Also want to add: sapping sting’s prone condition rider effect is huge because it’s a short-duration Earthbind and the victim (assuming it’s not magically held aloft and/or able to hover) also takes falling damage. In that sense it’s also a bit like Command, only this is an infinite resource. An EK or Tasha’s bladesinger could do this over and over again, and in the former case, as of lvl 10 be using eldritch strike to perpetuate disadvantage on the STR save
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“Hey I’m going to make this history check”. “Well here let me guide you while you remember this thing”. Sounds like someone, with a hangover, trying to piece together their drunken night out.
I always picture it more as like magical stimulation. Like what Vision does. You're not reminding them, you're helping them remember. You're not helping them lift, your making their muscles do the anime bulge. You're not helping them look, you're activating SAO detective mode.
Example for mold earth: Me (warlock) and my friends (wizard and druid) had to protect city from goblin army and we had 24 hours to prepare. We also had 4 lvl 1 caster NPCs so our wizard and those NPCs spent 8 hours casting mold earth over and over again to create trench around the city, then we filled it with spikes and used minor illusion to make it look like there is small 5 feet bridge made from earth across. They fell for it and villagers spammed molotov cocktails and something like granades (tubes with gun powder inside and explosive magic crystal on the cork) on them. We won. Edit: Eldritch Blast is amazing if enemy has concentration spell active - 4 attacks means 4 concentration checks
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
@@MyRegularNameWasTaken I mean it's not like you can't cast guidance *and* do the help action. Unless it's a check like stealthing where you couldn't do the help action anyway....
My character uses Mold Earth a lot, from digging the latrines every night to digging out 2 massive pits to ambush a horde of monsters. Best way to think of the spell is imagine its Minecraft and take it from there.
Tis is great spell from diging holes to even make bahttub in wildness my reson was that bathtub is defintly difficult terrenin and my kobold wizard was clean and relaxed after kiling second mage and not finding spellbooks
My party was gonna have to pay an exorbitant bridge toll to get into the city, and I’m not about that, so I asked the DM how wide the river was just out of sight of the guards and it was 10’, so I was just “noice” **earthbending powers**
As a home rule at my tables, I allow a full caster class to take their classes “minor magical ability” cantrip for free; prestidigitation, thaumaturgy, or druidcraft. Myself or other casters would always sink one of our cantrips into one of those, and we’d only ever not take it if there was someone else that had it. The people playing casters I know like having those minor magical talents that just make your character feel like a magic user. So far, I’ve not noted any imbalance and only positive feelings from my players. They often use the free slot they got back to experiment with different utility cantrips like move earth.
Agreed. I've always considered them little apprentice magics. The tiny first magics they learn in their tutoring. First year Hogwarts classes that every wizard takes so to speak.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
me and my DM made a mold earth type spell called wood weaving and yes the spell was inspired by the ionians from league of legends. the idea of the cantrip was that a clan of firbolgs made this spell so that they didnt need to cut down trees to make houses they instead shaped still living trees into houses and facilities. the effects of the spell would become permanent if the person could convince the tree to keep the shape.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Eh I mean it's not as useless as people make it out to be. When you're low level and casting spells like chromatic orb, scorching ray, etc, it's great to put a lil insurance on your spell slots
@@MitkealStorean yeah and if I remember correctly there's rules in Tasha's that let you switch out cantrips at certain levels so by the time your ranged spell attacks become less prominent you can replace it with something else
Shape water + mold earth + create bonfire is fun combo material. Dig a hole, make sheets of ice to cover the hole and put a bit of earth on top of the ice. Once the victim is in cast create bonfire at the bottom.
Shape water. guidance. minor illusion. messege. Eldritch blast. magic stone. prestidigiation. mage hand. toll the dead and light. would be my top 10 list. lets see how many you agree with lol (commenting before video)
Guidance is undeniably good, but we hate it for reasons not totally laid out in the video. It's definitely good, it's effective, it's flavorful, it's really good, but the way it works at the table is "Oh let me use guidance before you try." "Did you add the d4?" "Don't forget your d4!" "Hey we forgot to use the d4 but our characters would not have can we add that now?". This mechanic on an unlimited cast cantrip means it's just a persistent nag distracting and undercutting the tension from whatever cool thing a player is about to attempt. Note that bardic inspiration does not have this problem.
I've had a character abuse that spell like mad... I'd devote about ten minutes every time we camped to create a trench 10' deep and 10' wide all the way around our camp- with all the dirt piled into a 10' high wall inside the trench, lol. Our DM started putting us in a LOT more rocky or aquatic locations after a while. 😁 **Edit- of course he did the same thing, that's what I get for writing before finishing the video, lol.
As far as I'm concerned, it's "loose dirt" only if you don't need a shovel to move it. A cantrip that creates total cover at no opportunity cost is WAY overpowered.
@@gamecavalier3230 I agree that Shape Water is marginally useful, and cover is sweet. Is there really water around all that often though? It just seems so situational. Nice one to have on scrolls though.
@@gamecavalier3230 Ha ha, must admit, damn good combo! Well done, definitely a higher rating if you're packing one of those! Only two 5' cubes at once, but you can still do a lot with those.
I like combining create bonfire with pyrotechnics. Blinding all foes near your bonfire or creating a non-concentration fog cloud is quite useful, and it makes triggering pyrotechnics easily.
Pyrotechnics requires "an area of nonmagical flame" and Create Bonfire specifically creates a "magical bonfire". You shouldn't be able to do that then right?
@@roark914 Oh crap i didn't notice the "nonmagical" requirement... Guess my DM has just been generous. You are right, I suppose you couldn't technically do that.
@@roark914 well, it also "ignites flammable objects in its area that aren’t being worn or carried". You could use that to light something (like pile of wood) and use that fire with Pyrotechnics.
Thank you. I always look forward to your post. Please keep up the great work. I do not allow my shops to have things that make it easier to steal, rob and murder. i.e. Cloaks of invisibility, rings of invisibility and the like.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I don't get how Green-Flame Blade made it in and Booming Blade didn't. Fire is so frequently resisted and I seldom get monsters within 5 ft of each other. Booming Blade definitely has more frequent opportunities for use and with Bladesingers getting to use 1 attack on it without losing their second attack, it'll be even more amazing.
Booming Blade seems impractical offensively. I don't think any of my DMs would have a creature move away from melee and risk both an opportunity attack and the effect of the cantrip unless he really wanted us to win the encounter and we're in trouble. How do you get it to be practical without another character using their attack chance to shove the affected creature?
@@robinthrush9672 unless I'm mistaken shoving the creature doesn't proc the bonus damage from booming blade I think the target has to willingly move to proc the bonus damage.
Personal top 10 10 presstathuermacraft (the tiny trick cantrip of the caster) 9 mage hand (10 lbs can do a lot) 8 minor illusion (instant cover) 7 mending (fix almost anything) 6 mold earth (fall damage and lots of trap tricks) 5 shape water (great rp value and ice floats so no more drowning) 4 light (good for more than nightvision) 3 guidance 2 vicious mockery (psychic and forcing disadvantage) 1eldrtich blast (dps) (Many be slightly out of order) Curious how many i had in common with him
(MOLD EARTH STORY) I was playing as a Minotaur (bison) Stone Sorcerer. I used Mold Earth to create two large trenches and a funneling embankment towards the trenches. I placed several javelins at the bottom of the pits. I then taunted four large Daeodons (dire boars) to chase me. I vaulted the trenches and was lucky enough that two of the daeodons fell into the pits and were skewered on the javelins. Long story short, I got a ton of bacon with Mold Earth.
My favorite way to use Minor Illusion is as an Arcane Trickster (but really it's a beneficial tactic for anyone able to cast it). Simply fill that 5-ft. cube with the image of an innocuous object -- a crate, a barrel, a boulder, a pile of clothes, etc. -- and crouch down inside of it. You can theoretically have 100% uptime on the spell, so you will be able to spy or keep watch while remaining out of sight!
I enjoyed the mini rant during the Minor illusion segment because I had a DM that would constantly have NPCs investigate my illusion when I used Disguise Self. I get it if you are disguised as a specific character or your disguise is out of place but I remember a time where I was hiding from someone disguised as a beggar in a poor part of a town with tons of other similar looking people and the DM had the NPC come up to me & "figured out" it was an illusion.
We were in a simple dungeon taken over by goblins, so instead of dealing with them and the drake they had caged up, I played a dragon's roar from the only area they hadn't explored yet, and scared them off.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
It took me a while to realize that one of the weaknesses of Guidance is that it only really applies to an Ability Check for tasks you can complete within a minute, so long negotiations or downtime activities don't really apply. My players got away with a lot of extra d4s before I caught on to that. Haha.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Thank you! Create Bonfire is an amazing spell. One trick I like to use it hold my action when the enemy is charging to cast it under them after they finish their movement. That way, not only are they hit by it when it's cast, but because they've already moved, they have to end their turn in it, netting me two hits with one cantrip. Of course, you have to already know they're going to be dashing, but that isn't that uncommon. Also, it's great to block doors and other narrow passageways while not loosing the ability to shoot.
