Top 10 D&D 5e Non-Concentration Buff Spells | Nerd Immersion
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- This was the runner up for Top 10 Tuesday last week and since it was so close, I figured why not make it this week. There are a ton of super powerful concentration based buff spells in D&D 5e, but what about the non-concentration ones? This is my list of my Top 10, and I think it's interesting to think about how you could, in theory, have all of these up at the same time. What's your favorite Non-Concentration Buff spell?
Top 10 D&D 5e Non-Concentration Buff Spells
10. Darkvision 1:08
9. Aid 3:17
8. Nondetection 5:41
7. Fire Shield 7:31
6. True Seeing 10:17
5. Contingency 12:02
4. Mirror Image 16:39
3. Mind Blank 20:10
2. Hero's Feast 21:46
1. Foresight 23:21
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Whoops, forgot about Armor of Agathys. It definitely would have edged out darkvision. Freedom of Movement and Death Ward also deserve a mention.
Should definitely edge out more than just darkvision. It's Aid on steroids. The no save vs the damage plus upcasting ability almost breaks the debate.
that's what I was thinking while watching
I think you could have had AoA instead of Fireshield cause its virtualy the same with longer time, less level requirement, flat damage, Temp HP and works against ALL melee attacks. At Spell-lvl 4 thats 20 Hp even if you get 1 damage. The material component you are guaranteed to get ...
Even better is the Avalability with 1 level in Warlock OR magic initiate.
Apart from that its a pretty good list.
MelVixen nah I strongly disagree. Fire shield doesn't disappear when you take 20 damage (assuming you cast AoA at the same level). Fire shield is likely to do significantly more damage than even a 9th level AoA over its durations. And you don't get resistance. I can see the argument against Aid (although one creature vs three is still a losing argument imo), but Fire Shield is definitely better and by a good margin.
My Goliath Eldritch Knight/Warlock/War Wiz with elemental adept COLD: * *casts armour of agathys at 2nd lvl* *
Battlemaster: that seems wasteful.
Me: * *gets hit & uses Stones Endurance to lose no temphp, but still deal 10points of undercutting cold damage to the enemy* * you were saying?
you forget that 5e has the strange mentality of "the warlock has an invocation that does something similar so it can't have this spell"
Unless it's the Undying patron, oddly.
Too true
I would have ruled it as allowing them to get the spell and if they get the invocation that gives an at-will version or something similar it should then allow them to replace the spell with something else
It's also something of the warlocks sort of a class vision--I think they kept Darkvision as a spell from it because Darkvision is largely about being able to help more than just yourself, whereas they would like the warlocks power to feel more like it's selfish, but still just to be individual.
New description is solid. Much cleaner
A few things to keep in mind.
- Contingency : you cannot Counterspell a contingent spell, as the spell has already been cast AND you are not seeing the person affected casting.
- Heroes Feast : even though you have probably seen otherwise, RAW you cannot Dispel the effect of Heroes Feast on a creature, as the spell duration is instantaneous.
- Foresight : just a friendly reminder that initiative and the rolls for spells such as Counterspell or Dispel Magic, are all Ability Checks.
The Aid spell also acts as a discount Mass Healing word as a second level spell, effecting 3 party members. One or more people go down, and you can get them up and buff others at the same time.
Yup Aid is always prepaid on my Cleric if we think it's a combat day. In fact if I had to choose between cure wounds or Aid.... I'd choose Aid every time.
Cure wounds just isn't used as much (I have used it with a cleric with a familiar .... Familiar's are OP for clerics)
This spell saved my party as I was an artificer one time
Contingency: fireball. If I get possessed just blow me to smithereens.
I like Aid more for being the first Aoe heal you get. Good for when 1 party member goes down, Great for when 2 or 3 go down. bring them all up for 1 action.
Only problem with Aid is that when those 8 hours end you have to give those points up so if you’re below 5 you’re on death saving throws
@@trexdrew I was under the impression that only your max hp reduced down to normal, and you only lost your health was above your normal max. If not, the healing was effect was yours to keep.
kyle kabbes according to the RAW of the spell it gives you an extra 5 maximum and current hp which should mean that you’d lose the maximum AND current when it expires
Aid isn't a heal.But does work for the purposes of bringing up downed party members, which is kinda busted for second level.
This spell saved my party as I was an artifcer with it prepared
Having played in a campaign where I was able to regularly use foresight, I can say that it is fun to cast it on a full caster but it shines when you foresight a fighter or a paladin.
