only mentioned in the Concentration rules, not in the condition itself.

Thankfully that's fixed in the 2024 rules.

 

[pukunui]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but Mordenkainen’s Sword has gotten some much-needed buffs: it now deals 4d12 damage and can be moved up to 30 feet.

Spike Growth’s wording is a bit weird. The 2014 version specified that it spread out in a 20-foot radius on the ground (so basically a 2D circle). The 2024 version states that it affects a 20-foot sphere on the ground. A sphere is 3D, so that’s awkward phrasing.

 

[Nijay]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but Mordenkainen’s Sword has gotten some much-needed buffs: it now deals 4d12 damage and can be moved up to 30 feet.

Spike Growth’s wording is a bit weird. The 2014 version specified that it spread out in a 20-foot radius on the ground (so basically a 2D circle). The 2024 version states that it affects a 20-foot sphere on the ground. A sphere is 3D, so that’s awkward phrasing.

"I climb the spike growth." - seems like a cool option.

 

[Nijay]

I'd totally missed the earlier comment about how they buffed Spirit Guardians.

So, enemies need to make a Wisdom save or take the damage 'whenever the Emanation enters a creature's space, but only once per turn'. So the Cleric should be running around the battlemap to tag every enemy once, then your party should grapple the Cleric and drag them around the place on their turns, to hit everyone more times.

'People said playing Clerics was so passive and centered around Spirit Guardians... so we'll make that more active!'

I'm a bit disheartened about these shenanigans. But looking forward to the memes.

 

[Azzy]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but Mordenkainen’s Sword has gotten some much-needed buffs: it now deals 4d12 damage and can be moved up to 30 feet.

Spike Growth’s wording is a bit weird. The 2014 version specified that it spread out in a 20-foot radius on the ground (so basically a 2D circle). The 2024 version states that it affects a 20-foot sphere on the ground. A sphere is 3D, so that’s awkward phrasing.

It says, "The ground in a 20-foot-radius Sphere". It could be a bit less awkward and robotic, but it is specifying that is only covers the ground and doesn't fill the rest of the sphere.

 

[Nikosandros]

It says, "The ground in a 20-foot-radius Sphere". It could be a bit less awkward and robotic, but it is specifying that is only covers the ground and doesn't fill the rest of the sphere.

It's imprecise. They should have written: "The intersection between a sphere of radius equal to 20 feet - whose center lies on the surface of the planet - and a plane tangent to the surface of the planet at the center of the aforementioned sphere."