Thats tricky timing. Readying the spell to cast after they move but before they attack. Wouldnt work if they are dashing because they end their turn before you cast it.
@@vederianl9723 Not necessarily. Their turn doesn't end as soon as they use their movement and action. So long as you know they will be dashing, you just say you cast it as soon as their movement and dash end but before their turn ends.
_Sapping sting_ is also useful for making flying creatures fall. I can't remember if hovering creatures are immune to that. Anybody else know off-hand? _Create bonfire_ is pretty great if you have someone who can grapple with two or more creatures (Unarmed Fighting Style, Simic Hybrid). The grappler moves, dragging his grabbed targets with him and through the fire. Each one has to make a save on the grappler's turn and of course when he keeps one held over the fire. _Mold earth_ is one of a necromancer's best friends!
About the hovering creatures... I couldn't find a specific ruling, but were I the DM I'd say it depends on the creature's mode of flight/hovering. If it's something like a hummingbird, where it hovers from intense physical activity... Hello, dirt! On the other hand, something like a will-o-wisp that is floating due to having a magical nature, I'd probably say no. If it's a creature using a spell... Not entirely sure. I'd probably make them roll Concentration and they fall if they fail.
@@Nathan_Talisien There's a strict rule, not sure where, in Monster Manual probably where it explains possible monsters' features, that creatures without "hover" ability fall when they knocked prone. Said hover ability is stated where their speed is (it would be, like, "Speed: flying 60 ft (hover)").
Green Flame Blade is great when you use it as the base for a few other tricks. Stack it with Shillelagh and you can tie the base attack roll to wis or cha. Get it through tome pact warlock and stack your cha mod on both creatures you hit. Take the celestial patron to 6 and you add your cha mod to it a third time. Dip into paladin 2 levels for armor and smites, then take the flames of phlegethos feat, and you become a walking blast furnace that rolls about as many dice as a sneak attacking rogue every time you swing your flaming billy club.
Minor Illusion can be used as an ersatz Message cantrip as you can whisper your own voice out to 30ft to communicate over a distance without being overheard.
A gnome in my very short campaign uses the mold earth to basically make a bearpit for them to sleep in every night! I just love the idea of gnomes normally living under human villages, eating bugs and eventually stealing food and items from humans.
Started playing Stone Sorcerer in a new campaign using Mold Earth as a go to spell. Mostly Melee or close ranged so in ranged combat I make defenses. Or used quickened spell to build earth under me to do a leaping attack. Or entering city trying get maps and scoping a location to do out a battle plan with rough buildings coloring the earth to key areas ☺️
once I used the minor illusion cantrip to conceal the border of a hidden doorway and meld it into the wall, which prevented out party from being attacked by goblins during our rest. Totally agree with that ranking lol.
I actually took Magic Initiate on my Barbarian to get Eldritch Blast because even without Invocations it's still the best damage cantrip in the game and the biggest problem barbs have is a lack of solid ranged attack options. Definitely worked out for me better than chucking javelins did.
For green flame blade. Don't forget celestial warlocks radiant soul ability procs from this. So for either target you can add double your cha bonus to damage.
One of the UA feats, which I’m pretty sure will be in Tasha’s, allows you to take a warlocks evocation. So then you could take agonizing blast and boom. Bard with Eldritch blast with charisma modifier
Some of my go to spells that I have that is not on your list is: Mending (repair broken ammunition to keep the firing going) Prestidigitation (Clean up/Dirty down, change the flavor of something back but have to eat/drink it, etc) Thorn Whip (pull someone into a pitfall/ledge that may be between you two)
Nice list! I did a video rating all Cantrips on my own channel and have a few disagreements, but the omission that strikes me most is... no FIRE BOLT?!?!? It's the only damage cantrip that can affect objects! It can blow up walls, doors, locks, and pretty much everything else (as hardly anything has a Damage Threshhold in 5e). Big miss there, IMO.
My default for guidance on my artificer is "I concentrate really hard". My default for guidance for my tomelock is "Μα τον μανιτού!". The default for my cleric is make my cross :p
In my experiance, guidance on initiative rolls hardly seems that unusual because of how incredibly obvious it tends to be when combat is about to erupt. >You are on a ship and spot a pirate ship approaching. "I pray for guidance in this battle" >You are trying to sneak into a castle and hear guards approaching your location. "I pray for guidance towards a swift battle" >You are in the underdark and hear the rumbling of approaching burrowing monsters. "I pray for guidance should combat fall upon us" Etc, etc. Nearly all combat encounters have some form of foreshadowing before your DM calls for initiative. Sure, sometimes there will be truly surprise combat without any foreshadowing, and I think in those instances you as a player should, realistically, not attempt to argue with the DM that you had Guidance active. Just accept that it won't work for literally every combat event, but it should reasonably be something you can call out fairly often due to combat foreshadowing.
As a storm cleric right now there’s unfortunately not a lightning cantrip you can pick as cleric I believe. I’ve felt like requesting reflavoring/texturing spells with the DM to make my character more thematic.
@@dogchassingstars Nothing says you cant just do that. Previous versions of D&D even had rules for creating your own spells. Creating a new spell that just changes the damage type of an existing spell should be pretty easy. Your DM might not let you change fireball to psychic damage but green-flame to lightning sounds reasonable.
My eldritch knight/warmage once he gets eldritch strike: Step 1: Mind sliver + melee attack (war magic feature) Step 2: Action surge and cast something bad like Hold Person (or Web, or Blindness/Deafness) Now dude is saving at disadvantage on that spell save, PLUS -1d4 to their roll. You can come close to guaranteeing a humanoid enemy falls to Hold Person, and then continue using eldritch strike to perpetuate the disadvantage on those saves. That enemy is in serious trouble now.
My top two faves are thaumaturgy and guidance. Guidance for obvious reasons but thaumaturgy for the voice booming thing. It's perfect for bards and its a shame they dont get thaumaturgy normally.
nice review -- "create bonfire" is nice if you can use the small area to control movement of your enemies -- nevertheless, i usually prefer "produce flame" if it is available, because it allows more utility plus damage -- both options are good, though
I really like the list you made! I also have gone back and found your fixing Genasi video and really liked the suggestions that you made. I have not yet figured out how to add extra cantrips or abilities to D & D Beyond so I have been just printing them out and penciling them in. Any suggestions?
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I'm not a fan of Warlock's Eldritch Blast spamming, but there are some genuinely interesting builds that you can create around it if you're creative. I made a Spell Sniper for instance that was the old Warlock of the Raven Queen UA. I took Eldritch Blast, Eldritch Spear and Spell Sniper (with Agonizing blast of course) for a max blasting range of 600ft that ignores half and three quarters cover, then I took Spiritual Weapon (from the Raven lock spell list) which allowed me to deal damage with my action and bonus action. That's all just in-combat stuff though: Doesn't even get into how good this build turned out being at reconnaissance with Pact of the Chain combined with the Raven lock's class features. So, yeah, personally, I also dislike how much warlocks as a class rely on Eldritch Blast to be effective in combat, but certain builds can make this more interesting or even ignore this trope entirely. Edit: I'm not trynna improve Eldritch Blast's place on this list, I'm just further justifying it's place on such a top ten list.
Shocking Grasp is one of those spells that, while in general isn't great, it has some very specific uses/circumstances that make it shine. With Shocking Grasp, it's a fantastic spell to have on a Bladesinger, so you can attack once, cast Shocking Grasp, and then just move away with zero repercussions.
Mold Earth is the reason a Wizard became stone in a campaign of mine. Dude just COULDN'T LET THE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC AND DREADFUL MISTRESS BE ALONE AND NOT LOOKED.
For guidance, if the PC overdoes it, remember it has a verbal component, and verbal components can't be whispered, so if they say they are always under the effect of their own guidance they are saying something at a confident volume every minute
I multiclass into Celestial Warlock (Play's a Elquance Bard with 1 attack spell) and took Eldrich Blast which I'm not planing on argumenting, due to needing the 4 invocation slot for something more important. Mainly have Eldrich Blast in case someone takes away my fourth bow...
Interestingly enough, the spell description says the spell creates fire but somehow does not create light. Weird. A 5 foot Bonfire should definitely give off light.
