What Happened to '[Insert 1E/2E Spell Name Here]'?

[Aaron L]

I lubbed sickes to snakes. My 1E cleric cast it all the time.

 

[krunchyfrogg]

If memory serves, know alignment was specifically called out in the Conversion Manual as having been eliminated from the game, along with arcane healing spells.

Matthew L. Martin

Explain Bards.

 

[BOZ]

i think they meant specifically spells cast by wizards and not cast by clerics.

 

[Nyaricus]

Feign Death lived shortly (heh) in TOME AND BLOOD as a sor/wiz3 spell. Didn't make it into Complete Arcane or Spell Compendium though...

Just the idea of this kinda peeves me off. I thought the Spell Compendium was suipposed to be updating ALL 3.x spells into 3.5 from all reasources.

Maybe WotC missed one, or maybe they just lied. Or maybe i am getting this wrong. Either way, i was gettign the wrong impression about this book.

 

[Steve Jung]

I lubbed sickes to snakes. My 1E cleric cast it all the time.

You can get yourself a staff of the python. Not quite the same, but still...

 

[Aluvial]

Other 2e hold-outs that T&B got that never again saw light in 3.5: Filter, Choke, Gaze Screen, Ice Burst, Hide Life, and Chain Contingency.

I think Ice Burst is in the new Spell Compendium as Snowball Swarm... or something similar. I saw it the other day, it's a 2nd level Wizard spell I know...

Aluvial

 

[BOZ]

Just the idea of this kinda peeves me off. I thought the Spell Compendium was suipposed to be updating ALL 3.x spells into 3.5 from all reasources.

Maybe WotC missed one, or maybe they just lied. Or maybe i am getting this wrong. Either way, i was gettign the wrong impression about this book.

nope. they listed the specific sources that they used in the book, and on the web.

i got the impression that this was "Vol 1." will there be a Vol 2? maybe...

 

[Tarangil]

I actually miss the origional Chromatic orbs also. They were very versatile, even though their damage was piddley.

Another spell that I do miss that was a particular favourite was Lance of Disruption. Can't remember which book it came out of, but it was a 3rd lvl spell that did 5d4 +2hp/lvl (starting 5th lvl, max +30 at 20th) and also had a chance of knocking down opponents struck by th 5' x 30' beam.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Lance of Disruption was brought back as Sonic Lance on the WotC page, and I think that spell is in the Spell Compendium.

 

[M.L. Martin]

(IOW... Duh? Do they hate sorcerers or utility mages or something? What is wrong with having a spell which has more than one possible effect, eh?)

Cheers

There's a method to their madness, I think. If you're going to use 'spells known' as a class balancing tool, you don't want to build spells that are overly broad or efficient in their application, thus giving a spontaneous caster too much 'bang' for his 'buck'.

Matthew L. Martin