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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9348468" data-attributes="member: 6894926">I was just having a discussion about the Message spell (a few minutes ago!) so I was interested to see where you'd rank it, but when I saw it as A-tier I was curious. You may have missed an important note: It has a verbal component. You need to make your magical gestures with your material component or spell focus while speaking the magic words in a clear voice, and THEN you can whisper your message (and receive a whispered reply).I don't really understand the use of 5e's version of the Message spell, it's weird. In earlier editions it was more useful, but you had limited spells- whether it was a cantrip in 3e or a 1st level in AD&D.With 5e... 120ft range ok, someone you're pointing at far off through a window can hear you. The "pointing at" part is also strange.From the 3.5 SRD, check out the most important part: the duration[SPOILER][ATTACH=full]363644[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]Or maybe you didn't miss it and I'm just missing the useful part <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />It came up in the conversation I was having because one player suggested using it as a discreet way to get advantage on Insight via help.Edit: It can target someone in another room, so I guess if you're separated but know that they're in the next room, that can be useful. Still pretty niche.</blockquote>

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