@@binolombardi As far as I could find there is no defined light range for a normal campfire either, but well, the DM decides, and he agreed that it would create at least enough light to fill the room we were in
Mold Earth story! Level 3 Druid. We were in a naturally formed cave and attacked by spiders. Asked DM if I could dislodge the ceiling a spider was standing on and make it fall down. DM gave it a dex save and the spider fell to the floor! Great list! Wish Throrn Whip was on here. The repositioning power of the cantrip is very strong.
About bonfire: one of the best funs i had with character is when i built an eldrich knight based around grappling... i flavoured him as a smith, so bonfire was needed as flavour, but you can bet many enemies were cooked on that fire too
I much prefer shape water to mold earth because of the utility of freezing locks and destroying them in the process. When our rogue would screw up the check, I would be freezing the lock until it gets destroyed. Granted, the DM ruled it the way that I still would have to make the appropriate ability check adding my spellcasting ability modifier, but still. Also shape water was very handy in Avernus, because I was allowed to use it on the Styx's waters. I had a lot of small flasks of those which were very handy in intimidating lower fiends who were vulnerable to the effects. And if we will make it through the Avernus and manage to come back, my wizard would have several bottles of Styx's waters
Shout out to shocking grasp. Great effect for a cantrip. Also one of my players has used Mold Earth to excavate raw gems and other odd items in the ground.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I have my ek use mold earth (might not be RAW, but dm allowed me taking it) and he uses it to set up camps for the night and trenches around building they are in.
sorcerer with mold earth could use sorcery point to cast it as a bonus action then dig a hole under someone and then burry them in the same turn. it doesn't deal damage but they would be suffocating and out of combat for a bit (depending on your dm and the creature).
Ne: Ooooh, here comes number 1! Ted: True Strike. Me: ... Ted: ... Me: ... Ted: ... I'm sorry, I can't lie to you guys that hard. Me: Oh you lovable scamp!
Mending, my DM allowed it to stabilize delicate books/scrolls etc. I was a Forge cleric so he also allowed it to be used over more damage types to be repaired and it was even better if I was mending something in which I had Trade skills with(masonry, blacksmithing etc) and then I would roll a skill check on the trade to see how well I was able to do. However repairing a book thats damaged so you cant read it still wont bring back what was on the page.
My favorite mold earth was when escaping from a prison and we hear the guards coming, the druid -who had wildshaped into a snake and was out of the bars- starts panicking. I tell her to hold her breath and cast mold earth, burying her under a small amount of dirt. Guards come in, "where's your friend?" She wild shapes again into a giant octopus right amidst them (ruled to be okay bc she was barely buried under the dirt). Erupting from the ground is a giant octopus in the middle of a surprised group of guards....DM agrees that it is unusual and frightening enough that they all need to save or run away frightened.
On the I'm always under guidance problem, when i'm DMing, if a player does this kind of stuff repeatedly(If they're in a particular situation and decide to do that one time, it's ok) I have them develop psychosis, or something of the like. If you're at every minute of your life casting a spell because someone may attack you, you're your own enemy.
Eldritch blast for a paladin that does one level into hex blade to use charisma instead of strength for melee attacks. Using eldritch blast instead of javelins.
@@EAtheatreguy 2d10 Firebolt with a hella good modifier to hit that you always level up to a +5 > a single weapon attack with a possibly low modifier for bonus to hit and damage. The only levels where a weapon > cantrip (specifically for casters) is lvl 1-4 however if you have stats that don't compesate for Dex and/or Str then there's no point in even using the weapon to begin with. These profs only truly matter when talking about a College of Swords or Valor. The example given before is that of the best cantrip that most classes tend to get (EB isn't included here cuz it's Warlock exclusive) except the Cleric (of whom has an equally good cantrip in Toll the Dead), the Druid (whose source of non-leveled spell damage comes from the Wild Shape feature and not from cantrips) and the Bard (who, outside of its martial subclasses, gets no way of properly damaging an enemy when out of slots). Yes, the Bard is a SUPPORT class, however your comment implies Bards' weapon profs make up for the fact they lack damaging cantrips - which they don't.
@@trappyboi8678 I've never had much success with Toll the Dead. I think it's only not been resisted once in my campaign up to level 10 so far. Makes my character feel useless when I don't need to heal. I'm not sure why people laud it so much besides the d12 chance. Am I missing something?
@@robinthrush9672 saving throw feel way worse to fail than attack rolls. at least you can blame yourself for rolling a 2 on the d20. i guess sacred flame has a use cause if a creature is knocked prone they cant dodge sacred flame
One time I had to literally heard cats that had got loose in the woods. Used Mold Earth to build a small pit & had my pet mouse be a true hero to lure them out. On a more recent game I dropped an especially rude NPC in heavy armor bullying a party member into a 5ft hole to be alone as we left her. We found out she was still in there refusing help at dusk.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I always liked using minor illusion two different ways Bugs Bunny having a missing bricks from a wall that you can jump through that are not really missing or instead of a barrel I've used a Stone support column already
I have a friend that always takes Create Bonfire; it's his immediate response to any situation, to the point of being a meme. DM: The town guard is reluctant to let you in. Friend: *BONFIRE* It's definitely as combat-useful as any other cantrip, it just requires a creative touch. I can't remember if it's part of the spell or if my DM homebrewed it, but you can move the bonfire on subsequent turns, which definitely confuses low-level enemies.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Funny but probably common story with the mold earth cantrip I was playing a dwarf stone sorcerer named Malachite Forgehammer in a game where we was level 2. and the party had set up a camp in the middle of the forest and while they was setting up camp Malachite Forgehammer had used mold earth around the camp and covered it with twigs. Then the party had went to sleep and when they had woke up a goblin had fell into cause the goblin was trying to steal from us
My cleric has AnXiEtY so she is always asking her goddess to guide her, cuz she’s always scared that she’s gonna fail because now she has a _calling_ and bad things will probably happen if she fails, oh gods, please help her she’s too young for *Responsibilities*
I have a problem with Eldritch Blast, and that is that Eldritch Blast is only real go-to spell for Warlocks, and fact that a good chunk of the Invocations you can choose are geared towards the use of Eldritch Blast doesn't help things. It feels like the developers are pushing Warlock players towards always having Eldritch Blast. Of course I have another problem with spell casting in general, and that is the fact that Divination, Necromancy, and Illusion are all practically tied for fewest spells over all the Spellcasters, while the Evocation school has the most spells over all the spellcasting classes. I think Divination, Necromancy, and Illusion need far mor spells. Of course, I think Evocation needs to stop getting new spells until the rest of the schools of magic have a list that's close to the number of spells Evocation has on its list.
A warlock casting eldritch blast for most every attack is no different than a melee combatant swinging a sword or a ranged pc shooting a bow. Yeah, he can do some other things like pushing and grappling, similar to how a warlock can cast other spells or even swing a sword, but 95% of the time, the fighter swings his sword and the ranger shoots his bow...same with a 'lock casting eldritch blast. It being repetitive isn't a negative, it's just his schtick.
I think it's just easier to come up with different ways to make evocation spells since Divination and Illusion spells are really broad and versatile with how they're described. Flaming Hands and Cone of Cold are basically the same thing with an inverted temperature and different damage die while Minor Illusion can be a sight or a sound of any type, for example.
@@ulfbjorn14 Even so, those other examples can when and how they diversify their go-to attacks, and pretty much every other casting class has more than one go-to spell.
@@robinthrush9672 True, but that still doesn't excuse the lack of spells from those schools. Granted, most spells seem to have a combat-first mentality, which is basically the design sensibilities of older editions carrying over to the modern edition. But still, those 3 schools probably should be getting a few more spells to make them more viable choices moving forward
One of my PCs is a god damn genius at using Mold Earth in interesting and highly practical ways. So much so, I feel its too good. xD I still allow his shenanigans, so long as they are logical.
Did a one shot... Fought kobald bards... Kobolds used minor illusion to make annoying music... My keen minded, observant, sorcerer with a 16 int, and a roll of 20 on perform... Used minor illusion to play the inverse of the music to cancel out the sound waves.
Here’s a very OP cantrip combo: snag a QuarterStaff and then cast shilleligh. After that keep using booming blade, which, if you’re more than 5th level, you’ll do consistently 3d8 damage every round. Combine that with the polearm master feat, which grants a bonus action attack with a couple different weapons including QuarterStaffs, and youre doing 6d8 damage each round at 5th level.
It doesn't work like that. 1. How do you get 3d8 at the 5th lvl? Shillelagh sets the weapon's damage to 1d8, not adds 1d8. If you're using quarterstaff, nothing changes. 2. Using Booming Blade isn't an Attack action, it is Cast a Spell action. And a bonus action attack from PM works only if you used Attack action at your turn. 3. For the same reason, you can't use Booming Blade with your bonus action attack. It is a cantrip that requires action to cast, and it allows to make only one attack. That's all, only one Booming Blade per turn.