Technically there is a way for a cleric to get foresight. Arcane Domain clerics can choose Forsight as a domain spell.
Contingency is an amazing spell especially when you go into multiclassing since it doesnt specify that the 5th level or lower had to be from your wizard spell list.. As an example if you were a bard wizard you could have a Contingencyfor dissonant whispers if a creature gets withing 5 foot of you, or as an example from one of my own characters a wizard cleric sets his to cast a 5th level cure wounds on himself if he falls below half hp.
I'm not sure that casting Dissonant Whispers on yourself is that great of an idea. I'm not sure how the rules work for being frightened of yourself, and whether or not that lets you move. But that's only if you fail the saving throw. If you succeed the saving throw, that just means that you took half of 3D6 damage, but you don't actually get to run away. And since you're running away with your reaction, the enemy that just moved next to you would get an opportunity attack against you.
love the bits at the beginning lol different all the time its a bit like Simpson couch gag
The new description looks really good easily readable and clear timestamps.
also since you mentioned the alternate class features article I believe the sorcerer does get access to Foresight with that option.
New description is super clean and easy to find the info you want/need.
I like the cleaner look to the description. Keep it up!
Darkvision: for when everyone but you has it, and the DM wont give you goggles of night.
Or just buy a lantern
I just buy a bullseye lantern. DMs hate 120ft of vision for 10g way more than they hate darkvision.
or light a damn torch
Contingency paired with an upcast level 5 dispel magic set to trigger whenever a magical effect is placed on you that impedes you, that would negate any magical effect that does chip damage or prevents you from doing things so things like hold person, magical fear, slow, charm effects, magical sleep and all the others that I can't be bothered looking up to type out. Other than that at the DM's discretion you could use a scroll of cure wounds or death ward spending the item to channel into the contingency set to trigger on being knocked down to 0 hit points, basically making a single use auto-res, if you're going into a fight that you know is going to get very dangerous very fast you can protect one of the squishiest party members ahead of time so that the healer has a bit less damage control to handle when an area effect seriously hurts or downs multiple people, having the wizard hit 0 then immediately heal by potentially 5d8 + the modifier of the person that creates the scroll is pretty potent even ignoring the modifier that's averaging 20 hit points regained, having that on a wizard who can then pop back up and drop a haste on the healer when their turn comes back round could mean 3 people getting back up with the contingency then a heal spell and giving a potion from the healer, that could make the difference between a TPK and a success.
Somehow I missed this one a year ago, or if I saw it I didn't remember it. These all feel like a fantastic use of the Extend Spell Metamagic.
Don't forget Freedom of Movement!
Edit: even indirectly protects you from most Petrification spell effects because you can't be restrained :)
Damn I forgot about this!
@@NerdImmersion I only just remembered Death Ward as well, whoopsie xD
I thought about an Eldritch Knight build with Blink, but you can't hold a defensive line if you're on a different plane.
Man, you deserve a tier 4 game. They're so power-spiked though that they run best if built from level 10 so the table has time to grow into the power. One-shotting tier 4 adventures is rarely a GOOD pickup game because the players aren't trying to balance the team into a cohesive unit.
My previous char in our CoS campaign was a divine soul sorcerer so every night I would cast Aid at the highest spell level I still had using a sorcery point to double the duration to 16 hours with an extra 10 max hp for 4 people, that felt good
The new video description text layout looks good mate
I would say that the class that makes the most use out of darkvision is the Shadow Monk. They can cast it for just 2 ki points, and they get back all of their ki points on a short rest. So if they cast the spell right after a long rest, and then do a short rest and then go adventuring for the day, they still get dark vision for another 7 hours. They can do this short rest while the Cleric, Druid or Wizard is taking the time to change up their list of prepared spells for the day. And later in the day if they still have 2 ki points when the party is about to do a short rest, they can recast darkvision to reset the duration. This lets you do a Variant Human Shadow Monk, or a Ghostwise Halfing Shadow Monk and still get the darkvision that is essential to your playing style.
Love the new description.
I think that the coolest thing about Contingency is that it gets around the limitation on it being extremely difficult to cast two leveled spells during one turn. You can cast Contingency with Misty Step, and then trigger Misty Step during combat later on and still be able to cast a leveled spell with your action that turn, even though you just cast Misty Step.
