Helping you choose the best spells for your druid. Druids are adept spellcasters, capable of invoking spells of the highest levels on their enemies. Primarily, druids are focused on healing and control magic, though they have a wide variety of spells in their repertoire. Choosing which spells to take can be challenging though, especially withContinue reading “Druid Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Category Archives: Spells
Bard Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Inspiring you with all the best bard spells. Bards are full spellcasters specialising in magic that enhances and debuffs. They dabble in all sorts of areas of magic though, from healing and battlefield control (which they’re pretty good at), to damage dealing (which they’re less adept at). But bards are hugely versatile and at levelContinue reading “Bard Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
One Spell Slot Per turn – Taking Advantage of the Altered Spell Rule
The 2024 rules give you a bit more freedom when it comes to levelled spells, and here’s how. If you’ve ever played a spellcaster in D&D 5e, you may be aware that there are certain restrictions on the spells you can cast on your turn. The 2014 rules state “You can’t cast another spell duringContinue reading “One Spell Slot Per turn – Taking Advantage of the Altered Spell Rule”
Calculating the effectiveness of chromatic orb in D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Could chromatic orb be one of the biggest winners of the rules revision? With the introduction of D&D 2024, Wizards of the Coast took the opportunity to update a lot of spells. Many of them got improved with higher damage, better healing or clearer rules. Chromatic orb may have discreetly had one of the biggestContinue reading “Calculating the effectiveness of chromatic orb in D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Ranger Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Analysing and rating all the ranger spells. Rangers are primarily martial warriors, but like paladins, they have a magical streak. While not as accomplished as druids or clerics in the spellcasting arena, rangers do have a bunch of spells at their disposal. They can cast spells up to 5th level, making them half casters. JugglingContinue reading “Ranger Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Eldritch Knight Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Analysing the best spell options for this magical fighter subclass. The eldritch knight is a fighter subclass that gets a limited repertoire of spells. They can cast spells up to 4th level, earning them the title of a 1/3 caster. While tacking spellcasting on to a fighter might ordinarily create a conflict between choosing toContinue reading “Eldritch Knight Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Arcane Trickster Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Analysing the best spell options for this magical rogue subclass. The arcane trickster is a rogue subclass that gets a limited repertoire of spells. They can cast spells up to 4th level, earning them the title of a 1/3 caster. The idea is to have spells that supplement your roguish capabilities while giving you aContinue reading “Arcane Trickster Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Paladin Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Identifying all the best paladin spells available. Paladins are half-casters, supplementing powerful fists with divinely granted magical abilities. Best known for their smites, there’s actually a lot more to paladins and their spellcasting. While their spell list only takes them up to level 5 spells and they’ve no cantrips to speak of (unless you takeContinue reading “Paladin Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
Warlock Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Identifying all the best warlock spells available. Warlocks Are unusual in the way they cast spells. They generally have less spells prepared and less spell slots than other dedicated casters making their decisions for what spells to take particularly important. The good news for warlocks is their pact spell slots (those up to level 5)Continue reading “Warlock Spell Guide for D&D 2024 (5.5e)”
What spells should you get visiting spellcasters to cast in your bastion?
Getting the most out of your bastion’s teleportation circle. Bastions are a brand new mechanic for D&D 2024 that allows you to build a base of operations. Within that base are a load of rooms and facilities you can create to gain all kinds of perks. You can read all about them in our guideContinue reading “What spells should you get visiting spellcasters to cast in your bastion?”
Hunter’s Mark: How Powerful is it in D&D 2024?
Analysing power levels for the ranger’s signature spell. Hunter’s mark is a ranger’s smite. Like their half-casting cousin, the paladin, rangers are also martials that dabble in the non-arcane magics. While paladins are like a martial version of clerics, rangers are a martial version of druids, seeking to protect the natural world. Each has aContinue reading “Hunter’s Mark: How Powerful is it in D&D 2024?”
Ritual spells and Ritual Casting in D&D 2024 (5.5e)
Spells without spell slots Grab your spell book and candles because today we’re delving into rituals. D&D 2024 brings with it some changes to how rituals work and who can use them. Below, I’m going to dig into which spells you can cast as rituals, who can do this and some tactics you can useContinue reading “Ritual spells and Ritual Casting in D&D 2024 (5.5e)”