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[@shybard]

There are no overpowered spells, only under-powered spells. -The Wizard

[@stateofhibernation]

I like. There are no over powered spells only under prepared casters.

[@alexv3357]

This is incorrect. Magic Weapon is a spell, and about as useless for its cost (and concentration requirement) as a spell can be

[@stateofhibernation]

@@alexv3357 what cost? It is a second level that requires no material component cost. The concentration can be an issue if you're going to he hit. But not if you give the weapon to someone who's better fit for melee combat and who may need assistance to overcome resistances. Also being better able to hit and do more damage is a plus 😊. It's not a earth shattering spell but can be useful in the right situations 😉.

[@nickname8619]

​​@@stateofhibernation I suppose its usefulness entirely relies on the presence of magical weapons, the presence of creatures resistant to damage that isn't magical, and even your martial having no access to spells or abilities that bypass such resistances... I could think of this as only benefitting certain fighters and certain barbarians, and even past a certain point in a campaign they should have their own magical weapons. However, spells like misty step or even spike growth that are of the same level can always be useful. It's just a very strange spell to pick for a wizard unless they already found it and copied it, and other classes need to sacrifice other spells to prepare magic weapon instead of it. Sorcerers taking it make no sense. Overall, that's why it's a generally bad spell.

[@stateofhibernation]

@@nickname8619 I'd say perhaps niche but not useless making it a bad spell. Not saying there aren't better spells to take and use but it has its place and there's spells that are worse than it too😋

[@dragonicdoom3772]

So what this video has taught us is that the wizard casts Fireball all the time because if he didn't he'd trivialise every single combat encounter

[@MRdeathGodification]

this is the wizard's actual job to be fair. i think gygax canonically, prepared all wizards to be trival rules lawyers.

[@joshshrum2764]

I mean it takes more slots for bigger spells so you’d just get one broken spell, and something weak so you’d be limited.

[@collinbeal]

Exactly. The wizard's job in the party is to provide utility and trivialize combat encounters

[@professorwatt7344]

I had a player who only ever casted fireball and the way I taught him there are different insane spells was by using a genie on the party that started the fight with a Sleet storm into a stinking cloud. He didn’t even know those were third level spells. It was an amazingly cool fight and after it was done he asked me if they had any of the spells they casted as scrolls on them so he could try them. It was awesome.

[@gerrittwesselink1147]

I got told to stop using Unseen Servant because I was fixing everything with utility spells as a 3rd level conjuration wizard.

[@livhrefna3885]

The bard just mindlessly consenting and then casting silvery barbs was funny af

[@scar445]

Tis a Bard. Tis what we do!

[@heededshadow509]

Wanna make a DM hate your character? I was an eldritch knight fighter, and mainly only cast cantrips to boost my sword strikes, EXCEPT when the DM got a crit. I cast silvery barbs every single time to the point where the DM had only ever gotten one crit through and was contemplating banning or reducing the power of the spell.

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

@@heededshadow509 I mean, I don't see the problem here, crits should mainly make fights that are about even lean more In favor of the party that crit, the DM could even have an enemy that could do something similar to your party, evening the playing field of no crits, just have to make sure not to overuse that enemy type too much Though I haven't played/hosted a DnD game, nor any other TTRPG, so I might be wrong on this and just how Infuriating It could be, but I would think the DMs role Isn't to try and kill the party, It's to have a great time with everyone, whether It be through compelling characters and stories, or ridiculous shenanigans that might lead to hilarity, all while keeping within the restriction of the world of course

[@joshuagreen8995]

@@TaurusTheCrazyBull I think Crits lead to big moments. Either big moments of tension for the party if they get crit against, or big moments of joy for the party. Preventing on crit can be a super clutch moment, but it can be excessively frustrating as the dm (who should also be having fun just not at the expense of the party's fun) for certain builds to just take that option completely away from them. I don't immediately think it is overpowered, but I can see it becoming just less fun overall for the DM and even less narratively engaging for the party if they feel like they will never be crit because one player has the silvery barb cannon ready to go. I don't think players are wrong for choosing it and using it, even in the described manner. What's important is balancing certain powers and combos so players aren't untouchable and the DM is not constantly frustrated. For example- there's a player in my group that loves heat metal. Strong spell, and he casted it on the armor the frost giant was wearing. It takes a few rounds of combat to doff armor usually (plate specifically, which the giant wasn't wearing so arguably only two rounds to doff chain mail but I digress) And the constitution saving throw component of the spell is only to see if they drop it if they can. So if the target can't drop it, rules as written they just have disadvantage on all their attacks. For no saving throw at all. So to prevent a frost giant from being excessively nutered this combat by one spell, I made the decision that because it's a large creature, with a large amount of metal making up it's armor, if it succeeds the con save then it doesn't attack with disadvantage, but it needs to continue to make that save. Every other aspect of the spell was left intact. It may not be the best balance, but I think it was fair and left a lot of benefits for the spell intact without just outright nerfing the giant into the ground. It's not DM Vs players, but it is DMs and Players playing together in the game and both should be allowed to have fun. But hey, I'm open to suggestions on how better to handle a similar situation in the future.

[@personsomeone2760]

My dm allowed me to change silvery barbs into the word no. I have upcasted no from running out of 1st level spells

[@rosebelmahjoubi1932]

"all the creatures have counterspell now" subtle spell: allow me to introduce myself

[@y2a1979]

Won't help a wizard much, though. Potentially twice per long rest with the Metamagic Initiate feat, I suppose.

[@HunterTracks]

Greater Invisibility: Oh, is it my time yet?

[@dreamcanvas5321]

@@HunterTracks Or as a Bard, use Minor Illusion to create a "barrier", and duck behind it. RAW, once someone sees the spell go through, the illusion becomes obvious and they can see through it...however, until an interaction reveals it's nature they can only tell by taking an action to investigate it. I once baited my first DM into this trap. We were up against a pair of casters with Counterspell, so I had spell cards, and played one unseen, and looked him in the eye and was like "I'm casting a spell, it's under my hand right now, so you can decide how to respond." He dramatically stared me down, and did cast Counterspell. I revealed, it was Minor Illusion, which of course failed, and the table went wild. (In truth, as DM perhaps he was wiser and it was the "character" that fell for it, but it was still legendary. The other caster told him "don't be an idiot ignore the Bard") Which of course gave me clearance to cast at least one big spell without them even attempting to counter. My character also had expertise in both persuasion and deception...one time in the same campaign I convinced a mid-level enemy that we were on the same side as "their master" and primed him for information. And then we shanked him in a surprise round. 😹

[@andreymontag]

Even better: Custom lineage small race, riding a mule. 80ft movement every turn while counterspell range is 60ft

[@p3x]

Or even better better: Go behind cover and prepare, then fire the spell "after going out of cover". The spell will be cast already, so counterspell wont work. New to DnD, but guess it would work.

[@Vassilinia]

His arc will NEVER end.

[@v3lld039]

@notnow incorrect

[@sharalakid]

Perfection shall never come to a close

[@thatfunkeym0nkey466]

He is... Eternal

[@caioaugusto3138]

Good

[@BigDickWizard6969]

I am inevitable!

[@MrTejlgaard]

You forgot the best bit. When someone is asleep, enemies can automatically crit them within 5 feet, if they get hit. If you use an oversized weapon, you get disadvantage, but you get the double damage dice. This means that your wizard will try their very best to steal and oversized greatclub or greataxe or greatsword, which is common among monsters, sleep his enemy, and attempt to execute it. But it gets worse. Don't ever let a party with a wizard that has sleep and a raven familiar or similar get a portable hole. They can sleep an enemy, but them into the portable hole, fold it up, and have their raven familiar fly it into the sky. The creature inside will eventually begin to suffocate, and can escape with a strength 10 check, which it will usually try to do. If it's 300 feet in the air, it had better know how to fly. Enjoy the OP.

[@benji-menji]

Wow.

[@oobygooby6969]

this is the DnD equivalent of boxing in an anthill and magnifying glass-murdering the whole colony

[@abyssalreaper2454]

so the familiar cant get that far from you and fall damage is capped due to terminal velocity......that wouldnt kill most characters above level 6

[@Jonny-mn3zk]

But, if they have a low enough hit point total to fall asleep, they would likely die to the fall damage anyways

[@MrTejlgaard]

@@Jonny-mn3zk Excellent point. A single sleeping enemy that is left isn't that hard to deal with, so it isn't that op. A lot of sleep shenanigans are about converting a sleeping enemy into a dead enemy, and there's a few ways to do it. The thing I like about this one is that the rules are clear, so you don't need to argue with the DM about it. You could also painstakingly put 500 pounds of bricks into a bag of holding, mortar them together _inside_ the bag of holding, and then turn the bag of holding inside out above the enemy, holding the inside-out bag up on a broomshaft or a quarterstaff or something like that. Should give you a good 10 foot drop of a 500 pound boulder, and that'll usually splat any enemy with few enough hitpoints that you can sleep them.

