I've only got my updated Basic rules package with me at the moment, so I haven't been able to check out any of the 5Advanced cantrips. You must be referring to the fact that Potent Cantrip gives half damage from cantrips even when the target successfully saves and the fact that all of the evocation cantrips I looked at (fire bolt, ray of frost, and shocking grasp) require an attack roll rather than a saving throw.
I'd say just reword Potent Cantrip to apply to successful saves and missed attack rolls.
IMO, a lot of those conjuration spells should probably be evocation spells anyway.
Because if you asked me what the difference was between "I conjure a ball of acid and throw it at my foes!" and "I evoke a ball of fire and throw it at my foes!", I would be all lol idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The distinction seems to be the difference between making an active attack with the energy from the spell, and just making the material appear and boning anyone in the radius of destruction, but daaaang, that's a fine distinction.
Ah yes, the ol' "I don't like golems and want my players to be able to destroy them with impunity" trick.QFT.
Brings to mind the 3e era of adding "conjuration" versions of major evocation spells that conveniently avoided spell resistance. I believe they were various "orb" spells?
QFT.
Brings to mind the 3e era of adding "conjuration" versions of major evocation spells that conveniently avoided spell resistance. I believe they were various "orb" spells?
I fully agree. One of the promises of 4E (academics can debate whether it was delivered upon) that I most liked was that each area of magic would feel distinct: blasting was for evokers; summoning and teleportation was for conjurers; mind-reading was a mostly for psions.I get that they're trying to be inclusive, but really, I wish the schools of magic had some more thought into making them truly distinctive.
If conjuration is supposed to be the "make things & critters" school, don't give them spells like acid splash, because that does not do that thing that the school is about. If that spell is about dealing damage, and if evocation is supposed to be the "blow up d00ds" school, make the blow-up-d00ds spells, like this one, evocation.
It's not like a conjurer couldn't take it -- there's no prohibited schools in 5e.