D&D (2024) What spells should be dropped?

[James Gasik]

Simulacrums can cast Ritual spells right? There still might be some shenanigans you can pull even without spell slots.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Knock and Charm Person.

Given the back bends they have to go through the penalize their use, they might as well go away.

 

[Yaarel]

These spells seem fine − but they desperately need new names!


1 Detect Evil and Good
→ "Detect Planar" (or "Planar Detection")


1 Protection from Evil and Good
→ "Planar Protection"


3 Magic Circle
→ "Planar Circle"


5 Dispel Evil and Good
→ "Dispel Planar"

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

These spells seem fine − but they desperately need new names!


1 Detect Evil and Good
→ "Detect Planar" (or "Planar Detection")


1 Protection from Evil and Good
→ "Planar Protection"


3 Magic Circle
→ "Planar Circle"


5 Dispel Evil and Good
→ "Dispel Planar"

Not everything dealing with Alignment is "Planar". Just look at what Detect Evil and Good actually does.

"You know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you" and lets you know if something has been magically consecrated or desecrated.​

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I've been trying to identify a good word that represents a non-aligned term for Otherworldly Aligned Forces, because not all of the creatures themselves are good or evil, nor necessarily extraplanar. Undead imbued by negative energy aren't planar, any more than constructs imbued by elemental energy aren't planar. Not all aberrations actually came from the Far Realm. Any mind flayer that was a tadpole in the Prime and ceremorphosized in a humanoid is not from another plane. But their power might be "otherworldly" or "extraplanar" even if they aren't.

But I can see "power" being from an extraplanar source even if the creature is not. As long as the word "power" or "force" or "essence" or a simlar noun is used, it would be fine.

• Detect Evil and Good
  • Detect Otherworldy Forces/Essence or Detect Planar Power
• Protection from Evil and Good
  • Protection from Otherworldly Forces/Essence or Protection from Planar Power
• Magic Circle
  • (Doesn't need to change as the name isn't inaccurate/problematic.)
• Dispel Evil and Good
  • Dispel Otherworldly Forces/Essence or Dispel Planar Power

 

[Arakhor]

I renamed Detect Evil & Good as Detect Supernatural Influence. I thought that was much more fitting.