Another really cool thing about Contingency is that it can't be counterspelled. You're not actually casting the spell later on, it just takes effect. For that reason, the enemy can't counterspell you. If you really want to make sure that you can cast Dimension Door to escape, and you don't want the enemy to counterspell you, you can do it as a contingency ahead of time, and the enemy won't be able to counterspell your escape. Against some DMs this might be a much bigger deal than it is with other DMs.
Some people underestimate Aid. 5 hp can be a whole levels worth of extra hp
Aid: Available to Bards as well, 30’ range and 3 creatures. Only drawback is it takes your entire action as opposed to healing word, which is bonus action.
10:03 If you have access to find steed, fire shield could apply to them
A lot of these spells would. My favorite is Armor of Agathys on my Bardlock.
I’ve been playing a firbolg Druid recently in a party where everyone else has Darkvision and have greatly enjoyed the spell Darkvision. Especially since I have the UA perceptive feat, meaning with the spell I see better than they do in the dark lol.
The new description looks good.
Description is awesome!
My favorite thing about aid is that it is real HP. I.e. it can be healed, and stacks with temp hp. My bard runs it constantly, (generally upcast to 3rd level for 10 hp) and paired with inspiring leader our party basically starts the day with 20ish extra hp. Thats a ton of extra health.
I'd love a video only on contingency ideas
Agreed: not sure why clerics don't get Foresight. It seems to fit in really well with cleric abilities and spell list.
Mage Armor? Is that some kind of softskin spell my wizard is to lizard to understand?
lorewise your lizard shouldnt wizard but it is a fun combo
I like mirror image on my monk. Makes me feel like Tien or Piccolo.
Afterimage!
My friends wizard8 barbarian 1 pc uses this a good bit
Very nice 👊
I like the layout it feels clear
Seeing Jace art in the thumbnail of a dnd video always puts a smile on my face.
My War Cleric would always up-cast Aid to give himself and two others an extra 10 HP just as we're beginning our day. Most useful for ambushes and traps.
Hero’s feast is awesome
Good list
I don't know how you didn't mention it: Mage Armor.
It's THE buff spell for wizards and all who can't use light armour, mage armour is better than light armour, it's better even than some medium armour as there's no dex limit and you're technically not wearing armour so you can benefit from things like bracers of defence. It's definitely worth a spell slot to activate it before each day of adventuring and you don't really have to spend a spell slot. Also consider giving it to your Dex-based fighter, they may have AC=12+Dex from studded leather, but 13+Dex is better unless they have magic +1 studded leather.
Jump is a great buff spell for high strength allies, it is effectively a limited fly spell as a STR16 ally can make a standing jump of 24ft, Your 40ft movement speed barbarian can easily jump 30ft wide gaps between ships, platforms, across rivers and over difficult or dangerous terrain. And you can give longstrider. You may think these aren't worth a spell slot but a level 1 scroll costs only 25GP so definitely worth a scroll. Longstrider can also be a great scroll to give to the ally to generally grant more mobility in a fight and increase their permissible jump distance.
It's always worth having a scroll of Disguise Self. You may not use it often enough to be worth preparing, but it's definitely worth 25GP, if you're cornered and about to be discovered make yourself appear like anyone else. It can be really useful in combat, run behind a building and disguise yourself as a guard, then run out from cover disguised as a guard.
False Life is also a nice to have on a scroll as a little top-up of health. Use it as effective healing or a pre-fight top-up.
Fire Shield is available to druids now... In Descent into Avernus, I have done some delightfully terrible things with my moon druid and fire shield. Nothing like fighting a bunch of devils as a giant constrictor snake with a chill shield. We ran into a BUNCH of stirges that all targeted me... which could have been really really bad. But it was most certianly, NOT bad.
High Level Fiend Warlocks are great because you can stack Fire Shield, Investiture of Flame and the Eldritch Invocation Cloak of Flies allowing you to passively deal 2d8 fire damage to a creature that hits you with a melee attack while also dealing 1d10 Fire damage and your charisma mod in Poison damage every turn. That doesn't even mention the immunity to one damage type and resistance to another.
Yea loving the new layout
I love aid!! Usually forever DM and cleric lol
class feature variants UA has fireshield for druids so thatd be an interesting buff while wildshaped
I'm also confused about true seeing not being a druid spell considering in 3.5 it was a 7th level spell for them.
New description is great. Love your videos. Not a ton of fluff or dramatic "acting"
Totally agree on Mage Armor. I would like it a lot more if it was a ritual cast, but the fact that you have to spend 1-3 spell slots each day for a possible 18AC (and that assumes a Dex of 20) is just not great.
