Comments on: Best Dungeons and Dragons Spells Ever

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:49:46 +0000

I’m trying to find out some info on a spell called Storm Shell. Not sure what it does. Can you help me?

By: nostalgia

nostalgia — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:33:43 +0000

nostalgia…

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By: austin

austin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:01:50 +0000

buzzing bee…
its level 1, and if you are ever fighting human players they will hate you for life. (DM might also hate you either way)

By: Eclipse

Eclipse — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:57:28 +0000

Hey Jewel, glad to hear you enjoy the game. I like to play casters too, though I like sorcerers and clerics myself.

By: jewel

jewel — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:37:55 +0000

hi i play dnd with my dad all of the time its really fun im 11 and im a elf,wizard

By: an0id

an0id — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:03:30 +0000

(former 2nd ed player)
Dnd is full of cruel and questionable logic and halarious creativity. Opening a portal underneath someone and placing the opening just high enough to cause traumatic impact damage is halarious. For added distance, keep the floor portal open for a bit this way your exit only has to be 1m above the ground. Watch your victim fall for a few minutes in the same place before closing the bottom. (worst psionic trick, ever)

Extension spells are dramatically under used. Compounding spells with multimages or constructing 1 time use items bring out the lols when you need to flood an entire dungeon with water rather than walking down. Need to battle a horde of orcs? how about a 300ft wall of dirt? Ive even gone as far as digging around dungeons and going right for the gold!

By: excellentspellor

excellentspellor — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:41:36 +0000

Rope Trick: use shrink item to shrink a bunch of boulders and stuff them in the pocket dimension 30′ above the entrance to a monster’s lair. Lure the monster to the entrance, then dismiss the rope trick = instant avalanche. Or, put several vipers in the rope trick, and leave the rope dangling for a guard to investigate.

I love using Web with Summon Swarm (spiders). The spiders can move freely, and do Strength damage, making it harder for the web victims to escape.

Shrink Item can be pretty nasty if you have time to prepare. Get a spiked shield, cast shrink item to make it the size of a sesame seed. Pretidigitation to make it the same color and taste as a seed. Use unseen servant to put the ‘seed’ on the target’s bread. After the bread has been eaten, speak the command word to bring the spiked shield back to its original size. For added flair, use the unseen servant to deliver a strip of paper with the command words “open sesame.” The target is likely to read it aloud, wondering what it means, triggering his own death.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:51:34 +0000

I have but one thing to contradict the choice for ninth level spell… The GITH! Keep far away… for their mighty silver swords will make you quite impotent.

By: Darkhart

Darkhart — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:08:30 +0000

Charm person should be a side one to this. So much can be done with this spell its not funny. One game I remember that I used it.
I was a rogue with 2nd lvl spell caster. Multiclass is fun. I was taken into a room by the town guards and sat with the captain in this room. During a listen check I heard I was to be killed. I asked the captain for a glass of water and when I went to take it I laid my finger on his finger and casted charm person. When the guard came into kill me the captain killed him for me. I then hid and walked out of the town. Only to return and assassinate everyone there.

By: Eclipse

Eclipse — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:23:22 +0000

Mad Linguist, definitely a cool use of Lesser Planar Binding there. While the spell definitely could have been a candidate, I wasn’t basing this solely on how abusable and versatile a spell is, but also simply on the fun I have using particular spells. The truth is, while Lesser Planar Binding is fun to use, the xp hit means it’s not something to use often, and when you do use it, it always needs to count.

Aevum, it’s very true that Wish (alongside Miracle) is the most versatile spell in the game. However, if I were going to choose a spell simply for versatility, I’d choose Miracle instead of Wish. The reason is simple: the way the xp cost is written for each. Wish always has an xp cost of at least 5000. Miracle only has an xp cost if the spell mimicked has an xp cost or for one of the bigger effects. Makes it much easier to use without feeling like you’re losing a bunch of progress.

In any case, I chose Astral Projection for the unique fun provided by it’s effect, something you can’t get from Wish. Wishes, by and large, have effects you can get elsewhere, it’s just that with a Wish you can get said effect more easily, but also at a higher price.