[@TheFrogMan-or5rx]

This sort of creative use of spells is exactly how i imagine powerful wizards try to fight each other.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Nah, the _really_ powerful mages are all a-holes, they'll just animate a bar of soap and make the other mage step on it and slip and break his neck after he stepped out of the bathtub.

[@James11111]

I'm imagining it goes just like in the video. As in, a couple wizards just sit down and and discuss what they could do until one must concede.

[@xelloskaczor5051]

They lock a poor lich in a cage and try to see who can hurt it more?

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

​@@James11111Okay that's hilarious because now I'm just thinking about like some of the most powerful mages in the land just sitting down at a table and basically doing kids on the playground levels of argument.

[@justinthompson6364]

So wizards fight like JoJo characters. Neat.

[@Ubersnipe]

DM: All of the creatures have Counter Spell now. The barbarian that picked up the Mage Slayer feat: My day has come.

[@memelescream4796]

"Everyone has counterspell." "Everyone has severe brain damage now."

[@NevTheDeranged]

I had a barb with Mage Slayer. She got jealous that so many of the other party members kept casting Mage Hand, so she took MS and started collecting the hands of all the mages she killed in a rune-woven bag she commissioned to hold them, and sometimes in the middle of a fight she'd just yell "I CAST MAGE HAND!" and throw one of them at someone. Nothing breaks your concentration quite like having a severed hand hit you in the face. Of course later she got hit with an Animate Dead spell and all the hands got animated.... it was a whole thing.

[@bominfoodgaming7703]

@@NevTheDeranged i want to hear more about this whole thing

[@NevTheDeranged]

@@bominfoodgaming7703 Haha, well, it's been a minute and I forget some of the details, but one of our party members was a necromancer who routinely kept a small army of skeletons in tow (don't ask me how we got into any taverns), and I think he just cast Animate Dead so often that it started to permeate into the hands. They might have even fused together into a sort of super-druj, I don't remember. The campaign wrapped before I got a chance to unleash it on anybody though. I still have the sheet for that character laying around somewhere just in case someone wants to run an Epic tier campaign ^_^

[@DarkMark-cf1ec]

ennchant the fighters weapon with heat metal up to the 9th level and you would deal 1.6k damage in 1 minute, or 162 damage in 1 round (this is just the fire damage, not accounting for his own weapon damage) its equivalent of a 7th level fireball being dropped 4 times on an enemy

[@lucastellanos38]

Hello, Warlock of the Dreamscape Patron here. XP to level 3 made a small mistake at 1:10. As an expert user of the sleep spell, it is my duty to announce that you cannot target specific targets with sleep. You instead choose a origin point and it will target all creature within the 20ft radius. It first targets the lowest HP creature, and you don't get to ignore that if it's your ally. All in all, keep putting people to sleep, but do it carefully

[@HansLemurson]

As an insomniac with low HP, this is good news for me.

[@yourpalbryan1442]

He wrote a reply for this somewhere which was basically "cleverly set the AOE so that the sleep spell targets whoever you want to target" so yeah as you said do it carefully but I suppose the skit is assuming the Wizard did the smart AOE thing

[@lucastellanos38]

@@yourpalbryan1442 yeah, I saw that message, but it's usually more easy said than done x) most times, you can't be picky about where you cast it (if you want to be somewhat efficient)

[@yourpalbryan1442]

@@lucastellanos38 I guess that's why it's specifically the Wizard who's exploiting this loophole lol. Us mortals can't set the AOE properly without taking forever to be precise, but as master of the arcane arts he's used this a bajillion times and it's as easy as casting Fireball

[@AsbestosMuffins]

yep, so you can knock your enemies or friends out depending on how bad they are

[@frimi8593]

Ok but like the wizard, when forced to use other spells, ultimately chose to game break by synergizing abilities with other party members and being a great team player. Literally holding a spell for an hour so the rest of the party (not him) can short rest. Might still be doing it all with the intent to screw over the dm, but I’d bet the table is a lot more fun regardless now that the problem player is bolstering the party instead of trying to do his own thing

[@hugofontes5708]

The wall fireball were the friends we made along the way

[@BigDickWizard6969]

It's how I roll!

[@obadijahparks]

INFJ's XD never force them to participate!

[@SimonClarkstone]

Shh, nobody tell him, so he thinks he's still annoying us.

[@solidmoon8266]

Id honestly be laughing my ass off at that point seeing this wizard just absolutely befuddle the DM who thought they were clever by banning a common spell.

[@jesternario]

The wizard. He’d be annoying to play with, but fun to watch.

[@spellbound8253]

Way too fucking true for the campaign I played, the DM was NOT happy about us spellcasters *trying* to break everything, but other party members were having a blast(ed)!

[@jesternario]

@@spellbound8253 Oh, I'm specifically talking about THAT wizard. Spellcasters that aren't him are cool to play with.

[@nouveauprofil]

I think he could be converted into a BBEG somehow. "They banned me from using magic... so I created my own magic!"

[@V-vision]

@@nouveauprofil I haven't played dungeon of the mad mage, but I feel like you could sub that backstory in for him with minimal work lol

[@nonenone-hv5iq]

Gonna be real, this wizard is a little too tame. Pure damage, not alot of encounter enders, really as long as he wasn't consistently acting as though he was better than the rest of the party I'd be fine playing with em. Bro didn't even mention like half of what makes wizards amazing lol.

[@add8402]

Funnily enough about that gaseous form effect, the spell only gives resistance to non-magical damage, so a party with spellcasters and/or access to magical weapons could still totally kill the now defenseless beholder (and it can't even run away because its movement speed is reduced to 10ft while in gaseous form)

[@notfeedynotlazy]

And imagine what they could do in a not-so-serious game with access to blacksmithing tools (read:bellows) and a glass jar...

[@-Big_Big]

would trying to do any act not break the gaseous spell. so it tried to attack. and boom its back to normal.?

[@add8402]

@@-Big_Big Nope, as per the spell's description: "While in the form of a misty cloud, the target can’t talk or manipulate objects, and any objects it was carrying or holding can’t be dropped, used, or otherwise interacted with. The target can’t attack or cast spells." The only way to end the effect would be to either wait out the duration (1 hour) or to make the caster drop concentration (difficult since the target can't attack the caster).

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Gust of Wind disperses the gaseous form, then drop concentration to instantly revert the beholder to solid, tiny pieces, thus killing it instantly without a saving throw.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@GoldfishEmpire You wouldn't even need Gust of Wind, just have the Barbarian blow really hard.

[@zandertube6078]

I like the idea of a wizard who by the law has been forced to not use all the powerful and damaging spells but still finds ways to be evil without them

[@quentonmcclure8233]

My favorite way that would need dm involvement was convincing a party member to cast create water, then using a held action to create a massive cube of pure sodium in the middle of it. When pure sodium interacts with water, it is highly explosive and keeps going until there is no more sodium

[@ashtonhoward5582]

​@@quentonmcclure8233 but the spells that simply create things are either super high level (Wish) or require your character to have seen it before (and I guarantee that they've most likely not seen pure sodium, and arguing that they can make it because they've seen salt doesn't really hold up, when they still have no reason to believe salt consists of two components). Also, I wonder when it was discovered that pure sodium and other such metals explode upon contact with water? Would it be reasonable to assume an alchemist somewhere in the world has observed and researched that interaction? So I'm not saying it's impossible, right? Just that your character would need a very specific background such as having seen a master alchemist demonstrate it.

[@quentonmcclure8233]

@Ashton Howard true, but I've thought about this reaction with a wizard that had a unique backstory. Essentially, and feel free to use this if you like the idea, 500-600 year old gnome who starts casting clone as soon as he reaches adulthood to have something his soul can transfer to in the pursuit of knowledge. Obviously I'm not gonna start with 20th level wizard, so, I tied it in as an enemy kills him before clone process is fully finished, so his soul transfers to a not fully aged clone, which is where you get the starting level of the party. Also, the spell creation makes any precious metal, but it only lasts for 1 hour. Much more feasible build wise than relying on wish since it is 5th level, lol

[@ShiningDarknes]

If you player wants to cast damage spells let them, CC casters, especially wizards, are far more annoying to deal with.

[@coyraig8332]

@@ashtonhoward5582 He did say "that needs DM involvement"

[@MateoVilabiabos]

Haste is like the most op spell ever. If you cast it on a monster you can just immediately lose concentration, ending the spell and forcing them to loose a whole turn (or two depending when you stop it). The only hard part is getting the creature to be willing.

[@Aredel]

The same way the Wizard uses Gaseous Form here. Cast suggestion on it and say it'll get a massive power boost from this spell you're casting.

[@mestre12]

​​@@Aredel that wouldnt be a lie, so, this would work, has Rules as written

[@ieldore]

The target has to be a willing creature

[@mestre12]

@@ieldore What creature wouldnt want haste casted on it?