You're better off taking 1 level of Fighter and taking a good medium armor and the Defensive fighting style: you'll get a lot more out of it by saving your spell slots and a spell choice each day from your spellbook.
Good list I would have included mage armor
Foresight is by far my favorite spell in the game because, while wish and other 9th level spells are useful and all, they are so much more situational, whereas you can cast foresight every single day and gain some benefit. It’s not flashy and may not rescue you in the moment, but it will always be reliable and always help you somehow.
Aid is amazing I saved our parties paladin from being disintegrated with it. We had 2hp after the damage
This spell saved my party as I was an artificer with it prepared
On the one hand, I want Aid to be on Celestial warlock spell list.
On the other, I understand why it's not. A warlock can cast it on 5th lvl (+20 hp) and then just short rest, and the effect is still on. It's totally OP.
But a 3 level dip in divine sorcerer can give them the benifit AND meta magic.
@@fortello7219 exactly where I was going with it. Trade an ASI and a 1 minute Pact Magic recharge for 4 cantrips, 4 spells, 3 sorcery points, 2 Meta Magic, 4 lvl 1 spell slots, and 2 lvl 2spell slots. I'm Definitely getting Shield of Faith, Shield, Aid, and Spiritual Weapon. 5th lvl Aid at the start, 5th lvl Spiritual Weapon (3d8), Shield of Faith at start of combat and 1-2 shields as needed. then short rest after 1st fight (or cat nap for 10 min) and start over with the Aid already up.
@@fortello7219 I was planning for Paladin 6 multiclass. Pact of the Chain, Gift of the Everliving, and play as self-healing tank. Though if I'll take levels as I'm planning, I won't get Aid until lvl 13.
@@nickm9102 5th level spiritual weapon is only 2d8, and 5th level armor of agythis is probably better, combined with a 2nd level spiritual weapon. At least that's my 2 cents.
@@antongrigoryev6381 You would have Aid from 5th level paladin no?
As someone that played a Divine Sorcerer: Aid is amazing and worth taking.
Notably, it has a lot of use to a paladin casting it on their steed. But also, for full casters like sorcerer and cleric, it can be very useful as a general buff at higher levels.
Since it targets 3 creatures, I've used it on a warlock familiar (an imp) to give it 20 extra hit points, and the two tank characters. And you can *still* cast it on other creatures, since there's nothing restricting multiple uses of it. Only that a single creature can't receive the benifits of the same continous spell at once.
Also, it's incredibly reliable as a healing spell (I believe the life domain features work with it as well?) Because it heals for a realable amount, to multiple creatures. A 4th level aid can be as good a 3 2nd level cure wounds for 1 action, at a range of 30ft. Though only once per target. With the bonus feature of working on creatures that have had their hit point maximum reduced. Or if you're using it at the start of a fight, a high level casting can be very useful targeting npcs, who just might last longer thanks to the buff. (I've done as much, and cast mage armor on them. Commoners with 19hp and ac13 can often last long enough to escape!)
Unfortunately "disciple of life" only affecting healing spells same with alchemist ability. Aid gives more HP not heal HP
Aid would be number one for me. It a unique and universally useful buff that comes up very early and is very much worth upcasting no matter what level you are. I have played several campaigns where a player used Aid very often. It is a spell that will consistently turn potentially risky combat encounters into victorious ones.
i like the description
Mirror Image's d20 roll is rolled before the attack roll is made but after the attack is declared. This means that if you have an AC of 16 but your images AC is 14 A hit of 15 will still hit your illusion if you roll high enough on the MI d20. Even though the attack would miss you if it was on target to hit you (very confusing terminology)
Darkvision for Warlock = eldritch invocation of "devil's sight", including ability to see through magical darkness - - cannot cast on another creature, but maybe reasonable if the warlock is selfish?
Top-10 Tuesday!
Antipathy/Sympathy deserves a mention for its very long duration, Sympathy on your Spirit Guardians cleric and Antipathy on your Wizard will do amazing things for you.
A bard could take flame shield and find greater stead and have both of them get the flame shield.
Upcasting aid is awesome.
Foresight seems like it would be really good on a rogue too as that would be every attack is a sneak attack Right?
Yup!
Unless they induced disadvantage then Rogue attacks normally.
