D&D (2024) 2024 Spell Changes

[Azzy]

I may have missed this, but has magic missile been clarified to remove/revise the ridiculous "roll one d4, apply to the damage of each missile" ruling?

It's the same wording as 5.14e.

 

[Lanefan]

He can fail the save, but they still have to hit with the attack roll to start with. I don't know that the rules allow for allowing yourself to be hit with an attack.

Which would, stupidly, rule out the whole "If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can ever imagine" scene where Obi-Wan puts up his weapon and lets Darth Vader chop him down.

This is where rulings-not-rules comes in: if you want to be hit and you're not at the same time trying to dodge anything else, the hit should be automatic.

 

[MarkB]

Which would, stupidly, rule out the whole "If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can ever imagine" scene where Obi-Wan puts up his weapon and lets Darth Vader chop him down.

This is where rulings-not-rules comes in: if you want to be hit and you're not at the same time trying to dodge anything else, the hit should be automatic.

He also closed his eyes. At the very least, that gave Vader advantage.

 

[Will Brandiman]

Can anyone confirm if there are any changes to Aura of Vitality and also whether it is now on the Cleric spell list please?

 

[MuhVerisimilitude]

Have they nerfed shield?

 

[Stoutstien]

Have they nerfed shield?

No. If anything it stronger due to the ways you can gain additional low lvs slots per recover cycle.

Spell slots seem almost like the true universal resource pool.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Have they nerfed shield?

I watched a Treantmonk video where he explained it was as is. However he described that there were now a few more ways warriors might be able to use a reaction to get defensive bonuses. So while Shield was not nerfed, it has a few more non-spell competitors for getting a brief AC bonus which might change build optimization considerations.

 

[Nefermandias]

I don't think I've ever had a problem with Shield working as written on low AC characters. Like the Wizard in Mage Armor with AC 14-15 casting Shield is fine. I think the only time we really have had a problem with Shield was when we had a high-level Bladesinger. He had Dex 16 and Mage Armor, so had base AC 16. Bladesinging gave him AC 21, and Shield gave him AC 26 with no magic items. That's when it got to be a problem.

I never really understood the problem with Shield. It costs a Spell Slot and those aren't infinite.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

In this vid, Treantmonk explains the 2024 Defensive Dualist’s reaction to get your proficiency bumps to AC (if welding finesse weapon) has changed to give the bonus for all attacks that round, just like Shield does.

I can see how Shield has competition. Defensive Dualist’s reaction to bump AC for a round without a spell slot is compelling now.

 

[MuhVerisimilitude]

I never really understood the problem with Shield. It costs a Spell Slot and those aren't infinite.

It's limited only in a very abstract sense, and at mid to higher levels it is functionally at-will.