[@capolol5976]

​​​@@mestre12 a smart one, a dumb one that doesn't know what spell is being cast on them, or an even dumber one that doesn't even have a grasp on the concept of what a spell is.

[@lautarocouso398]

That Yelena stare reference at 5:28, nicely done Jacob

[@dallarian8687]

Made me laugh hard. Shinzou wo sasageyo!

[@illusiveman8561]

Dont forget the nearly pitch perfect recreation of the punisher meme

[@Macey88]

I thought I was the only one who noticed!

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

Hour long attack on titan video he joked about when?

[@stormthrush37]

So happy to see BigDickWizard69 has returned. He is both the hero we need and the hero we deserve. And here's to hoping "SILVERYYY BARRRRBSSS!" becomes a regular catchphrase in your series.

[@BigDickWizard6969]

Best addition to my spellbook in a long time. Silvery baaaarrrbs!

[@PyrotechNick77]

Ngl, in my post sleep daze, I read it as Slippery Barbs

[@hulmhochberg8129]

​@@PyrotechNick77 you mean "slippery bards"?

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[@eremundead6321]

"SiIllllllvery barbs" killed me lmao

[@TheElly750]

I think its an interesting character to have the wizard not just spam fireball anymore but try to break everything in spite of the DM. Show his true power if you will

[@BigDickWizard6969]

Friendship ended with Fireball. Minmaxing is my new friend.

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[@chibibluemouse]

The problem with Sleep, is that it targets the lowest HP enemies first, which helps for crowd control, but I don't think the wizard could choose where the Sleep Hit Dice goes.

[@XPtoLevel3]

carefully target the aoe so it only hits what you want it to boom pow bang logic

[@gvb4596]

To be fair most of the suggestions in the video would not work as far as RAW is considered

[@Kashlikaro]

​@@XPtoLevel3​ Tagging onto what that guy said about RAW, Heat Metal inflicts damage *on cast*, so unless the other guy purposefully imbedded his sword into the enemy and kept it there, heat metal would do no damage on contact since normally your weapon doesn't stay in contact with an enemy after smacking them.

[@wanderinwolf3804]

@@XPtoLevel3 this is exactly how I play. I have transparent cutouts for my spells so its very easy to position for my spells.

[@professorhaystacks6606]

@@Kashlikaro Are you saying you don't carry 20 swords to leave embedded in enemies?

[@fladoodles7330]

Love that ending. Really demonstrates that no matter how busted a player character is, the dm can kill you with the snap of his fingers whenever he wants.

[@Aredel]

Never underestimate the power of a spiteful player. Even with god trying to kill them, they will still destroy the campaign.

[@dustinherk8124]

and the party dies from falling rocs. not the big heavy stone things. the gargantuan 100ft wingspan flying bird with a cr rating of 11.

[@HypercomboProduction]

​@@dustinherk8124 was the bird a Bombirdier that ate a herb?

[@robertsides3626]

Perfectly balanced. As all things should be.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Yeah, but doing that is DM arbitrariness, a backslide into the Bad Old Days of the 1980's D&D, the era of meatgrinder dungeons filled with Grimtooth's traps that instakilled the characters without a saving throw, because DMs thought the point of the game was to "win" against the players.

[@ARavingLobster]

The "No no no no wait wait wait" Punisher meme was so well done lmao. Bless your heart.

[@nispelsm]

As a DM, I once put my party against 2 wizards the same level as the party in a 2nd-Ed D&D campaign, as a demonstration of how stupidly overpowered a properly-played wizard could be. To prove a point, neither of my wizards had direct damage spells, and I only used spells from the PHB. One of the wizards was an illusionist, and the other was a Conjurer. The party lasted 5 rounds and never even touched the wizards. After that, they never questioned me why I always pulled my punches with enemy wizards.

[@brendanstone9095]

Bull

[@shade7014]

@@brendanstone9095 I mean, their could've been one, we don't know for sure.

[@davidsantiago7808]

not hard to do when you're the dm and you can just say your wizards rolled 15+ on hit roll every single turn xD if one of those wizards missed ever they should be done for. Unless your party that you were dm'ing for was like 2-3 people then it could be a toss up. Every campaign i've been in though has has 5-6 people in it and honestly i cant see how 2 wizards could take down 6 people at the same level without extreme luck or dice rigging and even with extreme luck if the 6 people co-ordinated their attacks on one wizard he should be instant dead.

[@MrCrazedYeti]

Oh look a dm can kill his players big deal

[@nispelsm]

@@davidsantiago7808 Have you ever played 2nd-Ed D&D? Unlike in later editions, players had to have stats of at least 15 to even get a paltry +1 bonus to their rolls, and saving throws vs spells were notoriously low compared to later editions. Once you hit level 13 and up, wizards became overpowered nightmares. Some of their spells didn't even allow for a saving throw, and that's just talking about spells from the PHB. The party of players I had only had one offensive spell-casting class (a Loremaster bard), with the rest being martial classes, and a druid as their healer. My players had no strategy for a pair of spell-casters armed with things like Improved Invisibility, mind-affecting spells, and summoned constructs. I played the encounter using rules as written. No pulling punches, no altering the rolls, just using spell combos that work extremely well. I also want to point out the encounter was done as a demo of what happens when I *don't* pull my punches playing an enemy wizard, and no player characters were killed. I'm the type of DM who believes in fair play, and ultimately I *want* my players to succeed.

[@nef36]

You know, I think I'm on the wizard's side at this point here. Like, bro just wants to have fun spamming blast spells (kind of like a martial character), and the DM keeps banning him from doing that. So, he just starts playing wizard more optimally, and instead of balancing his encounters better to accomodate that fact that wizard is way stronger if you aren't playing blast wiz, DM is just like "everyone has counter spell now, because f*ck you I don't like wizards"

[@CrowFeatherQuill]

Most DMs aren't banning fireball and lightning bolt because the wizard is using them responsibly. My ruling as a DM mandates that if your concept of "just having fun" is ruining every other players fun, then you're not allowed to have fun at my table. Period. Door or chair. You choose, but you choose now.

[@nef36]

@@CrowFeatherQuill Bro how and why is using fireball every time combat starts ruining other people's fun?

[@kennyhudson9201]

@@CrowFeatherQuill I think you mistyped. You didn't mean ruining every other player's fun, you meant ruining your fun as the DM. Because I highly doubt other players are mad at another player using their powerful moves. I really hope you aren't this harsh of a DM.

[@CrowFeatherQuill]

@kennyhudson9201 didnt mistype anything and I was serious. Maybe you haven't dealt with californians but let me tell you. People are selfish. All bad stereotypes of DnD live here and that has to be shut down immediately. No apologies.

[@kennyhudson9201]

@@CrowFeatherQuill So you are telling me that Californians find that their fun is ruined when playing DnD if one of their fellow crew uses their most powerful moves, and tries to easily beat every scenario with the abilities given to their character? People are really mad that their fellow heroes use their best abilities? I'm sorry, but I don't believe you, because that doesn't make any sense at all. The only person that would be mad at that is the DM. Maybe Californians are doing some other weird stuff to ruin the game, but using their best abilities to easily defeat enemies is not it.

[@tatersalad76]

Order of Scribes makes some spells very scary: Cloud of Daggers swapped with Melf's Acid Arrow's acid damage = Cloud of "DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!" Any spell swapped with an upcasted Magic Missile = "Fuck your resistances I cast Magic Ball."

[@mekkor0101]

Upcasting unfortunately won't let you give fireball force damage. It states it has to be the same leveled spell. Scribe's is still super super cool tho

[@rtaraquin]

I love Order of Scribes so much. Combined with Stixhaven background to get Guiding Bolt in every flavor.

[@tapeworm020]

@@mekkor0101 you just need the damage type for the spell level of the slot spent, so as long as you had a force damage in a higher slot, upcasting does work

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

I used to have fun swapping psychic damage for acid in a spell like Mind Whip or Psychic Lance to make a spell that melts the target’s brain.

[@BigDickWizard6969]

Can never go wrong with the Ouch Cloud.

[@DJSpur9220]

Personally I'm a fan of combining Cloud of Daggers and Booming Blade. They take damage if they stay, or if they move. Literally "Should I stay or should I go?" in D&D lol

[@davidstratton696]

Right? Booming blade is amazing. It gives u amazing battlefield control. Like u could put them in a rock and a hard place by making them either move or stay in some bad spell. And it gets even better when u have a way to disengage as a bonus action (like rogue), get the mobile feat, or misty step away, telekinesis feat and some other ways to get away without provoking attack of opps. Booming blade is literally up there with eldritch blast. U could actually build that spell to do as much and even more then Eldritch blast (and that’s Eldritch blast with agonizing blast and hex). And that’s without using your concentration and a leveled spell. The cantrip scales very well. The only time it’s meh is the first 4 lvs but once u hit 5th it starts getting amazing. Not to big on cloud of daggers I feel theirs better spells u could combine with booming blade but I like your thinking. I honestly think u should be able to move the cloud of daggers as a bonus action. That would make it so much better. Kinda like how the flaming sphere works.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

I had a lot of fun once with an Order Cleric+ Spirit Guardians+ booming blade. Command Flee as a bonus action, Booming Blade attack, on their turn they are forced to flee and take the damage from booming blade+ Spirit Guardians damage and due to spirit guardians, they don't get as far away as they could with flee. Then they take another opportunity attack.

