D&D 5E (2014) Unused Content Second Poll

[shadowoflameth]

In 5E, in actual play, have you used any of these at all during the time that they have been published options? I will be posting several polls separately to get a feel for what people are actually doing.

 

[Burnside]

Spare the Dying certainly, and I was happy with it because it does what it says on the tin.

The other two, no.

 

[DND_Reborn]

I've used or had used (when I DM) all three.

Spare the Dying is ok, but it should have a range IMO.
Find Traps is nearly useless
True Strike is nearly pointless as well.

 

[Mull Ponders]

No option for mixed experience, Find Traps was meh, but it worked, Spare the Dying was great and True Strike I never saw used.

 

[tetrasodium]

Spare the dying is great for a grave cleric since (iirc) it's ranged & doesn't count against cantrips. For anyone else it's a waste of a cantrip s;pt that could be replaced with a trivial cost trivial weight healers kit.

Traps are nice in theory, but 5e's 6-8 medium to hard combat encounter gas tank & extreme lack of risk that the PCs are built around just makes them overkill. I remember me & my players using them & similar pretty often in the 3.x & earlier days but using them siccessfully on 1-2 of 3-5ish encounters could be a big deal since & any given encounter could really matter. In 5e I've regularly seen players who wanted to use them on every encounter after setting them up & expecting an MMO style "pull" of monsters to their obvious trap simply because it's in the middle... but it doesn't matter now.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yep, Spare the Dying sees regular use in our home game.

 

[Kobold Stew]

I've cast Spare the Dying a lot. Not the others.

 

[Stormonu]

I've seen Spare the Dying used often.

We've modified True Strike to be a bonus action, so we've used it in that manner.

Haven't seen Find Traps (or Detect Evil, for that matter) used in 5E.

 

[Lidgar]

Spare the dying only. It’s useful. The others? Not so much.

 

[iserith]

We call it Spare the Dying From Having to Play the Game.

I feel like I've seen the other two in the wild at some point, but don't recall the context.