D&D 5E (2014) What spell have you never seen cast?

[Shiroiken]

Not helpful for the OP, but everyone in my group was shaking our head at Skywrite. The only use anyone could find for it would be to write profanity in the sky, since I ruled he couldn't draw a giant **** instead.

Some good, but uncommon options: Geas, Reduce (of Enlarge/Reduce), Enthrall, Contagion, and Enemies abound. While Banishment is common, having the effect happen suddenly with no idea what happened would scare the hell out of the party.

 

[Blue]

Druidcraft. Considering how much players seem to love the similar Prestidigitation and Thaumaturgy, I am a bit surprised.

I've seen Druidcraft, but really it has a lot less cool effects then Prestidigitation or Thaumaturgy.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Forget.

At least, I don't remember anyone ever casting it.

 

[MarkB]

Not helpful for the OP, but everyone in my group was shaking our head at Skywrite. The only use anyone could find for it would be to write profanity in the sky, since I ruled he couldn't draw a giant **** instead.

In one game where we were playing army scouts, it was a handy low-level way of sending messages between groups of scouts, so long as we didn't mind everyone in the area being able to see it. Also useful for instructing really large armies, or directing naval units.

 

[trentonjoe]

I squeezed Conjure Barrage in tonight. Was very close to dropping a weird! Thanks for the help everyone !

 

[muppetmuppet]

I have seen fire shield and animal messenger but none of the others, in the posts before this one.

 

[Bitbrain]

Never seen cast:

1st level - Witch bolt
2nd level - Melf’s Acid Arrow
3rd level - Fear
4th level - conjure minor elementals
5th level - contagion
6th level - arcane gate
7th-9th level - All of them, except finger of death and power word kill.


Always seen, never succeeded:

Banishment - I’ve seen this spell cast a total of 20 times in 5e, by nine different people (myself included). It has never, ever worked.

 

[77IM]

tragic missile
furball
feather fail
Tenser's floating dick
Rick and Morty's magnificent mansion
phantasmal farce
dingleberry
meatier swarm
visibility
misty stab
power word fart
Kanye woodland creatures
slooooooooooooooooooow


Am I doing it right?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Druidcraft. Considering how much players seem to love the similar Prestidigitation and Thaumaturgy, I am a bit surprised.

I've seen druidcraft used to try and combat a burning thatched roof.

 

[Mistwell]

Never seen cast:

1st level - Witch bolt
2nd level - Melf’s Acid Arrow
3rd level - Fear
4th level - conjure minor elementals
5th level - contagion
6th level - arcane gate
7th-9th level - All of them, except finger of death and power word kill.


Always seen, never succeeded:

Banishment - I’ve seen this spell cast a total of 20 times in 5e, by nine different people (myself included). It has never, ever worked.

Our party was just forcibly transported to the City of Brass on the Plane of Fire. Our Cleric (who has the spell) immediately told our Warlock (who can have the spell) that between the two of them, they could banish the entire party including themselves back to the Prime Material Plane. And they could do it soon if needed as they had the spell slots needed for it.

The DM paused, not realizing the entire plot for this adventure could be avoided in moments, and gulped.

We decided for now to take on the adventure anyway. But it was amusing, and I had never considered Banishment as a transportation spell for our party.