[@Dack.howaboutyou]

Reminds me of good times running Ankh Of Mishra in Type1/Vintage (with a 1-2-color deck) where sac/fetch-lands like Polluted Delta are commonly used for multi-color decks xD (ahh take 5 for playing your dual-land lewl)

[@theuncalledfor]

@@davidstratton696 Booming Blade + Spell Sniper + Reach weapon.

[@suracha8130]

@@theuncalledfor hasn't worked in quite some time now, Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade have been fixed. Tasha's, I think.

[@egillilja5909]

The wizard guy is seems like a rely fun and creative player to have at your table tbh

[@shadowlord1418]

Hes the experienced player can be a blessing or a curse

[@andrew3606]

For everybody but the DM lol

[@egillilja5909]

@@andrew3606 idk, I’m a dm and I never wanna discourage players from being creative and coming up with interesting ways to use the tools at their disposal, even if it means more work for me

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

Nah sadly a particularly assertive wizard ends up being waaaaay too disruptive for even other players. like yeah I get it, you have illusions. Now stop fucking casting them, we've spent an hour dealing with a five minute talk because of it.

[@-THE_META]

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[@jordanarnold6783]

Whoever you are, I hope your day is spectacular, because damn I needed that laugh. 10/10

[@misterchubbikins]

This is the greatest d&d dialogue.

[@cyber_person]

You incredible human being. 10/10

[@DerNiker]

Damn, that bit at 1:55 was just perfectly executed. Had to double check to make sure it was Jakob and not the actual sound of the meme.

[@Pingviinimursu]

Truly an Oscar worthy performance

[@freudlindell6343]

"All the creatures have counterspell now" If that truly is a DM's "solution" to the Wizard being creative and flexible with his spell repertoire, especially after the DM *BANNED* Wizard from using Fireball and Lightning Bolt, then that's a bad DM who need their DMing rights revoked ASAP.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Every single member of my old group would have eaten that GM for lunch. One of them once used a forcefield to stop a pursuing gang of monsters. Not by putting it on a passageway (the GM expeced that, and the player knew one of the monsters was able to cast Disintegrate): he casted it on the top of the incredibly long, incredbly steep, temple stairs the group was climbing with the monsters on hot pursuit. One instant surprise slide later, we reminded the GM of the rules he had previously enforced on the group about falling down those stairs. Result: TPK (Total _Pursuers_ Kill).

[@BloodyAltima]

TBF, it was only *after* the Wizard taunted him directly that Counterspell became a universal constant.

[@AshunPhubu]

When did D&D become about being so overly meta efficient, finding the most broken combination of spells/feats/etc to make it unfun for DM and when did DM’s become so sadistic that their entire goal is to TPK the party at every corner or chance they get? Seems like no one can have fun anymore these days in good ole D&D 😢

[@BloodyAltima]

@@AshunPhubu Eh, that's always been there. You go to any 3/3.5 forum back in the day and it's like 80% minmaxing theorycraft, 15% complaining about the minmaxing theorycraft, and 5% DM "how do I counter this minmax to still have some challenge in this campaign," theorycraft. Honestly, 3/3.5 was probably worse about it given how steep the divide between the best classes and the mid-tier (let alone bad) classes was.

[@TheLegendaryHacker]

​@@AshunPhubu...Shit, actually using your brain and not just rolling a few dice to decide you spells is supposed to be unfun? Damnit!

[@Runtsymunts]

The gaseous form is a pretty cool use of the spell and honestly is worth the reward of letting your players prep again.

[@Raoul9753]

Doesnt work, it needs a willing target.

[@Runtsymunts]

@@Raoul9753 not if I, the DM, allow it

[@ardagenc6842]

​@@Raoul9753 the target was willing. Bard casted suggestion remember

[@RezEverday]

@@Raoul9753 Oh hey, I just got an Idea. What if my friend "The Bard" casts suggestion on it to make it willing. Maybe he fails the saving throw, but silvery barbs could help with that.

[@Nexil_]

@@Raoul9753 well he was charmed so into thinking it would be positve right?

[@jaxon3186]

I love that the wizard suggests casting suggestion to the bard and he just completely goes with it

[@adamloga3788]

When the wizard asks you to cast a spell, are you going to argue with him?

[@skell6134]

​@@adamloga3788Wizards usually know the best how to use stuff,lol Warlocks do it better probably tho

[@colossaldonut5190]

Bards in combat encounters just go with anything told to them.

[@mikebliss1835]

"We ended your arc two and a half years ago." You obviously forgot just how powerful the Wizard was then. Welcome Back, Mr. Wizard. We missed you.

[@nathanaeltrimm2720]

Heat metal sword is pretty cool idea considering you only have to make touch attacks with it (at least in 3.5) so give it to your barbarian after you cast haste on him

[@leyrua]

Oh God he could basically go Blinkin accept it's a firestorm.

[@theuncalledfor]

I would rule that the damage only works once per round because if you roast someone in their own armor, they also only take it once per round. It's still significant damage + a strong secondary effect so it's not underpowered.

[@inqy8339]

⁠@@theuncalledfor it also requires a bonus action from the caster to deal that damage after the initial cast, so another player couldn’t use a heated weapon to deal damage on their turn. I mean as a DM I’d be tempted to allow it on rule of cool, but the way the wizard proposes to use it is technically wrong.

[@theuncalledfor]

@@inqy8339 Correct. I forgot about the Bonus Action. In that case, I would rule that the Bonus Action keeps the metal hot, so the Wizard would have to use their Bonus Action every turn to keep the weapon active. That way you use in-universe logic to both justify and slightly bend the mechanics of the spell.

[@overloader7900]

@@theuncalledfor so like concentration but a bit different?

[@TheJschulter]

But...sleep doesn't let you choose targets, it's just lowest hp to highest within the spell's area, including allies! (Unless you have something to protect them) You'd just have a whole bunch of sleeping goblins and an angry mindflayer who can easily wake them back up...

[@joshuawatson5632]

That's what I thought phew. Thought my DM was jipping me

[@y2a1979]

It would still work if the total HP was high enough, though. But you're right about the targeting, so he'd better hope he rolled high enough to get them all. :)

[@asdfniofanuiafabuiohui3977]

wizard can't even learn heat metal or silence either. Heat metal doesn't even add damage to the weapon when you attack with it: "Choose a manufactured metal object, such as a metal weapon or a suit of heavy or medium metal armor, that you can see within range. You cause the object to glow red-hot. Any creature in physical contact with the object takes 2d8 fire damage when you cast the spell. Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your subsequent turns to cause this damage again. If a creature is holding or wearing the object and takes the damage from it, the creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or drop the object if it can. If it doesn’t drop the object, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the start of your next turn." The only part where physical contact damage happens when you cast the spell, and the only other time it does damage if you deliberately use your BA to cause it, which you cannot do because the weapon user attacks when it isn't your turn.

[@drawbyyourselve]

Depending on how it is cast, i.e. area of effect, you could try to attack as few goblins as possible and therefore have a ton of sleep for the mindflayer, but I agree, it doesnt allow to target like that.

[@Dunybrook]

A lot of these things only happen because the DM gets talked into doing things no DM would go for, like the Suggestion thing on the Beholder.

[@roguerazac7071]

I love cloud of daggers but it was a nightmare for me as a DM. When I ram my players through the lost mines of phandelver for the first time the wizard blended the entire final room and encounter before the black spider could even speak. They were a great party

[@scolack123]

The spell is only one 5-foot cube. How did he blend the whole room

[@connerbixby6532]

​@@scolack123 he might be thinking of blade barrier

[@Sunny_Haven]

@@connerbixby6532 Lost Mine of Phandelver only goes to 5th level though, how would the wizard have Blade Barrier? And it's a cleric spell.

[@neisan92]

It's only when they enter or start their turn in the spell, It only deals damage once a round and always on the creatures turn, you don't get the damage when you cast it, and again when they start their turn.

[@roguerazac7071]

They didn't literally blend the whole room, the dude was trapped in a corner and couldn't escape, he had already taken damage too

[@AverySadBear]

The damage you can do with an animate objects on a bunch of tiny objects is pretty nuts. Also summoning a ton of flying poison snakes with conjure woodland animals can be insane too

[@neogoterra]

I did something like that had a sorcerer who carried around a sack of adamantine marbles just to use that spell on.

[@user-ubludok]

anvil with legs: *jumps on enemies heads*

[@matttaylor1996]

"All the creatures have counterspell now" "All your caster players hate you now"

[@TheTriforceDragon]

Sorcerer laughs in Subtle Spell.