@@antongrigoryev6381 yes shilleligh ups the damage to 1d8, but at 5th level booming blade adds another 1d8 thunder damage on top of your attack, as well as 2d8 if the target moves. And as for the bonus action, it’s really up to the DM, as for booming blade while it’s technically cast as an action it says it lasts all round so my DM let me keep the fact that it does extra damage consistent, as well as the fact that it can be used in concert with shilleligh as neither of them are technically exclusive. At the end of the day tho it really depends on how your DM views the rules and allows you do stuff like this not all DMs will allow this stacking of cantrips or doing a crap ton of damage.
@@harrisonrothacher2250 "lasts for a round" means its secondary effect. It is explicitly said in the description that extra damage applies to one attack. If your DM allows it to work with a bonus action attack - he's doing it against the rules. Which isn't a bad thing on itself, I can't tell you how to play on your table, but your combo wouldn't work with any DM that actually follows the rules, so writing it here and calling it "OP combo" is wrong. Plus the enemy doesn't necessarily moves every round, for Booming Blade extra damage is often gonna be wasted. So with one attack it's only 2d8, not 3d8.
Psh, that's nothing. 5th level vhuman sorlock (sorcerer 3/warlock 2) with war caster can do 8d8+3d6+6 in a round. - Cast booming blade as an action (we'll assume a spear is being used, two handed because of the war caster feat): 2d8+3. - Quicken dissonant whispers as a bonus action: 3d6. - The enemy must move away from you, triggering the secondary damage of booming blade: 2d8. - As the enemy moves away it also provokes an opportunity attack, so you can cast booming blade as a reaction: 2d8+3. - Because the secondary booming blade damage and the opportunity attack are triggered simultaneously on your turn, you choose the order in which they resolve, so of course you want the damage to trigger first so that you can reapply the effect. - The enemy continues to move away from you because of dissonant whispers, triggering the secondary damage again: 2d8. Does it cost some resources? Yes. Is it worth a single 1st-level spell slot and two sorcery points? Absolutely. That being said, though, it will no longer work when TCoE is released due to the interaction between booming blade (which will now have a range of "self") and war caster (which requires the reaction spell to target the provoking creature).
Is there an official book or something that adds more spells, especially elemental spells. As a ice draconic-blood sorcerer, there not enough good cold spells. Especially single target spells, ice knife has a burst, snow storm is an aoe and frost bite is a cantrip which you can’t power up by up casting. Wanting to take cold elemental adept but the resistant bypassing is almost useless when there’s not enough good cold damaging spells where others spells exceeded damage wise
Nope, you have the PHB, Xanathar's, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, Iceland Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and soon Tasha's. The only one with extra ice spells aside from xanathar's is the one spell Frost Fingers in Icewind Dale
Eldritch blast is just the best damage cantrip in my opinion. While Warlocks do get the most mileage from it, the raw stats for the spell make it powerful. I’ve gotten good use out of it with magical secrets. Paladins and Bards get good value from this cantrip. Both classes are generally lacking in ranged damage.
High elf Swashbuckler rogue with booming blade makes you pretty lethal against melee-only enemies. Thunder > fire 9 times out of 10 IMO. My feeling is that clerics should only not be concentrating on guidance if they're concentrating on something else. Made my spit water on my keyboard with True Strike. 🤪
Me, watching this for the first time one year later: “Wow. This list is going to be so honest and yet so controversial.” Shout out to Mold Earth. I played a Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos Awakened Cat, which is a race that can’t speak any languages other than “Cat” but can understand languages that it’s been around in the real world, ie probably Common but depending on the setting maybe something else. Whatever the humanfolk speak. I used Mold Earth with my Cat Sorcerer (with a level dip in monk) to great effect. I adjudicated that with a relatively high intelligence for a cat and the ability to understand language, I should be able to theoretically know how writing works. I used Mold Earth to make biscuits on the ground and form words by changing the color of earthen surfaces or carving words. You can also use it to create cover. 🤘🏼
Personal favourite: prestidigitation. It's just so much Utility. The way I interpret it, you can light something that is up to the size of a small campfire. You can clean or soil something that fits in a, what was it? A one foot cube? I say, yes, you can clean people with that. Most shirts are larger than a foot, but you can fold them, and tada, it fits within that space. Same with people. While most people are way larger than what is specified, you only want to clean what is visible, meaning the skin, and not their intestines or whatever, and in most cases, the skin would fit inside the space. Maybe it's a liberal point of view, but I see it as: if it theoretically fits in, it's possible. Best two cantrips for bards to "steal" from other classes: For the meme-bard: shillelagh. Cast it on that "wood" to have more fun. More serious: thaumaturgy. You can make your voice louder, which is not too bad if you have a large audience. You can also create up to three sounds at once. So you can spice up music. Or, though I'd say, only with a lot of training, you can create your own "background singers". It'd take a lot of efford, but it is possible to "vocaloid" your way there. As far as I know, for the vocaloid programs, they recorded lots of single sounds, like "ah"s and "oh"s, which are then put in the right order, so you hear words. You could do that with thaumaturgy. One cantrip I feel like WotC may underestimated is gust. It creates a gust of wind strong enough to move objects that weight up to 5 pounds. That may doesn't sound like much, but that is about the weight of clay roof tiles, and wind strong enough to move roof tiles is a 9 on the Beaufort Scale, which is classified as "Storm".
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My Top 10 D&D 5e Cantrips:
10. Sapping Sting 03:49
9. Create Bonfire 05:41
8. Mage Hand 07:50
7. Mold Earth 09:53
6. Shocking Grasp 13:36
5. Eldritch Blast 15:16
4. Green-Flame Blade 17:24
3. Mind Sliver 20:19
2. Minor Illusion 22:57
1. Guidance 28:39
Also want to add: sapping sting’s prone condition rider effect is huge because it’s a short-duration Earthbind and the victim (assuming it’s not magically held aloft and/or able to hover) also takes falling damage. In that sense it’s also a bit like Command, only this is an infinite resource. An EK or Tasha’s bladesinger could do this over and over again, and in the former case, as of lvl 10 be using eldritch strike to perpetuate disadvantage on the STR save
No presididation?
Hey Tedd, timestamps doesn’t match with the video. There is an error after mold earth.
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"True Strike." It's like the world around me stopped for a moment and I looked at my screen dumbfounded. You definitely got me. Well played.
Think I'm gonna Troll my DM next session and say: I cast True Strike and see how people ad the online table react :)
We have a house rule that changes the range of true strike to touch. Makes it pretty good
True Strike should be a BA.
@@davidhudgin That actually makes it a lot better.
in 3.5e it added +20
“Hey I’m going to make this history check”.
“Well here let me guide you while you remember this thing”.
Sounds like someone, with a hangover, trying to piece together their drunken night out.
I always picture it more as like magical stimulation. Like what Vision does. You're not reminding them, you're helping them remember. You're not helping them lift, your making their muscles do the anime bulge. You're not helping them look, you're activating SAO detective mode.
Example for mold earth: Me (warlock) and my friends (wizard and druid) had to protect city from goblin army and we had 24 hours to prepare. We also had 4 lvl 1 caster NPCs so our wizard and those NPCs spent 8 hours casting mold earth over and over again to create trench around the city, then we filled it with spikes and used minor illusion to make it look like there is small 5 feet bridge made from earth across. They fell for it and villagers spammed molotov cocktails and something like granades (tubes with gun powder inside and explosive magic crystal on the cork) on them. We won.
Edit: Eldritch Blast is amazing if enemy has concentration spell active - 4 attacks means 4 concentration checks
My default Guidance is, if someone says they're going to do something, I say, "I believe in you," and pat them on the shoulder.
I do this too!
Wow, that really sounds like the Help action.
That thing that's literally just better than Guidance for any check below DC 18.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Smack them on the ass and say “go get ‘em Tiger!”
@@MyRegularNameWasTaken I mean it's not like you can't cast guidance *and* do the help action. Unless it's a check like stealthing where you couldn't do the help action anyway....
My character uses Mold Earth a lot, from digging the latrines every night to digging out 2 massive pits to ambush a horde of monsters. Best way to think of the spell is imagine its Minecraft and take it from there.
Tis is great spell from diging holes to even make bahttub in wildness my reson was that bathtub is defintly difficult terrenin and my kobold wizard was clean and relaxed after kiling second mage and not finding spellbooks
Earthbending
My party was gonna have to pay an exorbitant bridge toll to get into the city, and I’m not about that, so I asked the DM how wide the river was just out of sight of the guards and it was 10’, so I was just “noice” **earthbending powers**
As a home rule at my tables, I allow a full caster class to take their classes “minor magical ability” cantrip for free; prestidigitation, thaumaturgy, or druidcraft. Myself or other casters would always sink one of our cantrips into one of those, and we’d only ever not take it if there was someone else that had it. The people playing casters I know like having those minor magical talents that just make your character feel like a magic user. So far, I’ve not noted any imbalance and only positive feelings from my players. They often use the free slot they got back to experiment with different utility cantrips like move earth.
