What spells are you bored with?

[MerakSpielman]

What spells have you seen used so often that they no longer seem... interesting?

Topping my list would be:

Magic Missile and Fireball

I mean, they're ubiquitious to the point of cliche, but still, everybody and their cousin picks them. And then they cast them. Over and over again. Yawn.

I've found myself choosing Evocation as a forbidden school for PCs (and even NPCs) just to make them more interesting, even if it means they're less effective, just because I'm so sick of these spells going off left and right.

I don't think boring-due-to-overuse spells should be removed, after all, if they weren't important to the game they wouldn't be used so much, but even so, they seem to have lost all coolness to me. Strangely, I don't get this feeling for any Divine spells that I can think of.

So what spells are you sick of?

 

[Emiricol]

Charm Person and Invisibility. I see their place in the game. I am just tired of them.

 

[ThoughtBubble]

Fireball, Magic Missile, flamestrike, cureX, and cone of cold.

 

[Allanon]

Teleport, Teleport without Error, Greater Magic Weapon, Fireball, Magic Missile and CureX.

I see why they're there but I tire of the repetition of use.

 

[Acid_crash]

Magic Missle, Magic Missle, Magic Missle....omg this spell sucks, and talk about overuse.

I am lot allowing this in my next game. This spell does not exist. I don't like it.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Any spell that my warrior type fails his saving throw on...


Fear and fear effects are #1 in my book right now.

 

[trentonjoe]

FLy, haste, impoved inivisibility (or whatever it is called now), and the divine series (power, faith, etc...)



I don't think these spells should be removed either but I rarely pick them when I play. I like to try things I haven't done before.

 

[Olive]

I'm gonna get sick of empowered, sonically substitutedscorching rays real soon if a certain player doesn't lay off them.

 

[Buttercup]

Fly & the various teleportation related spells.

I actually like magic missile. It's the only thing keeping low level wizards and sorcerers from being baggage.

 

[Wormwood]

One more vote for Magic Missile.

Banned from my next game as well (or make it a ranged touch attack to make it less broken).