[@Clarity_Control]

@@TheTriforceDragon Downside- you’re a sorcerer now

[@donalddouds6033]

@@Clarity_Controllaughs in Clockwork Soul

[@allnighter_boy8850]

It’s good to see wizard back, now we need a video with wizard and gigachad

[@BigDickWizard6969]

I like that Gigachad guy. Almost makes me not want to antagonize the DM.

[@johnscilleto]

GigaWiz

[@IndigoIndustrial]

@@johnscilleto WizziGig?

[@johnscilleto]

@@IndigoIndustrial I like mine better but touché 😂

[@IndigoIndustrial]

@@johnscilleto Just to see GigaChad roll with all the Wizard's BS would be joyous.

[@leonardorolingstella8554]

4:35 This is why my D&D group considers _Silvery Barbs_ a 2nd level spell.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Know what? If a troublesome Wizard actually started buffing his party instead of just casting damage spells, I'd take it, even if the Big Bad Lich had to embarrass me by dying instantly.

[@trise2033]

If they'd framed it as "check out this awesome scene" rather than "fuck you, DM", they might be more inclined to work with him.

[@skell6134]

​@@trise2033He just knows that he can do all by himself on his level But since DM restricts him he decided to just f**k up DM's plan and use party for that

[@jayjaybob2]

What is a troublesome Wizard exactly? I don't think I've ever encountered one.

[@timothycarney9652]

@@jayjaybob2 Seems to be a wizard that just ENDS encounters with overpowered spells- ie this guy has an entire short adventure where the wizard solves everything with fireball- litterally its the only spell they cast and it solved every problem. That is annoying on a number of levels 1 it makes the DM feel stupid that all of what they set up can be twarted with what seems like no thought, 2 the fact that the player basically spammed one unbalanced spell the whole time gets in the way of it being an interesting series of encounters, and 3 hinders roleplay when the wizard either prevents it via ending things quickly with magic, or uses role play only to set up more uses of OP magic. Really it all comes down to chemistry at the table, if the group is having fun then great, but if the wizard's playstyle is actively frustrating the DM and preventing the other players from getting to do things then you need to have a talk. Its why I like builds with support abilities, or things built for combos with other players.

[@demon_spawn1535]

@@timothycarney9652 except fireball isnt unbalanced, yes it does high damage for a spell of its level, but its of the most resisted damage type in the game, the only argument you could have is if the wizard is of the subclass that lets them change damage types as they wish. However even then, spells arent as OP as you seem to think. if you as a DM cant plan around the fact the wizard only ever casts a single spell, thats on you. If you have a wizard in the party who manages to be prepared and manages to solves the issues by having the correct spells prepared, then its just the wizard being smart. DMs who see the game as them versus the player then getting mad that their monsters die easily to a prepared team is the issue. for instance if you know the wizard casts fireball all the time, throw monsters with fire resistance/immunity at the party, give some hints beforehand so the wizard isnt deadweight in the encounter if he pays attention, and have fun with the game.

[@shandaniel2999]

Playing the Godskin apostle music while bigdickwizard cheeses a hard encounter by putting the enemies to sleep is either a crazy coincidence or a stroke of brilliance.

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[@MrGhosta5]

Sleep makes that fight stupid easy. It's not quite as stupid as one shotting pontiff sulyvahn with a single riposte but it's defiantly up there.

[@misterspoo7068]

a wizard getting creative is like a firearms designer taking personal initiative something crazy is gonna be created during the whole "R&D process"

[@SnowCat-nu7gj]

Last session in my spell hammer campaign my druid leveled to level 3. Before the session and before I knew where we were going I prepared heat metal because I heard it could be good but had yet to see it myself. We landed on a manufactured planet. With a floor made of metal. Genuinely I starred at my sheet in shock when I realised what power I had and read the spell to see it had no limit on the size of the metal object or area it effected. I didn't end up using it because our enemy ended up being a Spectator beholder so it would just end up doing a ton of friendly fire and only hurt his minions but I still have that thing in my back pocket if I need to fry an entire planet

[@roguerazac7071]

Unlimited Power! That’s awesome

[@Dack.howaboutyou]

@@roguerazac7071 Haha xD Re OP: i have this funny feeling like most groups/DMs might take issue with the spell effecting massive/mountainous areas, hehe. Maybe even a whole house or room-floor seems a bit more than intended ;) Granted i think a lot of the spells and magic could be changed, but loopholes and such are why there are errata published and as funny as they might be... DMs ultimately have the final say on rulings, not the published/written rule. :)

[@anjhindul]

I would have used it regardless! Chaotic Neutral here, We LOVE chaos!

[@dracocrusher]

Hard cut to some alien family on the other side of the planet rushing to get their sick little Xeno-Timmy the medicine to cure his illness, and then suddenly the entire world is just on fire and everyone's dying super hard! Poor Timmy, being bedridden, is one of the only survivors...

[@mestre12]

I heard alot of story of people abusing this spell. Its legit, one my favorite spell, and, a big reasson to why forge domain is my favorite clerig sub class

[@elliothellyer933]

Honestly as a DM, I'd be laughing so hard bc sure the wizard just ruined this encounter, but he's opened up so many new ways for you to make him miserable

[@Supremax67]

And the DM wasn't allowed to counter spell because the spell was already announced.

[@dxjxc91]

You can't pick the targets for sleep, it just starts at the lowest remaining HP in range and works its way up (skipping immune targets).

[@TheLastSane1]

I noticed this, half the spells he listed do not work the way he says they do or have anywhere near the dmg or radius

[@gregpenismith1248]

It's called a joke, nerds. Stop trying to "but actually" everything like an autist.

[@scorpeon555]

@@TheLastSane1 If the lich is immune and there's only six goblins and one mind flayer then it doesn't matter. The math adds up the same. Secondly, upcasting does create that damage. A fifth level Cloud of Daggers is 10d4 damage and dropping it on a creature does automatically do the damage. Heat Metal does not state anything flammable on the object catches fire during the spell nor does the heat transfer through substances other than metal. And is straight up 5d8 fire damage at fifth level. Suggestion states that the action must sound reasonable. Using it to tell a beholder to become the willing target of a beneficial spell definitely fits that descriptor. Thirdly, the spell "Sleep" has a 90ft cast range at which a 20ft radius bubble is placed. Silence has a 120ft. cast range with a 20ft radius at the end. Pretty sure he misspoke and meant to say "40ft diameter" there.

[@BigDickWizard6969]

I'd cast Karsus's Avatar, but first I'd have to find a way to avoid the wrath of the gods, and I'm fresh out of Tarrasque blood.

[@Drago651]

Bro's returned

[@livedandletdie]

Oh Karsus' Avatar, that's nothing, I'd cast, Touch Grass. The only spell that forces the DM to go outside and touch some grass. That's when you use your Wish spell to teleport him into the Elemental Plane of Fire. It's a Surprise initiative. Then as your DM suffers, from the setbacks of being sent to the Elemental Plane of Fire, you and the enemy Lich go out together for a cup of coffee, talk a bit about some Arcane magic, some magic theory, about your attempts to create new spells, and spend a day enjoying your life for once.

[@Potatoman_-fx3gs]

I know a guy just don't ask where he got it from ok?

[@Psychomaniac14]

Didn't the gods ban that spell from existence?

[@crowsenpai5625]

@@Psychomaniac14 it’s mainly goddess of magic, Mystra, said “you all can’t be fucking trusted!” And banned ANY spell 10th level or higher, which includes the only level 12 spell, Karsus’s Avatar.

[@LisaGrimm-LG]

Sleep is awful above certain level. It's really useful when the party is level 3 or under, but above it you have to roll really high to put at least one enemy to sleep because the upcast is progressing way slower than the enemies' hp. You have a better chance at casting Charm Person and winning yourself some time with that than with Sleep. And yes, it doesn't let you target, it goes lower to higher hp.

[@JubioHDX]

the way he described it could just be seen as him describing where its placed if theyre not playing with a physical map

[@bigsmoke8816]

Or better yet: Hypnotic Pattern

[@GeminiOrion9]

It would be difficult putting full health enemies in later level encounters to sleep, but you can always do it mid fight to set up a wombo combo finisher for some of your other teammates. Not requiring a save is especially useful against Legendary Resistances.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

In my experience, the spell is best used after some rounds doing damage, not casting it at the start of the combat.

[@baconbitzlol]

This absolutely tracks when fighting most monsters, which tend to have high HP pools. However, I once played a sorcerer who kept sleep spells handy well into the mid game -- we're talking level 12 here. The reason for this was simple. Enemy wizards tend not to have a lot of HP. Granted, this campaign was centered around a Mage war, but you cannot deny the usefulness of taking the enemy spellcaster out of the fight, while automatically breaking their concentration.

[@CleopatraKing]

I love how Jacobs Ideas of powerful spells doesn't even include the classic combos and spells most optimizers take like The Microwave, and other wall of force shenanigans.

