D&D 5E Survivor Worst Spells: FIND TRAPS IS THE WORST!

[Daniel Van Patten]

The usefulness of the spell is directly tied to the lethality of the traps/the DM's willingness to kill you with traps. Obviously if the DM's campaign never includes horrific traps, the spell loses a lot of its value, just as Protection From Energy loses value in a campaign that's all about stabbing things instead of burning them.

It doesn't even tell you about natural traps, like falling through snow into a pit, quicksand, unstable rocks that might cause an avalanche if disturbed, natural pools of acid, caves full of gas that might kill a miner, etc.

Humorously, it doesn't even register dangerous things that are created for non trap purposes. Press a button and the walls slide up, revealing tons of Undead? That was just a storage room. Pit full of green slimes? That was just trash disposal. Shocking runes? That just keeps the cave lizards in their pen. Sphere of Annihilation in a devil mouth? Just charming architecture!

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Animate Dead 2
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23 - No Traps He... AAAUUUGGGHHH!
Friends 23
Divine Word 20
Mending 18
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 24
Weird 20
Fish 5 - If fishes were horses, beggars would swim.
Witch Bolt 19

 

[Ath'kethin]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Animate Dead 0 Dead! And no re-animation this time
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 22
Friends 23 Still the worst in my book
Divine Word 20
Mending 18
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 24
Weird 20
Wish 7
Witch Bolt 19

 

[Yunru]

Compensating for missed post, then +True Strike, -Wish

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23
Friends 24
Divine Word 20
Mending 18
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 25
Weird 20
Fish 3 - If fishes were horses, beggars would swim.
Witch Bolt 19

 

[Bolares]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23
Friends 24
Divine Word 20
Mending 18
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 26
Weird 20
Fish 1 - Not as good doesn't translate to bad
Witch Bolt 19

 

[ElderElementalEye]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23
Friends 24
Divine Word 20
Mending 18
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 26
Wish 0 -- Not as insanely good as it once was, but still a decent choice. Not the worst 9th-level spell.
Weird 21 -- THIS is the worst 9th-level spell, ever.
Witch Bolt 19

 

[rczarnec]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23
Friends 24
Divine Word 20
Mending 16
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 18
True Strike 26
Weird 21
Witch Bolt 20

 

[lowkey13]

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[OB1]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 23
Friends 25
Divine Word 20
Mending 16
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 16 Hammer
True Strike 27 This should be considered a curse, not a spell
Weird 21
Witch Bolt 18

 

[rgoodbb]

UPVOTE WORST SPELL, DOWNVOTE GOOD SPELL

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 24
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 24
Friends 25
Divine Word 20
Mending 14
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 16
True Strike 27
Weird 21
Witch Bolt 18

 

[Gradine]

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 19
Barkskin 20
Blade Ward 18
Drawmij's Instant Summons 25
Feign Death 21
Find Traps 24
Friends 23 This spell suddenly has a lot more utility when you cast disguise self first...
Divine Word 20
Mending 14
Mordenkainen's Sword 22
Phantasmal Killer 20
Ray of Enfeeblement 20
Time Stop 16
True Strike 27
Weird 21
Witch Bolt 18