At Level 3 in the School of Abjuration, we find one of the most controversial entries in the Wizard / Sorcerer / Warlock spellbook – Counterspell. This arcane aspect has caused DMs and Players alike no end of grief and heartache in the 2014 rules, but in 2024, the designers flipped the script in a significant way, resulting in numerous gameplay flow-on effects. Make sure you’ve brought the snack bag folks, this one has more corner cases than The Dungeon of the Mad Mage himsel

This week I wanted to take a peek at an often overlooked Level 2 spell, Blindness/Deafness. This spell has seen some improvements made to it in the 2024 rules but also I feel is one that has a lot more in-game utility than it is given credit for.

Today we are conjuring up a forest of fey beasts as we take a dive into the 2014 Druid’s favourite (and every DM’s least favourite) spell, Conjure Animals, and see if the MASSIVE changes in the 2024 rules have nerfed it, or just made the DM’s nightmare worse.

An area of effect cantrip?! Yes please! …oh, you’d like to DOUBLE its potential in the new rules, sure, why not? This is ACID SPLASH.

Welcome to the first ever episode of "Spell Focus", where we cast an arcane eye over a D&D 5e spell and see how you can use it at your table. Let’s begin with perhaps the most cast spell ever… Cure Wounds.