[@waynes.wilson6616]

My favorite part of this, is the Godskin Apostle track playing in the background as the Wizard starts to talk about how powerful Sleep is. Especially funny since the Godskin bosses are vulnerable to Sleep in Elden Ring

[@epicjeong]

Best knowledge is from experience

[@izukumidoriya924]

00:21 Your taste buds got hit with a spirit bomb

[@masterfreeman117]

Silence is a 20-foot radius and which means that the Lich could just walk out of it if nothing prevents the Lich from moving. Heat Metal deals damage only when you cast the spell and when you use a bonus action to deal that damage again. Cloud of Daggers up cast to 5th level deals 10d4 damage which has an average of 25. Every spell is overpowered when you just make up your own rules on how it actually works.

[@Taliesin_]

Silence is also notably *not* on the Wizard spell list.

[@talgoldvaser5267]

@@Taliesin_ yes it is

[@HunterTracks]

Cloud of Daggers deals its damage at least twice, once when you cast it on top of the opponent and they enter its area, and one more time at the start of their turn.

[@HunterTracks]

Also, it's not like the lich knows exactly where the silence area starts and ends. You can center the area between you and the lich, so, if he tries to walk towards you, he'll still be in the area when he's done. The corners of the room aren't covered, sure, but do you think he'll move to the corner?

[@Nesto_]

@@Taliesin_neither is heat metal, the point isn’t that wizards are overpowered it’s that phb spells are stronger than people realize.

[@SuperZez]

"IT'S A *RADIUS,* YOU FOOL!" has _so much power_ behind it.

[@mefit8725]

1. Sleep: It doesn't let you choose targets, it goes from lowest HP do Highest (allies included) 2. Silence: is only 20ft. radius 3. Heat metal: The damage only triggers when you cast a spell or when you use your bonus action, not when it comes into contact with the metal 4. Cloud of Daggers: "when it enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there" doesn't trigger when you cast the spell on said creature (as was classified in April 2016's Sage Advice) The suggestion was pretty cool tho

[@PhoenicopterusR]

Even if its not technically RAW I can kinda see the logic on heat metal though. If you make a sword real hot then hit someone with it then yeah it'll burn. Also 20ft radius is a 40ft diameter, easy mistake.

[@mefit8725]

@@PhoenicopterusR Yeah, but it makes no sense from a balance standpoint - Magic Weapon (also a 2nd lvl spell) adds 1 damage to the weapons attack. Elemental weapon (a 3rd lvl spell) adds 1d4 of a chosen element. Holy weapon (5th level spell) adds 2d8 radiant but also does some cool extra stuff. There's a reason for the 2d8 fire damage requiring the caster's bonus action, and that's balance. Otherwise you'd have the Flametongue sword on command, which is a pretty good Rare magic item.

[@Crioca]

re: Suggestion, there's no way to intentionally fail a saving throw though.

[@mefit8725]

@@Crioca He doesn't have to, Gaseous form spell just requieres the target creature to be willing, so it works out in the end.

[@4rtifex]

@@PhoenicopterusR Misunderstanding the spell. The sword doesn't stay hot.

[@hmmm348]

Mages start off weak and squishy, then become God's. The key was GM is to make sure you push the resource management side of things with your multiple encounters. Whether there is a kidnapped someone you need to rescue from a ritual or something, you need to keep the pressure on.

[@AegisGaming99]

God's what? God's vessels? God's friends? God's s o u p ?

[@mrosskne]

If the party continues adventuring without spell slots, they die.

[@hmmm348]

@@AegisGaming99 yeah sorry, I was a little unclear. I meant simply God-like with their level of power.

[@hmmm348]

@@mrosskne that's it. I'm not saying a party shouldn't have ANY rest, just that if a party is given a quest or a task, it's good to sometimes give them a limited amount of time to achieve their goals. Players have a more enjoyable experience in general when they feel the pressure of a more difficult session IMO. It makes any "stakes"more real.

[@mrosskne]

@@hmmm348 It doesn't matter how much pressure you put on them. When they run out of spell slots, they'll try to rest. If they're prevented from resting, they'll simply die. Every time.

[@yoloactual6975]

This is the most accurate depiction of how I punish my DM when he tries to hard limit me arbitrarily for no apparent reason.

[@CaptainFirefred]

I was a Bard, we were in a dungeon with a Minotaur. The beast had metal gauntlets and I cast heat metal, the DM was displeased, the beast was brought down, loot was found - good times.

[@Graxil]

The “No no no no no, wait wait wait wait wait!” was way too good Also how did he as a Wizard get Silence? Edit: and Heat Metal Gaseous Form also has no save, it’s a willing target

[@OranjeKid3838]

I'd like to know that too. How did wizard learn silence?

[@freakypow9453]

Yeah I took Heat Metal as a fire themed Wizard too until we all realized its not on the wizards list xDD

[@lipeeefl]

He actually was a bard all along

[@Graxil]

Yeah both good spells I’d like to be able to prepare as a Wizard

[@McHobotheBobo]

Spell Research or multiclassing most likely

[@TheKarishi]

I actually like the idea of the Suggestion "Allow my friend to send you home" basically throwing an extra save requirement on Banishment for any extraplanar creature. Arguably wouldn't work on Fiend types since "Send you to Actual Hell" seems like it'd count as "doing harm" even for its normal denizens. But a djinn? An ANGEL? Even if getting banished is against their goals, "go to heaven without dying" is pretty explicitly NOT "doing harm."

[@JubioHDX]

Especially if you can manage to use it on an elemental if someone knows primordial, since nearly all elementals on the material plane were just ripped from their home while they were chilling and are instantly mind controlled to fight by the wizards who summon them, its the reason you cant summon one yourself then lose concentration cause itll just start whooping your ass for kidnapping it😂

[@Gabeslogic]

Heat Metal says it only damages the creature when you initially cast the spell though, and the damage only repeats on your turn when you use your bonus action to cause it. Also, RAW has it say it damages a creature in contact with the object, not specifically the metal part of the object so holding a wooden hilt wouldn't stop the spell. The sword would still be a a single object even if it doesn't make the most sense, but RAW also has invisibility work on blind creatures so take it with a grain of salt.

[@ericb3157]

i seem to remember a story where someone cast "heat metal" on the enemy's ARMOR...

[@INTstincts]

to be fair, RAW doesn't really have invisibility work on blind creatures, people just use invisibility wrong. The more fun and player-agency-focused version of invisibility is "Advantage on Stealth", which is what most people do, but RAW when you are invisible, other creatures have disadvantage on their Perception checks against you. A blind creature already has disadvantage on Perception checks, as per the Blinded condition. RAW: Invisibility - "An invisible creature is impossible to see without the aid of magic or a Special sense. For the Purpose of hiding, the creature is heavily obscured. The creature’s Location can be detected by any noise it makes or any tracks it leaves." Heavily Obscured - "A heavily obscured area-such as Darkness, opaque fog, or dense foliage-blocks vision entirely. A creature effectively suffers from the blinded condition (see Conditions ) when trying to see something in that area." So funnily enough, invisibility literally treats other creatures as if they have the blinded condition when interacting with you

[@InfernosReaper]

@@ericb3157 That is a proper use of it, yes.

[@Gabeslogic]

@@INTstincts but this is specifically a video about how RAW works

[@vyor8837]

​@@Gabeslogic and the OP is still wrong...

[@vagrant2863]

Nice to see Wizard still remembers his training from using only bad spells.

[@bigby1530]

Every time I get sick or something and I can't really do much or feel terrible I just binge the wizard videos. Got me through the last fever I had. The wizard arc is my comfort show basically

[@the05thatasked52]

I've got a stomach bug rn I might try that thx

[@thebrawler4486]

I love the wizard, i want more videos where he is in them, but not necessarily the main character. Just him bouncing off and interacting with other characters is fun to watch.

[@BigDickWizard6969]

I too would like to see more of me. But yeah, I agree. Let one of the Jacobs have the spotlight.

[@ky0ta347]

"Bro we ended your arc like 2 years ago" damn

[@vsGoliath96]

Here's a fun idea! As a DM, I would totally allow the Heat Metal sword combo for all that damage, but stick a little caveat on it. Rapidly heating and then cooling a sword after forging can completely ruin the weapon because it undoes the treatment to harden the blade. You can use the heat metal combo, sure, but the sword will basically snap next time you hit something.

[@theuncalledfor]

Okay. Just use a pilfered, crappy sword from a monster, then. Or an enchanted sword, those would be resilient enough to withstand the heat without taking that damage.

[@snowys4168]

Why put a caveat on it, flaming swords are cool.

[@theuncalledfor]

@@snowys4168 Because realism is also cool. Increased realism = increased immersion = increased enjoyment.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

Maybe not the next hit, but I could see that sword being ruined after combat is over, or after a few rounds. The damage could also change from slashing to bludgeoning, after a few rounds anyway. A wooden handle wouldnt work, unless it was magically enchanted or something. XD could have the fighter get a magically cold enchanted sword hilt, with replaceable blades, Attack on titan style. Haha but thats assuming they were specifically doing heat metal combo a lot, otherwise kinda pointless.