Only 1 attack per turn can have sneak attack damage... Yes turn, not round, so opportunity attacks can get snack attack damage
With Temporary Hitpoints being a specific thing in the game I think it would be unnecessarily harsh to declare that someone loses 5 current hp when Aid's duration ends. The language should be adjusted for future print, but where else in D&D do you see players losing health as part of a spell's effect? Especially for Cleric/Paladin spells. I'd probably alter the spell language to read the same but cut out the current hitpoint language and insert it at the end, "When this spell is cast current HP is increased by the same amount as the increase to maximum HP."
Non-detection, by raw, is a debuff that should be called "divination blindness"
Because "target" " and "affect" aren't the same thing.
Go to DND beyond, filter by school for divination magic, and count the divination spells that are a detriment to the person the spell TARGETS. You have true strike (which is really a detriment to the person who casts it) mind spike, hunters mark, and that's basically it. And almost every other divination spell in the game targets the person who benefits from the casting of the spell, or only targets willing creatures, which means someone affected by nondetection can not benefit from the casting of:
Augury, Commune, Commune with Nature, Comprehend Language, Contact Other Plane, Detect Thoughts, Divination, Find the Path, Legend Lore, Locate Animals and Plants, Locate Creature, Locate Objects, Scrying, See Invisibility, Speak with Animals, Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Poison and Disease, Foresight, Guidance, True Seeing, Beast Bond, Beast Sense, Gift of Alacrity, Telepathic Bond, and Fortunes Favor.
Identify and tongues depend on how they are used but you rarely don't want those spells to be cast on you. Find Trap, Arcane eye, and Clairvoyance are free to be used by people with nondetection. And that's all the divination spells in the game!
The other line of nondetection, being unseen by scrying sensors, does protect the target from scrying, clairvoyance, and arcane eye. But those are the only scrying sensors, it does not protect you from find familiar beast bond or other cases of seeing through the senses of another creature, nor does it protect you from Locate Creature, detect magic or other extrasensory perceptions. The spell is still good, but only if you cast it on someone who doesn't have a spell arsenal with divination magic in it. And if you're ok with casting all your divination school buffs on someone else.
Thank GODS nobody rules that way.
I would add a caveat with glyph of warding. If a player can get ahold of 2 relatively common items, bag of holding and immovable rod, then all buffs are non concentration.
I'm so close to Foresight on my Hexblade.
Greater invisibility when you drop below 10 HP could be deadly, if you also drop to 0 and the cleric/bard/druid can't find you.
My contingency was always cast stone skin on myself if I fell below 50% HP.
Soul Cage is solid buff. See Invisibility has short duration but deserves honorable mention. Magic jar is troubling and has issues that can go sideways but agree it’s not top ten.
I like this description more
Yeah, it's looking cleaner
Fire Shield is also phenomenal for Eldritch Knight fighters, as they do have much more HP than the Wizard, making them much better at taking the hits and dealing retributive damage
They get it only at the latest levels.
Question about AID:
Because the spell increases the maximum and the CURRENT target's hit points, it is considered a healing spell? Because if it is, it's a must go spell for Life Cleric, whose ability boosts healing spells.
I'm not sure. It increases hp, not heals it.
Even if yes, I think only the current hp bonus will be affected.
Nondetection also has a 25 gp component that is consumed, so depending on the DM, you may not even be able to use it that much.
P.S. Warlocks don't get Darkvision as a spell because they have the Devil's Sight Invocation
I’m surprised gift of alacrity isn’t on this give the paladins and fighters a chance to go first.
I've play multiple cleric characters and aid is always good. almost as good as #blessed. (that's what we call the bless spell)
I really wish non-detection was a ritual spell ... 😔. I would never worry about that pesky lich scrying again.
Darkvision is honestly amazing as a half caster who doesn't have darkvision for subterfuge
My first thought when you mentioned casting darkvision on an unwilling creature was a gloomstalker ranger casting it on an enemy so they were then considered invisible to that enemy in darkness. Now I kinda wish that were possible.
There's no sense in this. They would be still invisible to the enemy without dark vision. Darkness is considered a heavily obscured area, that blocks all vision, so they won't see Ranger in it. If the enemy has a dark vision, they will see in darkness, but they still won't see Ranger.
@@antongrigoryev6381 You're right, I forgot a heavily obscured area effectively makes creatures blinded. There really isn't a reason then to cast it on an unwilling creature, though I do think you should be able to cast it at a higher level to target more than one creature.
