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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 7353235" data-attributes="member: 92511">And since Enervation came first, then the mechanics, as written for 5e, are first applicable to Enervation...not the other way around. Something that objectively comes "after" [i.e., the Witch Bolt spell which they, I'll take your word for it, modeled after the mechanics they rewrote for Enervation in  5e] can not be taken as the thing that "came first" [i.e., Enervation which has been a spell in D&D since 2e].To suggest one does/it can is...as pure an inversion of logic as I have ever seen. You are correct that 5e is very "tight" in their verbiage. Things that do the same (or even similar) effects are going to have/use the same phrasing. That, in no reasonable way, translates to 'so, they based Enervation off of Witch Bolt.'</blockquote>