[@bleeem]

​@@theuncalledfor and let me add to your point, if your sword can be on flames or just handle rapid heating and cooling its prob a amazing ass sword, you can prob make up a fantasy metal that can handle that.

[@MBOmnis]

As someone who's never actually played D&D (just the videogames for PC) this is particularly entertaining. It's funny _and_ educational about the ruleset and systems.

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

It is not. Virtually all of the things he says in this video are wrong, and it is a pattern on this channel. Is it entertaining? Yes. Does he understand the rules or balancing? No way.

[@ScrewBall105]

The lava sword combo is cool and all, but unfortunately the damage only occurs if the caster uses their bonus action to cause it. Even then, the damage applies to the creature holding/wearing the heated item (point of contact has no effect, as long as they touch the item at all they get burned and attack with disadvantage), so the paladin is getting roasted for nothing. For all your flaming sword needs, look towards Elemental Weapon (3rd level but also makes it a +1 magic weapon) or the Flametongue.

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[@Dack.howaboutyou]

Yep. it was a cute idea, a funny video and i love this channel, but a lot of this particular scenario comes down to the DM allowing things that not all DMs would allow. (Beholder allowing his spell casting to be shut down seems unlikely also)

[@Aureline_]

The yelling of SILVERY BARBS got me so bad 😂😭😭

[@way6719]

This is just the beginning. Now that the wizard has evolved out of relying on fireball, he starts to exploit combat utility out of every spell he can and becomes stronger than ever before. The DM's world will quake when he learns Control Water.

[@canadiangopnik7007]

Playing the Godskin Apostle theme when the Wizard uses SLEEP is beyond genius, you have gotten a round of applause from me sir

[@ethanhorn6093]

"All the creatures have counterspell now". If you ever find yourself uttering this with any amount of seriousness, retire from DMing, you're not cut out for this.

[@masscreationbroadcasts]

5:08 "You took away my Fireball, and now you're gonna suffer the consequences." Huh. What about that.

[@greysonjacobs3998]

I cannot believe in Gygax’s great year of 2023, there are still new wizard videos being made. I remember laughing my ass off to them back in high school and look at me now… it’s my 21st birthday and I’m still a nerd

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Wizard: GASEOUS FORM! DM: What? You protected him? Wizard: Oh dear Bard? Bard: Yeeeeeees? Wizard: Cast Gust of Wind at the Beholder. Bard: Okaaaaaay! DM: What? Wizard: Gust of Wind disperses any gas or vapor, and since the Beholder's gaseous form is dispersed, I will end my concentration on Gaseous Form. This will revert the Beholder back to normal and in several tiny pieces, killing him instantly without a saving throw!

[@HunterTracks]

If we're talking about broken spells, may I introduce you to Blink? Not only does it have a 50% chance to make you basically invulnerable every round for a minute, it allows you to move through objects in a way similar to Etherealness. You can just ready a move on your turn under the condition that you're transported to the Ethereal Plane, and when it works, you can just walk through stuff to your heart's content.

[@fredfullthedreadful]

I never imagined Cloud of Daggers could be so powerful. Thanks, Wizard! :)

[@YooranKujara]

Yep, had it used on me (dm), made combat go a lot faster

[@thatguy5391]

​​@@ChaosArchmage huh....? It states it does "when a creature enters the spell for the first time they take 4d4 slashing damage or they start their turn there."

[@Trinithium]

But it specifies "On a turn", that means it doesnt specify its turn. Otherwise you're telling me shoving an enemy into a whirlwind of blades wouldnt harm them immediately?

[@hieronymusnervig8712]

It both is and isn't. The damage is surprisingly good for its level. Literally a magic missile every single round. But practically it sucks. For one damage on a concentration spell is very mediocre. And then it's a fixed 5ft square, so unless you have a grapple squad continuously dragging a poor enemy through the thing, you deal that damage once and never again.

[@jamielennard3388]

@@thatguy5391 @Trinithium Having it cast on them or moved onto them does not count as them entering it. If they are pushed or pulled into it, that does count as them entering it.

[@georgepattimore5429]

Technically, you can still damage a creature in gaseous form, it just has resistance to non magical damage. Also, as gaseous form only prevents the beholder from making attacks and casting spells and the eyebeams use neither attack rolls nor spell slots, they still work. The wizard has just accidentally buffed the beholder.

[@HunterTracks]

Something doesn't have to use an attack roll to be an attack. I doubt that you can get your DM to agree that you can still grapple your opponent while in Gaseous Form, for instance.

[@VexdinLord]

Then wouldn't you be lying to the beholder if your plan is to effectively stun him so he's defenseless to all attacks?

[@Nesto_]

I disagree with this. By that logic you could cast it on an ally after they cast sunbeam and let them fire it every turn since they are neither making attack rolls nor are they casting spells.

[@RPanda3S]

​​@@HunterTracks Aktsually, it does. An attack and an attack action are different. Attacks have attack rolls. Attack actions can be a bunch of different things instead of a normal attack, and are not attacks necessarily.

[@skell6134]

​@@VexdinLordI mean He is mostly protected in this form so its not really a lie

[@andrewellis712]

I’m glad the wizard has learned and grown to be willing to buff and help his party members

[@Schnatter_]

"D&D is a competetive game where the winner is whoever can get the dm to get angry at them first" - A very wise man

[@sscspas]

Cloud of daggers doesn't do damage to enemies that are in the aoe when it's cast, as they aren't "entering" the spell aoe because they haven't actually moved into it, it was just created around them

[@Dave004]

I think he's more of a "joke" youtuber than a D&D youtuber.

[@localidiotnumber792]

But once they start their turn, they do take damage, as it does damage when they start their turn inside it

[@sscspas]

@Blazingstar117 yeah, but that's only one instance of damage, as opposed to two, which is what the video says you would be dealing.

[@themrlace]

1:57 You have my undying respect for making that Punisher reference and even using your own voice to do so.

[@roberttarmann2942]

Dude, what the *fuck* ?

[@TheBayzent]

2:34 You kid but this actually happened in one of our games. In fact we've been debating how to balance around only letting equipment have only one buff/debuff at the same time for a while.

[@Zero_Shift]

3:30 The issue is "When entering the first time in a turn" by RAW means that it's not when cast. There's a heavy divide whether or not dms allow it, but usually its a no, which makes the spell way worse

[@IPIay01]

OR "starts it's turn there." Not to mention that divide makes no sense when WOTC already made a statement saying that RAI is how it works. DM's who follow strictly RAW are shit anyways.

[@grayson9124]

It’s the starting it’s turn there that the wizard is taking advantage of.

[@y2a1979]

As long as everyone remembers that it works that way for enemies who cast it, I usually allow it. I also make enemy casters cast from more than 60 feet away when the spell has more range than that, though, so my caster enemies rarely get Counterspelled before getting at least one spell off. And to round it out, I know as the DM it isn't my job to kill the party, so if they outfox the enemies, hooray for them and their victorious plans.

[@nonenone-hv5iq]

Actually, that's by RAI. If an area suddenly appears with you inside of it, you've entered it, you just haven't moved to. But entirely RAI and RAW you can have a telekinesis caster pull them out and back into the area on a turn to double it. More forced movement effects and you can force even more damage on it.

[@feelmypuddle4963]

@@nonenone-hv5iq Sage advice is considered raw. And the meaning is explained there.

[@garuelx8627]

Played a cleric for the first time and just reached lv5. Now I get to experience the joys of spirit guardians. I noticed that once a spellcaster has access to 3rd level spells, they begin to tear the fabric of reality.

[@generalgarchomp333]

Spirir guardians is indeed great.

[@YourOtherSock]

I played a tempest ckeric, bronze dragonborn, and while spirit guardians was great, I defaulted to call lightning. So much damage, if I needed to I could use my channel divinity to max damage stuff in a 5ft area for 40, and I could drop a bolt on myself if needed and only take half damage. One of my favorite characters to date

[@romankvapil9184]

Enhance Ability. For when you wanna speed run the campaign harder.

[@almightyk11]

During my Adventures League games, my warlock had the sleep spell. It mostly gets criticised, but I say that if they stopped being encounters with individual strong opponents it's very useful.

[@kamille286]

the "you're lucky to even be here, your arc ended like two years ago!" is what really got me XD I am happy to see a return of the fireball wizard

[@brianpraul9758]

The way you play the Godskin theme when talking about the Sleep condition lmaoo

[@HelloThere.....]

4:15 What? If he's not lying, then how does it seem harmful? It would seem harmful if he WAS lying. But it can't just SEEM harmful, it must be OBVIOUSLY harmful.

[@johndickerhoff1179]

The wizard always manages to make me laugh. Your content is really fun to watch

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[@HagbardCeline-kq3lo]

All of the other character classes exist to fight against the game. Wizards exist to fight against the DM.

