I started this blog as a way to force myself to learn the D&D 5e Spells and then other things got added and it started to seem useful. I'm still adding spells, but It's not my day job, so I might be a bit slow about it. ~Dave
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Burning Hands
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard
level: 1
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Burning Hands- Can you cast with one hand? Let’s talk about this D&D 5E Spell.
Friends
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Enchantment
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
Basically, you can take a creature that isn’t hostile to you, and make it hostile to you after getting 1 minute of advantage on Charisma checks and you have to waste concentration on it.
Guidance
Classes: Artificer, Cleric, Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
Looking at 5E cantrip Guidance. Let’s spam every single ability check! Or, why I don’t really like unlimited cantrips in 5E.
Mold Earth
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Looking at 5E cantrip Mold Earth, is it a gardening cantrip, or the ultimate ditch digging spell?
Shillelagh
Classes: Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
Shillelagh, the Druid cantrip for 5th edition DnD that’s fun to say!
Update: True Strike
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 Action
UPDATED! Spell review for 5th Edition True Strike Cantrip from D&D 5E. It might be good, now!
Resistance
Classes: Artificer, Cleric, Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Abjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
resistance cantrip 5e not worth it, nuff said
Prestidigitation
Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action
This is another classic D&D spell going back several editions and has been either under-used and ignored, or used to create effects it really shouldn’t.
Beast Sense
Classes: Druid, Ranger
level: 2
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration, Ritual
Beast Sense – Is it worth it? Let’s combo with some other Druid/Ranger spells and dive in to this ritual spell!
Cure Wounds
Classes: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger
level: 1
School:
Casting Time: 1 Action
Cure Wounds – Even in 5e D&D, having healing spells is still necessary. Now available to … not quite everybody, but a lot more than it used to be.
Primal Savagery
Classes: Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Primal Savagery – Druids must be hell in bar fights!
Faerie Fire
Classes: Artificer, Bard, Druid
level: 1
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
Faerie Fire – It can light up your enemies, even invisible ones, but can it overcome magical darkness? Let’s review!
Thunderclap
Classes: Artificer, Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Thunderclap – Thunder… Thunder… Thunder-Claps Ho! This is not a sneaky spell.
True Strike
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 Action
Spell review for 5th Edition True Strike Cantrip from D&D 5E
Mage Hand
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
This is another great utility spell. There are a lot of times when having an extra hand 30ft away is useful, especially in the first few levels. I think combining this with other cantrips like prestidigitation, and dancing lights can make for a great show.
Create Bonfire
Classes: Artificer, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
Create Bonfire: It sounds like a great trick for beach parties, but it’s actually a dangerous cantrip-level spell.
Beast Bond
Classes: Druid, Ranger
level: 1
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration
Beast Bond- if your Ranger or Druid is jealous of your Warlock’s familiar, keep this spell handy.
Absorb Elements
Classes: Artificer, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: 1
School: Abjuration
Casting Time: 1 Reaction
Absorb Elements – Take some of that damage and give it right back.
