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Message: <blockquote data-quote="n00bdragon" data-source="post: 6241553" data-attributes="member: 6689371">Just going down the core list on the SRD these are the biggest problems that jump out at me. Keep in mind a few of them have been fixed in Pathfinder. Most of them haven't. A few have even been made more problematic. I'm going to leave out the higher level (5+) spells where casters can just treat the campaign world like a cheap hooker because those are so numerous they aren't even worth listing.Solid Fog - Removes melee combatants from a fight for an unreasonably long time with no saving throw or spell resistanceAir Walk / Fly - Immunity to melee combatants that cannot flyBaleful Polymorph - Fortitude based save or suck, also good at derailing plotlinesBlack Tentacles - No save no spell resistance AoE grapple based lockdown that is absurdly effective on all medium or smaller creaturesCharm * - These spells are just pure BS. They make actual diplomacy a joke, ruin plotlines, double as a save or suck in combat at worst or a pseudo mind control at best, and are generally available at unfairly low levels.Color Spray - AoE save or suck at level 1Dimension Door - Notice the only component is verabalGreater Invisibility / Displacement - 50% miss chance is OPInvisibility - It's an infinite hide check for 1 min/level at level 3Divination - Notable for smashing campaigns and thwarting DMs who try to slap casters back in line at the very low spell level of 4 and being available to wizards AND clericsEnervation - Gets quite silly once metamagic is applied, no saving throw, VERY hard to resistFabricate - Mentioned aboveFreedom of Movement - So many absolute immunities to so many things that wizards hateGhost Sound - Easily the best cantrip in the game, clever use can frequently thwart potential encountersGlitterdust - Explained aboveGrease - AoE spell that ignore spell resistance and knocks over any creature or heavily armed humanoid that can't make a DC 10 balance check with ease and forces a reflex save on everything that can make itHallucinatory Terrain / Illusory Wall - Do these even need explaining?Haste - Just OPKnock - Makes rogues uselessMage Hand - Almost as good as Ghost Sound. Can thwart many noncombat encounters and traps.Mirror Image - Makes wizards unreasonably difficult to attack for a level 2 spellPlanar Binding - I know it's level 5 but the ability to access an Efreeti which can be coerced (even forcefully by other spells) to grant you three full power wishes at level 9 is broken even by level 5 spell standardsRope Trick - Utterly invisible nigh undetectable hidey hole you can rest and prepare spells within anywhereSleep - The class level 1 save or suckSlow - OPWall of (any solid material) - Great for dividing enemies or removing them from fightsWeb / Stinking Cloud - Hard to resist level 2 AoE save or sucks spellsWind Wall - Shuts down archersThat's my short list at least. I have to be missing a few.</blockquote>

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