Agreed. I've always considered them little apprentice magics. The tiny first magics they learn in their tutoring. First year Hogwarts classes that every wizard takes so to speak.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Oh that's brilliant! Especially for classes that don't get a ton of cantrips off the bat
me and my DM made a mold earth type spell called wood weaving and yes the spell was inspired by the ionians from league of legends. the idea of the cantrip was that a clan of firbolgs made this spell so that they didnt need to cut down trees to make houses they instead shaped still living trees into houses and facilities. the effects of the spell would become permanent if the person could convince the tree to keep the shape.
Lol you got me with true strike. I was like, "what the hell does he know that no one else does?"
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Eh I mean it's not as useless as people make it out to be. When you're low level and casting spells like chromatic orb, scorching ray, etc, it's great to put a lil insurance on your spell slots
@@FoldingScreenMonkey I didn't think about using it for a spell. Still super niche but I can see a use.
@@MitkealStorean yeah and if I remember correctly there's rules in Tasha's that let you switch out cantrips at certain levels so by the time your ranged spell attacks become less prominent you can replace it with something else
Warlock - Mind sliver - 1d4 bane effect on dexterity
Evocation Wizard - Big boom
Shape water + mold earth + create bonfire is fun combo material. Dig a hole, make sheets of ice to cover the hole and put a bit of earth on top of the ice. Once the victim is in cast create bonfire at the bottom.
Shape water. guidance. minor illusion. messege. Eldritch blast. magic stone. prestidigiation. mage hand. toll the dead and light. would be my top 10 list. lets see how many you agree with lol (commenting before video)
Guidance is undeniably good, but we hate it for reasons not totally laid out in the video. It's definitely good, it's effective, it's flavorful, it's really good, but the way it works at the table is "Oh let me use guidance before you try." "Did you add the d4?" "Don't forget your d4!" "Hey we forgot to use the d4 but our characters would not have can we add that now?". This mechanic on an unlimited cast cantrip means it's just a persistent nag distracting and undercutting the tension from whatever cool thing a player is about to attempt. Note that bardic inspiration does not have this problem.
Bc it last longer and have limited uses
Mold earth in the right terrain ( i.e loose ground) offers a trench for range based characters i.e. instant 3/4 cover.
I've had a character abuse that spell like mad... I'd devote about ten minutes every time we camped to create a trench 10' deep and 10' wide all the way around our camp- with all the dirt piled into a 10' high wall inside the trench, lol. Our DM started putting us in a LOT more rocky or aquatic locations after a while. 😁
**Edit- of course he did the same thing, that's what I get for writing before finishing the video, lol.
@@gamecavalier3230
Water terrain, Make ice buildings.
As far as I'm concerned, it's "loose dirt" only if you don't need a shovel to move it. A cantrip that creates total cover at no opportunity cost is WAY overpowered.
@@gamecavalier3230 I agree that Shape Water is marginally useful, and cover is sweet. Is there really water around all that often though? It just seems so situational. Nice one to have on scrolls though.
@@gamecavalier3230 Ha ha, must admit, damn good combo! Well done, definitely a higher rating if you're packing one of those! Only two 5' cubes at once, but you can still do a lot with those.
I built a tiefling flames of phlegethos hexblade warlock with Green-Flame Blade. Thought it was an amusing combo.
I like combining create bonfire with pyrotechnics. Blinding all foes near your bonfire or creating a non-concentration fog cloud is quite useful, and it makes triggering pyrotechnics easily.
Pyrotechnics requires "an area of nonmagical flame" and Create Bonfire specifically creates a "magical bonfire". You shouldn't be able to do that then right?
@@roark914 Oh crap i didn't notice the "nonmagical" requirement... Guess my DM has just been generous. You are right, I suppose you couldn't technically do that.
@@roark914 well, it also "ignites flammable objects in its area that aren’t being worn or carried". You could use that to light something (like pile of wood) and use that fire with Pyrotechnics.
@@coreenforcer6404 It wasn't always that way. It got updated when Xanathar's Guide was printed.
Thank you. I always look forward to your post. Please keep up the great work. I do not allow my shops to have things that make it easier to steal, rob and murder. i.e. Cloaks of invisibility, rings of invisibility and the like.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I don't get how Green-Flame Blade made it in and Booming Blade didn't. Fire is so frequently resisted and I seldom get monsters within 5 ft of each other. Booming Blade definitely has more frequent opportunities for use and with Bladesingers getting to use 1 attack on it without losing their second attack, it'll be even more amazing.
Thats true. Besides, booming blade + mobile feat is great for hit and run!
Booming Blade seems impractical offensively. I don't think any of my DMs would have a creature move away from melee and risk both an opportunity attack and the effect of the cantrip unless he really wanted us to win the encounter and we're in trouble. How do you get it to be practical without another character using their attack chance to shove the affected creature?
@@robinthrush9672 Booming blade is good on tanks or if you can get away after attacking.
@@robinthrush9672 unless I'm mistaken shoving the creature doesn't proc the bonus damage from booming blade I think the target has to willingly move to proc the bonus damage.
@@splunky5156 You are correct. That makes it even less useful in my experience.
Personal top 10
10 presstathuermacraft (the tiny trick cantrip of the caster)
9 mage hand (10 lbs can do a lot)
8 minor illusion (instant cover)
7 mending (fix almost anything)
6 mold earth (fall damage and lots of trap tricks)
5 shape water (great rp value and ice floats so no more drowning)
4 light (good for more than nightvision)
3 guidance
2 vicious mockery (psychic and forcing disadvantage)
1eldrtich blast (dps)
(Many be slightly out of order)
Curious how many i had in common with him
Huh a lot more attacking ones than I thought there would be
Shape water, can you make a 5dt cube of ice and drop it on someone?
(MOLD EARTH STORY) I was playing as a Minotaur (bison) Stone Sorcerer. I used Mold Earth to create two large trenches and a funneling embankment towards the trenches. I placed several javelins at the bottom of the pits. I then taunted four large Daeodons (dire boars) to chase me. I vaulted the trenches and was lucky enough that two of the daeodons fell into the pits and were skewered on the javelins. Long story short, I got a ton of bacon with Mold Earth.
My favorite way to use Minor Illusion is as an Arcane Trickster (but really it's a beneficial tactic for anyone able to cast it). Simply fill that 5-ft. cube with the image of an innocuous object -- a crate, a barrel, a boulder, a pile of clothes, etc. -- and crouch down inside of it. You can theoretically have 100% uptime on the spell, so you will be able to spy or keep watch while remaining out of sight!
I used mold earth to make a 5ft tall decoy of myself and changed the colar to make it lifelike.
What classes get the mind sliver cantrip?
I enjoyed the mini rant during the Minor illusion segment because I had a DM that would constantly have NPCs investigate my illusion when I used Disguise Self. I get it if you are disguised as a specific character or your disguise is out of place but I remember a time where I was hiding from someone disguised as a beggar in a poor part of a town with tons of other similar looking people and the DM had the NPC come up to me & "figured out" it was an illusion.
I absolutely adore Mind Sliver. It is my go-to debuff cantrip (along with Vicious Mockery).
Mold Earth strats: I would flip your pit-mound orientation... --┐ ┌█ camp █┐ ┌-- gives you a shorter run to "high ground" than outsiders.
We were in a simple dungeon taken over by goblins, so instead of dealing with them and the drake they had caged up, I played a dragon's roar from the only area they hadn't explored yet, and scared them off.
Mind Sliver sounds like it would be great alongside quicken spell
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It took me a while to realize that one of the weaknesses of Guidance is that it only really applies to an Ability Check for tasks you can complete within a minute, so long negotiations or downtime activities don't really apply. My players got away with a lot of extra d4s before I caught on to that. Haha.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Thank you! Create Bonfire is an amazing spell. One trick I like to use it hold my action when the enemy is charging to cast it under them after they finish their movement. That way, not only are they hit by it when it's cast, but because they've already moved, they have to end their turn in it, netting me two hits with one cantrip. Of course, you have to already know they're going to be dashing, but that isn't that uncommon. Also, it's great to block doors and other narrow passageways while not loosing the ability to shoot.
Thats tricky timing. Readying the spell to cast after they move but before they attack. Wouldnt work if they are dashing because they end their turn before you cast it.
@@vederianl9723 Not necessarily. Their turn doesn't end as soon as they use their movement and action. So long as you know they will be dashing, you just say you cast it as soon as their movement and dash end but before their turn ends.
