D&D 5E As a DM cleric spells to watch out for in 5e?

[Yaarel]

Agreed. Too many adventures take the step of nerfing divination as "too easy" where they should just be rolling with it.

Similarly paranoia about phasing thru walls and telepathy. It cripples the fantasy game itself if a DM (and designers!) get too controlling and heavyhanded about these possibilities.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Easily avoided by saying nothing at all.

While invoking your right to remain silent is respected within many legal systems, the roving band of heavily-armed adventurer justice system tends to not have much patience with it.

 

[Flamestrike]

While invoking your right to remain silent is respected within many legal systems, the roving band of heavily-armed adventurer justice system tends to not have much patience with it.

If they're going to torture you anyway, the spell is kind of pointless.

And, unless they're evilly aligned, might be symptoms of a different problem altogether!

 

[Cadence]

If they're going to torture you anyway, the spell is kind of pointless.

And, unless they're evilly aligned, might be symptoms of a different problem altogether!

Torture often leads to false confessions though, right? Would this avoid that?

 

[Flamestrike]

Torture often leads to false confessions though, right? Would this avoid that?

It does, because people will say anything to make the pain stop. They tell you what they think you want to hear, not necessarily the truth.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

If they're going to torture you anyway, the spell is kind of pointless.

And, unless they're evilly aligned, might be symptoms of a different problem altogether!

Thankfully I don't think I would classify most of the extrajudicial trespasses threatened or carried out by PCs upon the persons or properties of uncooperative creatures in my games as "torture".

 

[Flamestrike]

Thankfully I don't think I would classify most of the extrajudicial trespasses threatened or carried out by PCs upon the persons or properties of uncooperative creatures in my games as "torture".

So if I were to pull the fingernails off an NPC, in an effort to gain information from them... in your game that's 'not torture?

 

[Simonb1]

I found, especially in outdoors fights, that Spiritual Weapon can be useless once you have defeated your initial foe.

 

[Mort]

I found, especially in outdoors fights, that Spiritual Weapon can be useless once you have defeated your initial foe.

How so?

If there are multiple opponents, you can move the weapon 20' AND attack with it as a bonus action. Leaving your regular action for whatever else you want to do (including cast regularly).

Are you saying 20' movement just isn't enough in outdoor fights? I've found, especially after the 1st round, 20' is usually plenty.

 

[Simonb1]

How so?

If there are multiple opponents, you can move the weapon 20' AND attack with it as a bonus action. Leaving your regular action for whatever else you want to do (including cast regularly).

Are you saying 20' movement just isn't enough in outdoor fights? I've found, especially after the 1st round, 20' is usually plenty.

Exactly, the fights were scattered, we were having to drop the spell to arrive in a timely manner.