I got a very dramatic ad about coin hunting between 9 and 10
I've got a weird pala 12 / divine sorc 4 hybrid (which I've played since lvl 1 btw) and I always start the dungeon by casting Aid at the highest spell slot, which is 5 right now. That's 20 HP to 3 people, effectively 60 HP, for most, if not whole, dungeon. And they can heal back up to it with hit dice as well. Pair it with THP from Hero's Feast and the bonus HP are through the roof. Super useful.
Also, too bad sorcerer doesn't get Foresight... I would love to try to cheese the shit out of it with Twinned Spell 😂 imagine having that active on two members of the party at once "just" for 9 sorcery points
I kind of like saving aid for a mass heal usually but that's also because party is bigger than 3 and i dipped order cleric
@@jasonbolding3481 - the main reason for the sorc "dip" was our party didn't have a dedicated healer for a looong time and I served as both tank and healer in combat. I would've gone cleric, but my wisdom is nonexistent, plus it wouldn't fit my character.
I usually don't have the action economy to cast Aid mid combat. I spend first one or two rounds catching up with everybody and buffing people with Bless or similar, and after that I get more value out of just trying to smite twice a turn, boring as it may sound.
But tbh it never occurred to me that you can use Aid as a mass ress at just 2nd lvl spell slot... that's actually kinda powerful use of the spell, not nearly as powerful a ress as Mass Healing Word, but palas don't get that
nondetection is expensive. I wanted to use it in Borovia to protect Irina but the 25gp material component made it worthless for my arcana cleric.
Woah! What about Sanctuary? Just for forcing you DM to waste their crit just to have the ability to roll an attack on your character makes it worth to be on this list.
Nice t-shirt.
Darkvision, could it be used to give vision to a creature with no eyes? Say a giant clam? The way I read it it does... true seeing requires you to rub cream on your eyes, but this has no such requirement...
I don't really like Mage armor as well. Mostly due to it's "no armor" restriction. Yeah, I know It would make a hell of tanky buff it stacked with other armors. But Personally, it just a layer of energy over your body. What difference would it make what you are wearing in the first place? Now, if Mage armor had an added benefit like an enclosed environment protecting from drowning, poisons, and diseases clouds, a vacuum, heat and cold temperatures, lava, escape option from body entanglements and penetrations(ie: Naughty Tentacles.) Something that would make the spell worth a damn to take. Where cloak and ring of protection, displacement cloak, and many other items. That would outclass the spell in every way.
"That would outclass the spell in every way."
Except being better than any non-magical light armor. Which wizards don't have access to, by the way. So Mage Armor is the only way for them to permanently raise their AC, and it stacks with all magic items you mentioned. It also stacks with Braces of Defence, unlike normal armor. And wizards need AC because of their rather low hp pool.
It's basically it - armor for wizards. And all. The only reason to not like this spell is because it's boring, but not because it's bad. 1 spell slot is not much, and wizards have enough spells prepared to take.
What about See Invisibility?
Fire shield would be good on a Wizard/Barbarian
Yeah a lantern can also give darkvision doesn't require concentration can be tied to your hip and lasts 6 hours per flask of oiloh and you can see in color
"If I begin my turn grappled I cast Freedom of Movement"
If I gain the surprised condition I cast Mirror Image"
1. Mirror image
2. Mirror image
3. Mirror image
Why don't you like Mage Armor? It's costly at low levels but once you've got your 4 1st level spell slots, it's a great protection spell. And you can make scrolls of it in downtime to never use that spell slot again.
A friend of mine has a pc that is barbarian1 and wizard8. I don't feel good about him being the best tank in the party. He is also a gnome who dosent want to use str boosting items, his str is 14
Foresight range is Touch. Smash it on your fighter and walk through the gates of hell
foresight should be a concentration spell honestly, but with only one 9th level spell per day it would be real crappy to ding the wizard with 50 damage and knock it out... so it's kinda a concession of the game mechanics that the buff is persistent.. but it's really strong.
Meteor Shower deals 40d6 damage on a huge area. Wish can do literally anything. It's 9th lvl spells, dude, they are supposed to be really strong.
i would think druids dont get truesight because they usually have high wisdom and perception and can ALL wildshape into something with blindsight or keen senses.
Forgot Tongues. Information and communication is invaluable, speaking the language of any group you meet and understanding them can get you out of so many bad situations, or into good ones.
For True Seeing, it's absolutely the ointment that's consumed by the spell; there's no other grammatically correct interpretation.