_Sapping sting_ is also useful for making flying creatures fall. I can't remember if hovering creatures are immune to that. Anybody else know off-hand?
_Create bonfire_ is pretty great if you have someone who can grapple with two or more creatures (Unarmed Fighting Style, Simic Hybrid). The grappler moves, dragging his grabbed targets with him and through the fire. Each one has to make a save on the grappler's turn and of course when he keeps one held over the fire.
_Mold earth_ is one of a necromancer's best friends!
About the hovering creatures... I couldn't find a specific ruling, but were I the DM I'd say it depends on the creature's mode of flight/hovering. If it's something like a hummingbird, where it hovers from intense physical activity... Hello, dirt! On the other hand, something like a will-o-wisp that is floating due to having a magical nature, I'd probably say no. If it's a creature using a spell... Not entirely sure. I'd probably make them roll Concentration and they fall if they fail.
@@Nathan_Talisien There's a strict rule, not sure where, in Monster Manual probably where it explains possible monsters' features, that creatures without "hover" ability fall when they knocked prone. Said hover ability is stated where their speed is (it would be, like, "Speed: flying 60 ft (hover)").
Green Flame Blade is great when you use it as the base for a few other tricks. Stack it with Shillelagh and you can tie the base attack roll to wis or cha. Get it through tome pact warlock and stack your cha mod on both creatures you hit. Take the celestial patron to 6 and you add your cha mod to it a third time. Dip into paladin 2 levels for armor and smites, then take the flames of phlegethos feat, and you become a walking blast furnace that rolls about as many dice as a sneak attacking rogue every time you swing your flaming billy club.
Minor Illusion can be used as an ersatz Message cantrip as you can whisper your own voice out to 30ft to communicate over a distance without being overheard.
A gnome in my very short campaign uses the mold earth to basically make a bearpit for them to sleep in every night! I just love the idea of gnomes normally living under human villages, eating bugs and eventually stealing food and items from humans.
Started playing Stone Sorcerer in a new campaign using Mold Earth as a go to spell. Mostly Melee or close ranged so in ranged combat I make defenses. Or used quickened spell to build earth under me to do a leaping attack. Or entering city trying get maps and scoping a location to do out a battle plan with rough buildings coloring the earth to key areas ☺️
once I used the minor illusion cantrip to conceal the border of a hidden doorway and meld it into the wall, which prevented out party from being attacked by goblins during our rest. Totally agree with that ranking lol.
I actually took Magic Initiate on my Barbarian to get Eldritch Blast because even without Invocations it's still the best damage cantrip in the game and the biggest problem barbs have is a lack of solid ranged attack options.
Definitely worked out for me better than chucking javelins did.
For green flame blade. Don't forget celestial warlocks radiant soul ability procs from this. So for either target you can add double your cha bonus to damage.
One of the UA feats, which I’m pretty sure will be in Tasha’s, allows you to take a warlocks evocation. So then you could take agonizing blast and boom. Bard with Eldritch blast with charisma modifier
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Eldritch blast. Spell sniper feat, plus the invocation that doubles the range. 580 foot reach.
Some of my go to spells that I have that is not on your list is:
Mending (repair broken ammunition to keep the firing going)
Prestidigitation (Clean up/Dirty down, change the flavor of something back but have to eat/drink it, etc)
Thorn Whip (pull someone into a pitfall/ledge that may be between you two)
Ted, I'll be honest, I was about to post "I'm SUPER SURPRISED Guidance isn't on here," and then you came through. YOU REALLY HAD ME GOING, MAN.
Eldritch blast is definitely that good for bards. 1-2 level dip into hexblade gives you so much stuff.
Nice list! I did a video rating all Cantrips on my own channel and have a few disagreements, but the omission that strikes me most is... no FIRE BOLT?!?!? It's the only damage cantrip that can affect objects! It can blow up walls, doors, locks, and pretty much everything else (as hardly anything has a Damage Threshhold in 5e). Big miss there, IMO.
My default for guidance on my artificer is "I concentrate really hard". My default for guidance for my tomelock is "Μα τον μανιτού!". The default for my cleric is make my cross :p
In my experiance, guidance on initiative rolls hardly seems that unusual because of how incredibly obvious it tends to be when combat is about to erupt.
>You are on a ship and spot a pirate ship approaching. "I pray for guidance in this battle"
>You are trying to sneak into a castle and hear guards approaching your location. "I pray for guidance towards a swift battle"
>You are in the underdark and hear the rumbling of approaching burrowing monsters. "I pray for guidance should combat fall upon us"
Etc, etc. Nearly all combat encounters have some form of foreshadowing before your DM calls for initiative. Sure, sometimes there will be truly surprise combat without any foreshadowing, and I think in those instances you as a player should, realistically, not attempt to argue with the DM that you had Guidance active. Just accept that it won't work for literally every combat event, but it should reasonably be something you can call out fairly often due to combat foreshadowing.
I’d like to use a variant of green-flame blade to do lightning damage instead and call it blue-bolt strike
As a storm cleric right now there’s unfortunately not a lightning cantrip you can pick as cleric I believe. I’ve felt like requesting reflavoring/texturing spells with the DM to make my character more thematic.
@@dogchassingstars Nothing says you cant just do that. Previous versions of D&D even had rules for creating your own spells. Creating a new spell that just changes the damage type of an existing spell should be pretty easy. Your DM might not let you change fireball to psychic damage but green-flame to lightning sounds reasonable.
My eldritch knight/warmage once he gets eldritch strike:
Step 1: Mind sliver + melee attack (war magic feature)
Step 2: Action surge and cast something bad like Hold Person (or Web, or Blindness/Deafness)
Now dude is saving at disadvantage on that spell save, PLUS -1d4 to their roll. You can come close to guaranteeing a humanoid enemy falls to Hold Person, and then continue using eldritch strike to perpetuate the disadvantage on those saves. That enemy is in serious trouble now.
Dang thats good. Might use it when I play eldritch knight again.
My top two faves are thaumaturgy and guidance. Guidance for obvious reasons but thaumaturgy for the voice booming thing. It's perfect for bards and its a shame they dont get thaumaturgy normally.
nice review -- "create bonfire" is nice if you can use the small area to control movement of your enemies -- nevertheless, i usually prefer "produce flame" if it is available, because it allows more utility plus damage -- both options are good, though
I really like the list you made! I also have gone back and found your fixing Genasi video and really liked the suggestions that you made. I have not yet figured out how to add extra cantrips or abilities to D & D Beyond so I have been just printing them out and penciling them in. Any suggestions?
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I'm not a fan of Warlock's Eldritch Blast spamming, but there are some genuinely interesting builds that you can create around it if you're creative. I made a Spell Sniper for instance that was the old Warlock of the Raven Queen UA. I took Eldritch Blast, Eldritch Spear and Spell Sniper (with Agonizing blast of course) for a max blasting range of 600ft that ignores half and three quarters cover, then I took Spiritual Weapon (from the Raven lock spell list) which allowed me to deal damage with my action and bonus action. That's all just in-combat stuff though: Doesn't even get into how good this build turned out being at reconnaissance with Pact of the Chain combined with the Raven lock's class features. So, yeah, personally, I also dislike how much warlocks as a class rely on Eldritch Blast to be effective in combat, but certain builds can make this more interesting or even ignore this trope entirely.
Edit: I'm not trynna improve Eldritch Blast's place on this list, I'm just further justifying it's place on such a top ten list.
Shocking Grasp is one of those spells that, while in general isn't great, it has some very specific uses/circumstances that make it shine. With Shocking Grasp, it's a fantastic spell to have on a Bladesinger, so you can attack once, cast Shocking Grasp, and then just move away with zero repercussions.
Mold Earth is the reason a Wizard became stone in a campaign of mine. Dude just COULDN'T LET THE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC AND DREADFUL MISTRESS BE ALONE AND NOT LOOKED.
For guidance, if the PC overdoes it, remember it has a verbal component, and verbal components can't be whispered, so if they say they are always under the effect of their own guidance they are saying something at a confident volume every minute
I multiclass into Celestial Warlock (Play's a Elquance Bard with 1 attack spell) and took Eldrich Blast which I'm not planing on argumenting, due to needing the 4 invocation slot for something more important.
Mainly have Eldrich Blast in case someone takes away my fourth bow...
i love magic stone for druids
In our last session, our sorcerer used create bonfire to allow my halfling to see, and simultaneously block what we thought was an exit (it was not)
Interestingly enough, the spell description says the spell creates fire but somehow does not create light. Weird. A 5 foot Bonfire should definitely give off light.
@@binolombardi As far as I could find there is no defined light range for a normal campfire either, but well, the DM decides, and he agreed that it would create at least enough light to fill the room we were in
@@kokoido2 sounds good to me. Seems like it would definitely be more effective than a torch.
