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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4142324" data-attributes="member: 3400">I don't think the utility spells have ever been much of a problem. They aren't taken that often anyway. I'd get rid of lots of the buffs and give remaining ones a much longer duration so they don't get cast and recast for each encounter and burn through the list.Burning through spells was always a potential problem in earlier editions but it seemed to occur less often (except possibly with healing spells). I think it's because there were relatively few general combat buffs. You had bless, chant, and prayer that were generally useful and, though they stacked, parties rarely cast more than one and almost never all three. By the time a second one would have been popping off, the cleric was probably off trying to heal someone or slowing poison. Wizards had very few general buffs - primarily strength, shield, and mage armor. Now, everyone has a bunch and casting them all and fully buffing up before each fight is a very strong strategy. It would have been plenty strong in 1e too if there were many more.</blockquote>