D&D 5E Spells that have disappeared...

[R_J_K75]

What, no love for fools gold?

That spell was awesome, got them every time. Throw a mimic in the mix and see the players really get mad, or dead.

 

[CleverNickName]

Remember when evil clerics could cast spells in reverse? That was a cool bit of flavor.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Remember when evil clerics could cast spells in reverse? That was a cool bit of flavor.

Yep. Back when I played 1e, our rule was that any Cleric could do that, but a good one casting Darkness would have to roll against a possible alignment shift (and those were no joke back then). But you could do it if you really needed to. It gave Clerics something very powerful and flexible. Dangerous, but awfully helpful if your back was up against a wall.

 

[R_J_K75]

Remember when evil clerics could cast spells in reverse? That was a cool bit of flavor.

There were some spells that could be cast in reverse regardless of class iirc.

 

[Seramus]

Proctiv's Move Mountain.

It would be one thing if the spell just vanished, but DMs keep using flying castles and floating rocks in their games. Heck, even Critical Role used it! I want to do that, too!

 

[Nebulous]

I miss the way stoneskin used to work. It is still a spell now, but it has never been taken in my games since 4e came out. Back in 2e we used to have a 'plink' sound which meant there was a stoneskin and you just did no damage on that attack.
Now it is a 4th level spell that grants resistance to non-magical weapons.

I agree; the 5e version of stoneskin is extremely boring.

 

[Guest 7034872]

There were some spells that could be cast in reverse regardless of class iirc.

Yeah, weren't both Clerics and Wizards able to cast Light/Darkness spells? That's my recollection, now that you mention it.

 

[R_J_K75]

Yeah, weren't both Clerics and Wizards able to cast Light/Darkness spells? That's my recollection, now that you mention it.

Its been over 20 years since I played 2E or 1E and I only played 1E never DMed. But I think in 2E there were no class restrictions and the spells that could be reversed I think were distinctly. I could be wrong or remembering our interpretation, but I think water breathing could be reversed to air breathing, Enlarge to Shrink, stuff like that.

If it were allowed. and someone did it, I'd pay for a side-by-side comparison of core spells throughout the editions.

 

[beancounter]

All of the 1E/2E Illusionist specific spells.

Especially the ones that allowed the Illusionist to summon semi-real monsters

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I agree; the 5e version of stoneskin is extremely boring.

My 5e version is:

• No concentration, duration of 1 hour.
• No consumed ingredient
• Grants 40 THP and while you have those THP, you have resistance to B/P/S damage.

I thought about going back to Immunity to B/P/S for 3 physical hits +1 per upcasted spell slot, or maybe a buffed Mirror Image with a roll against an AC of 17 to see if you hit the mage or one protective layer.