Mold Earth story! Level 3 Druid. We were in a naturally formed cave and attacked by spiders. Asked DM if I could dislodge the ceiling a spider was standing on and make it fall down. DM gave it a dex save and the spider fell to the floor!
Great list! Wish Throrn Whip was on here. The repositioning power of the cantrip is very strong.
Thornwhip a flying creature out of the air, or play a flying race that Thornwhips a creature 30 feet up into the air. 👍🏻
About bonfire: one of the best funs i had with character is when i built an eldrich knight based around grappling... i flavoured him as a smith, so bonfire was needed as flavour, but you can bet many enemies were cooked on that fire too
Its also fun for druids to ceate a fire then grapling them as a bear or normal form and puting them into fire
Death Cleric can get Sapping Sting. It is a necromancy cantrip. That's always how I get it. I really like it too.
I much prefer shape water to mold earth because of the utility of freezing locks and destroying them in the process. When our rogue would screw up the check, I would be freezing the lock until it gets destroyed. Granted, the DM ruled it the way that I still would have to make the appropriate ability check adding my spellcasting ability modifier, but still. Also shape water was very handy in Avernus, because I was allowed to use it on the Styx's waters. I had a lot of small flasks of those which were very handy in intimidating lower fiends who were vulnerable to the effects. And if we will make it through the Avernus and manage to come back, my wizard would have several bottles of Styx's waters
Shout out to shocking grasp. Great effect for a cantrip. Also one of my players has used Mold Earth to excavate raw gems and other odd items in the ground.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I have my ek use mold earth (might not be RAW, but dm allowed me taking it) and he uses it to set up camps for the night and trenches around building they are in.
Is there anything about Mold Earth not being usable on stone walls? Otherwise it's a very good sapping tool for sieges etc
sorcerer with mold earth could use sorcery point to cast it as a bonus action then dig a hole under someone and then burry them in the same turn. it doesn't deal damage but they would be suffocating and out of combat for a bit (depending on your dm and the creature).
Ne: Ooooh, here comes number 1!
Ted: True Strike.
Me: ...
Ted: ...
Me: ...
Ted: ... I'm sorry, I can't lie to you guys that hard.
Me: Oh you lovable scamp!
Mending, my DM allowed it to stabilize delicate books/scrolls etc. I was a Forge cleric so he also allowed it to be used over more damage types to be repaired and it was even better if I was mending something in which I had Trade skills with(masonry, blacksmithing etc) and then I would roll a skill check on the trade to see how well I was able to do. However repairing a book thats damaged so you cant read it still wont bring back what was on the page.
Mold Earth could also be useful to excavate an 5 foot square and move that earth forward to make cover for your backlines.
My favorite mold earth was when escaping from a prison and we hear the guards coming, the druid -who had wildshaped into a snake and was out of the bars- starts panicking. I tell her to hold her breath and cast mold earth, burying her under a small amount of dirt.
Guards come in, "where's your friend?" She wild shapes again into a giant octopus right amidst them (ruled to be okay bc she was barely buried under the dirt). Erupting from the ground is a giant octopus in the middle of a surprised group of guards....DM agrees that it is unusual and frightening enough that they all need to save or run away frightened.
Tbf my original plan was for the druid to keep hiding under the dirt until they left but she had other ideas and it worked
On the I'm always under guidance problem, when i'm DMing, if a player does this kind of stuff repeatedly(If they're in a particular situation and decide to do that one time, it's ok) I have them develop psychosis, or something of the like. If you're at every minute of your life casting a spell because someone may attack you, you're your own enemy.
Chill touch belongs on this list. The only cantrips vampires fear.
Eldritch blast for a paladin that does one level into hex blade to use charisma instead of strength for melee attacks. Using eldritch blast instead of javelins.
Did you notice that Bards get only two damage-dealing cantrips? And second is that weird melee AoE cantrip. I mean, does anyone use those?
Bards also get the most weapon Proficiencies of the full casters (other than the subclasses with martial weapons)
@@EAtheatreguy 2d10 Firebolt with a hella good modifier to hit that you always level up to a +5 > a single weapon attack with a possibly low modifier for bonus to hit and damage. The only levels where a weapon > cantrip (specifically for casters) is lvl 1-4 however if you have stats that don't compesate for Dex and/or Str then there's no point in even using the weapon to begin with. These profs only truly matter when talking about a College of Swords or Valor. The example given before is that of the best cantrip that most classes tend to get (EB isn't included here cuz it's Warlock exclusive) except the Cleric (of whom has an equally good cantrip in Toll the Dead), the Druid (whose source of non-leveled spell damage comes from the Wild Shape feature and not from cantrips) and the Bard (who, outside of its martial subclasses, gets no way of properly damaging an enemy when out of slots).
Yes, the Bard is a SUPPORT class, however your comment implies Bards' weapon profs make up for the fact they lack damaging cantrips - which they don't.
@@trappyboi8678 I've never had much success with Toll the Dead. I think it's only not been resisted once in my campaign up to level 10 so far. Makes my character feel useless when I don't need to heal. I'm not sure why people laud it so much besides the d12 chance. Am I missing something?
Bard is designed as weak class that get good late. I would personally never play a full bard. Always pick something else at first level.
@@robinthrush9672 saving throw feel way worse to fail than attack rolls. at least you can blame yourself for rolling a 2 on the d20.
i guess sacred flame has a use cause if a creature is knocked prone they cant dodge sacred flame
Good fake out well played sir 👍
My dude...make a seperate video for the kickstarter this is long enough for its own thing. XD I like that your hype for it though.
One time I had to literally heard cats that had got loose in the woods. Used Mold Earth to build a small pit & had my pet mouse be a true hero to lure them out.
On a more recent game I dropped an especially rude NPC in heavy armor bullying a party member into a 5ft hole to be alone as we left her. We found out she was still in there refusing help at dusk.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
I always liked using minor illusion two different ways Bugs Bunny having a missing bricks from a wall that you can jump through that are not really missing or instead of a barrel I've used a Stone support column already
can someone hit the mage hand? it doesn't have hp, so does it operate like an object?
No.
I have a friend that always takes Create Bonfire; it's his immediate response to any situation, to the point of being a meme.
DM: The town guard is reluctant to let you in.
Friend: *BONFIRE*
It's definitely as combat-useful as any other cantrip, it just requires a creative touch. I can't remember if it's part of the spell or if my DM homebrewed it, but you can move the bonfire on subsequent turns, which definitely confuses low-level enemies.
Yo soy una mujer muy pobre que no siempre ha tenido suerte a la hora de jugar a la lotería. He jugado a la lotería desde que tenía 21 años y ahora tengo 45, lo que significa que he estado jugando a la lotería durante 24 años. La mayor cantidad que he ganado en mi vida fueron 400 dólares. Pero un día mi historia pasa a la historia después de encontrar el nombre de este hombre en Internet que es el mejor cuando se trata de ganar la lotería. Este hombre es un médico vudú muy fuerte que da números que nunca pueden fallar. Después de todos mis años de trabajo y lucha para ganar la lotería, finalmente gané ($ 27,000,000) Dr. Luckson es el nombre, lucksonlugard@gmail.com o contáctelo por WhatsApp ahora +234905932 6367, esta es la única forma de ganar la lotería y la mejor manera.........,
Hm . . . I'm working on Shadow Monk/Arcane trickster (Currently 6/1). Mind sliver would be a great set up for Stunning Blow!
Great combo. Once you get find familar can use familar vision to infiltrate and as a means to teleport into shadowed areas.
There was always a hyphen in Green-Flame Blade, as there should be: this puts the emphasis on 'Green Flame' rather than 'Flame Blade'
Crazy mold earth story
Two players were trying to break us out of jail and used the mold earth spell to dig a “tunnel” to get to the jail cell
Moving earth can be used only on the loose earth. Unless cells were just dug up holes, it shouldn't work.
@@antongrigoryev6381
They moved under the floor boards but the buildings had dirt flooring
Funny but probably common story with the mold earth cantrip
I was playing a dwarf stone sorcerer named Malachite Forgehammer in a game where we was level 2. and the party had set up a camp in the middle of the forest and while they was setting up camp Malachite Forgehammer had used mold earth around the camp and covered it with twigs. Then the party had went to sleep and when they had woke up a goblin had fell into cause the goblin was trying to steal from us
My cleric has AnXiEtY so she is always asking her goddess to guide her, cuz she’s always scared that she’s gonna fail because now she has a _calling_ and bad things will probably happen if she fails, oh gods, please help her she’s too young for *Responsibilities*
I have a problem with Eldritch Blast, and that is that Eldritch Blast is only real go-to spell for Warlocks, and fact that a good chunk of the Invocations you can choose are geared towards the use of Eldritch Blast doesn't help things. It feels like the developers are pushing Warlock players towards always having Eldritch Blast.
Of course I have another problem with spell casting in general, and that is the fact that Divination, Necromancy, and Illusion are all practically tied for fewest spells over all the Spellcasters, while the Evocation school has the most spells over all the spellcasting classes. I think Divination, Necromancy, and Illusion need far mor spells. Of course, I think Evocation needs to stop getting new spells until the rest of the schools of magic have a list that's close to the number of spells Evocation has on its list.
A warlock casting eldritch blast for most every attack is no different than a melee combatant swinging a sword or a ranged pc shooting a bow. Yeah, he can do some other things like pushing and grappling, similar to how a warlock can cast other spells or even swing a sword, but 95% of the time, the fighter swings his sword and the ranger shoots his bow...same with a 'lock casting eldritch blast. It being repetitive isn't a negative, it's just his schtick.
I think it's just easier to come up with different ways to make evocation spells since Divination and Illusion spells are really broad and versatile with how they're described. Flaming Hands and Cone of Cold are basically the same thing with an inverted temperature and different damage die while Minor Illusion can be a sight or a sound of any type, for example.
@@ulfbjorn14 Even so, those other examples can when and how they diversify their go-to attacks, and pretty much every other casting class has more than one go-to spell.
@@robinthrush9672 True, but that still doesn't excuse the lack of spells from those schools. Granted, most spells seem to have a combat-first mentality, which is basically the design sensibilities of older editions carrying over to the modern edition. But still, those 3 schools probably should be getting a few more spells to make them more viable choices moving forward
Eldritch blast is even the best damage cantrip for any high charisma character.
Possibly Guidance needs to be a Lvl 1 spell or get a cooldown or something.
One of my PCs is a god damn genius at using Mold Earth in interesting and highly practical ways. So much so, I feel its too good. xD I still allow his shenanigans, so long as they are logical.
Did a one shot...
Fought kobald bards...
Kobolds used minor illusion to make annoying music...
My keen minded, observant, sorcerer with a 16 int, and a roll of 20 on perform...
Used minor illusion to play the inverse of the music to cancel out the sound waves.
Here’s a very OP cantrip combo: snag a QuarterStaff and then cast shilleligh. After that keep using booming blade, which, if you’re more than 5th level, you’ll do consistently 3d8 damage every round. Combine that with the polearm master feat, which grants a bonus action attack with a couple different weapons including QuarterStaffs, and youre doing 6d8 damage each round at 5th level.
It doesn't work like that.
1. How do you get 3d8 at the 5th lvl? Shillelagh sets the weapon's damage to 1d8, not adds 1d8. If you're using quarterstaff, nothing changes.
2. Using Booming Blade isn't an Attack action, it is Cast a Spell action. And a bonus action attack from PM works only if you used Attack action at your turn.
3. For the same reason, you can't use Booming Blade with your bonus action attack. It is a cantrip that requires action to cast, and it allows to make only one attack. That's all, only one Booming Blade per turn.
@@antongrigoryev6381 yes shilleligh ups the damage to 1d8, but at 5th level booming blade adds another 1d8 thunder damage on top of your attack, as well as 2d8 if the target moves. And as for the bonus action, it’s really up to the DM, as for booming blade while it’s technically cast as an action it says it lasts all round so my DM let me keep the fact that it does extra damage consistent, as well as the fact that it can be used in concert with shilleligh as neither of them are technically exclusive. At the end of the day tho it really depends on how your DM views the rules and allows you do stuff like this not all DMs will allow this stacking of cantrips or doing a crap ton of damage.
@@harrisonrothacher2250 "lasts for a round" means its secondary effect. It is explicitly said in the description that extra damage applies to one attack. If your DM allows it to work with a bonus action attack - he's doing it against the rules. Which isn't a bad thing on itself, I can't tell you how to play on your table, but your combo wouldn't work with any DM that actually follows the rules, so writing it here and calling it "OP combo" is wrong.
Plus the enemy doesn't necessarily moves every round, for Booming Blade extra damage is often gonna be wasted. So with one attack it's only 2d8, not 3d8.
Psh, that's nothing. 5th level vhuman sorlock (sorcerer 3/warlock 2) with war caster can do 8d8+3d6+6 in a round.
- Cast booming blade as an action (we'll assume a spear is being used, two handed because of the war caster feat): 2d8+3.
- Quicken dissonant whispers as a bonus action: 3d6.
- The enemy must move away from you, triggering the secondary damage of booming blade: 2d8.
- As the enemy moves away it also provokes an opportunity attack, so you can cast booming blade as a reaction: 2d8+3.
- Because the secondary booming blade damage and the opportunity attack are triggered simultaneously on your turn, you choose the order in which they resolve, so of course you want the damage to trigger first so that you can reapply the effect.
- The enemy continues to move away from you because of dissonant whispers, triggering the secondary damage again: 2d8.
Does it cost some resources? Yes. Is it worth a single 1st-level spell slot and two sorcery points? Absolutely. That being said, though, it will no longer work when TCoE is released due to the interaction between booming blade (which will now have a range of "self") and war caster (which requires the reaction spell to target the provoking creature).
Is there an official book or something that adds more spells, especially elemental spells. As a ice draconic-blood sorcerer, there not enough good cold spells. Especially single target spells, ice knife has a burst, snow storm is an aoe and frost bite is a cantrip which you can’t power up by up casting. Wanting to take cold elemental adept but the resistant bypassing is almost useless when there’s not enough good cold damaging spells where others spells exceeded damage wise
Nope, you have the PHB, Xanathar's, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, Iceland Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and soon Tasha's. The only one with extra ice spells aside from xanathar's is the one spell Frost Fingers in Icewind Dale
Eldritch blast is just the best damage cantrip in my opinion. While Warlocks do get the most mileage from it, the raw stats for the spell make it powerful. I’ve gotten good use out of it with magical secrets. Paladins and Bards get good value from this cantrip. Both classes are generally lacking in ranged damage.
High elf Swashbuckler rogue with booming blade makes you pretty lethal against melee-only enemies. Thunder > fire 9 times out of 10 IMO.
My feeling is that clerics should only not be concentrating on guidance if they're concentrating on something else.
Made my spit water on my keyboard with True Strike. 🤪
Me, watching this for the first time one year later: “Wow. This list is going to be so honest and yet so controversial.”
Shout out to Mold Earth. I played a Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos Awakened Cat, which is a race that can’t speak any languages other than “Cat” but can understand languages that it’s been around in the real world, ie probably Common but depending on the setting maybe something else. Whatever the humanfolk speak.
I used Mold Earth with my Cat Sorcerer (with a level dip in monk) to great effect. I adjudicated that with a relatively high intelligence for a cat and the ability to understand language, I should be able to theoretically know how writing works. I used Mold Earth to make biscuits on the ground and form words by changing the color of earthen surfaces or carving words.
You can also use it to create cover. 🤘🏼
Fun fact: beyond Dunamancy, you can learn Sapping Sting as a Death Cleric.
Which to choose, which to choose...
*Looks at my Staff that's a re-flavored Hat of Wizardry*
I CHOOSE GODHOOD
No Firebolt? It’s the only damage cantrip that can target objects - and can light things on fire at a distance of 120’. That’s pretty useful.
Personal favourite: prestidigitation.
It's just so much Utility.
The way I interpret it, you can light something that is up to the size of a small campfire.
You can clean or soil something that fits in a, what was it? A one foot cube? I say, yes, you can clean people with that. Most shirts are larger than a foot, but you can fold them, and tada, it fits within that space. Same with people. While most people are way larger than what is specified, you only want to clean what is visible, meaning the skin, and not their intestines or whatever, and in most cases, the skin would fit inside the space.
Maybe it's a liberal point of view, but I see it as: if it theoretically fits in, it's possible.
Best two cantrips for bards to "steal" from other classes:
For the meme-bard: shillelagh.
Cast it on that "wood" to have more fun.
More serious: thaumaturgy.
You can make your voice louder, which is not too bad if you have a large audience.
You can also create up to three sounds at once. So you can spice up music. Or, though I'd say, only with a lot of training, you can create your own "background singers". It'd take a lot of efford, but it is possible to "vocaloid" your way there.
As far as I know, for the vocaloid programs, they recorded lots of single sounds, like "ah"s and "oh"s, which are then put in the right order, so you hear words. You could do that with thaumaturgy.
One cantrip I feel like WotC may underestimated is gust. It creates a gust of wind strong enough to move objects that weight up to 5 pounds. That may doesn't sound like much, but that is about the weight of clay roof tiles, and wind strong enough to move roof tiles is a 9 on the Beaufort Scale, which is classified as "Storm".
with mold earth i have made a foxhole for 1/2 cover