[@Ramperdos]

I was really hoping for the Gigachad to appear, we need him and the Wizard in the same room playing! Or Gigachad DMing for the Wizard!

[@JubioHDX]

wizard deciding to cast buff spells for his party when his fireball is taken away is growth towards gigachad imo

[@Ramperdos]

@@JubioHDX Is Wizard just Gigachad's backstory?

[@d_camara]

4:45 that's not dumb, if someone did that in my table i'd love it! The wizard just holds the beholder in place for an hour while the rest of the party shortrests, that's one of the only cool times short rest is relevant since the wizard can't do that for 8 hours

[@letendreelliott8778]

You could also use that one hour to cast tiny hut since it isn’t concentration and now the party has a safe space that they can go in and out of while fighting and nothing can get through it except you and your party members thus trivializing the fight

[@yarion4774]

@@letendreelliott8778 Wouldn't the antimagic cone of the beholders eye simply dispel tiny hut?

[@letendreelliott8778]

@@yarion4774 in the very specific case of a beholder fight it would. Against anything else tho… At high level you can do pretty much the same with the spell Maze to bully the Tarrasque because it has to make a DC 20 int check which it physically cannot succeed or be blocked in a demiplane for 10 minutes.

[@d_camara]

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[@AnonYmous-mc5zx]

"You're in a civilized setting, fireball would get everyone arrested." "Fine." [Uses Minor Illusion to mess with NPCs]

[@freyastuchbery7130]

Oh the Lich has Power Word Kill? More like

[@freyastuchbery7130]

(because he was silenced)

[@theodorehunter4765]

Heat metal doesn't work that way. It's a bonus action on the caster's turn to cause the damage, so unless the creature is in contact with the sword during the wizards turn, the creature isn't taking damage from heat metal.

[@niemandkeiner8057]

"Choose a manufactured metal object, such as a metal weapon or a suit of heavy or Medium metal armor, that you can see within range. You cause the object to glow red-hot. Any creature in physical contact with the object takes 2d8 fire damage when you cast the spell."

[@CptSalmon]

@@niemandkeiner8057 read that again, and the rest of the spell too. The part of the description you posted pretty clearly says it only applies once, during the casting of the spell. On subsequent rounds it only deals damage when the caster uses a bonus action to do so. What sucks about Jacob’s example is that heat metal is way more broken than his example would imply.

[@niemandkeiner8057]

@@CptSalmon Do you know how real world works? It's magic and stuff alright, but the laws of physics apply too. If you heat a metal object to be *red-hot*, doesn't matter if you do it with magic or just plain old fire, it'll take a few more than six seconds to cool. It's still not a very good idea though, because 1) it's dangerous for the wielder regardless of handle material, since the tang is still metal and 2) it would ruin the sword. Still, a DM should absolutely allow it, because see above.

[@CptSalmon]

@@niemandkeiner8057 Who the hell is talking about the real world? Everyone here made comments about the strict mechanical effects of the spell heat metal in dungeons and dragons 5th edition on a video about spells that are strong in rules as written dungeons and dragons 5th edition. If we were talking about if a DM should allow that interpretation I would personally not, as other spells that increase melee damage using an element exist, and do significantly less damage (even if elemental weapon isn’t a good spell). Heat metal would need to be the same level as a spell that does 2d6 fire damage per hit for the drawback to be balanced imo, because the self damage can be entirely negated by simply using a spear or axe

[@yourguykhonshu3972]

@@niemandkeiner8057 the laws of physics absolutely do not apply to spellcasting. Not at all, which is entirely why spells have specific rules and wording. A spell does exactly what it says and and nothing else.

[@captainomc3802]

So a combat encounter has a mind flayer, goblins, a lich, and a beholder. Sounds balanced

[@goldenmosquito4093]

I mean the wizard was there so it balances out

[@tridentgreen3346]

The Wizard chuckles as he pulls out his spell scrolls, making him immune to counterspell.

[@Shivermist110]

But they don't.

[@primordial994]

for those who missed it. That was the attack on titan Yelena stare from season 4. perfect! yet again you never cease to amaze me. great video!

[@qilby7428]

Thank you! Thought i was the only one who noticed

[@92Roar]

I was giggling, it was very well done!

[@DietScrungo]

The, Frank Castle "No! No! No! No! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!" That got me 🤣

[@LetMeintheLibrary]

Love how this becomes an anime at 01:30

[@Derpingmuffin]

man I love these videos! For anyone wondering if these work rules as writen by the way: Sleep: The only problem here is that when you cast sleep you don't get to specifiy the order that the spell affects targets. So the wizard wouldn't beable to target the mind flayer and "then" use the remaining points on the goblins. Instead, you must target them "in acending order of their current hit points, ignoring unconscious creatures". So, goblins would go first and whatever was left would eventually go to the mind flayer. Silence: Yeah, every spell shown did require vocal conponents apart from counter spell. However, Silence is not on the wizard spell list and only has a radius of 20ft, not 40ft. Maybe wizard took some levels in cleric or something (maybe worshiping himself, lol) but theres no way the spell would have that much of a radius (excluding homebrew stuff ofc). Heat metal: This was a really cool use of it, however the idea does not work at all rules as writen. First of all, "Any creature in physical contact with the object takes 2d8 fire damage when you cast the spell" - "when you cast" is important here, as the sword wouldnt be in contact with the hostile creature when you cast it.. unless you do it as a reaction by readying the spell, with a trigger like "when a creature is hit by the paladin". However, since the sword is *one* object, reguardless of if it has a wooden handle or not and the spell says "Any creature in physical contact with the object" both the paladin and the enemy take the 2d8 damage, and only once during the paladins turn when the spell is first cast. Then, since the paladin is holding it he'd have to make a CON save and risk dropping the weapon or having disadvantage to all his other attacks and ability checks. For future turns, (assuming the paladin is fine just swinging that hot sword around) further damage only happens when you "use a bonus action on each of your subsequent turns", since this has to happen on the wizard's turn he can't help the paladin deal more damage, except to himself. However, you might think that if the paladin attacks as a reaction on the wizard's turn then the wizard could do the damage as it hits.. but sadly this would be a bonus action, not a reaction, so he couldn't cast it during the instaneous attack. Cloud of daggers: This is a very common misunderstanding. Spells that say "when it enters the spell’s area for the first time" do NOT trigger when cast, it is when the creature *enters* an area.. not when the area is put onto them (strangley enough). So when cast on a creature it only does the damage at the start of the creatures turn so long as the creature is still within the effect. Sugguestion + Gaseous Form: It wouldnt work this way rules as writen but actually works better than presented! Firstly, a creature cannot normally willingly fail a saving throw - this is why some spells, such as vortex warp, have the text "the target can choose to fail". So the sugguestion would only really be useful for spells like that, not spells like Gaseous Form. Not only does it not say you can choose to fail, it doesn't actually require a save at all; instead, it just needs a willing creature. So, what you could do would be to sugguest it to be willing to turn into gas/ be willing to the next spell cast on it (as to if this seems obviously harmful or not is up for debate) and then cast the spell. As for taking a short rest, the wizard can take one just fine so long as the short rest starts as soon as it turns into gas (1 hour duration) which I think is fine. I argue this, since in the PHB it says "[S]hort rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds." and I would argue that reading is of similar mental strain to concentrating on a spell. So as long as the wizard doesn't fall asleep, he's fine. However, a short rest might be a waste, since it's not like the creature becomes immune to damage or anything - only getting "resistance to nonmagical damage, and it has advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws". For a party fighting a beholder who most likley have magical weapons, they could just beat up the cloud that "can’t attack or cast spells." until it dropped to 0 HP and the spell ended on it. However, they'd have to be careful since the creature could just escape by going through a crack in the wall (no idea as to what would happen if you ended concentration while it was in a wall though, probably just appear in the cloest unoccupied space) . But, it only has 10ft of movement while gaseous, so as long as there arn't cracks in the floor or something else close then they could at least get a couple turns in - which is massive! Hope you guys find that interesting! edit: I missed that Heat Metal is also not on the wizard spell list (oops) but I saw from one of the replies that he could just be using spell scrolls and I would be cool with that if the rules for spell scrolls wearnt so dumb. No one uses scrolls like this, but rules as writen: "if the spell is on your class’s spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without providing any material Components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible" Since they're not on his spell list, he can't cast them - even with a scroll. He could cast them through a magic item though, like a hypothetical wand of Heat Metal. Personally, I like the idea that anyone can use scrolls and that's why they're so valuble!

[@mrosskne]

the radius doesn't matter. just counter spell the silence.

[@Derpingmuffin]

​@@mrosskne While the bad guy could Counterspell it, that doesn't mean the radius doesn't matter. Mainly because there are times the baddy couldn't Counterspell. This could be from a number of things, including, but not limited to: • Bad guy already having used his reaction on something else. • Players Counterspell Counterspell (Edit: as in the video) • Players cast silence outside the range of Counterspell (silence: 120ft , Counterspell: 60ft) So, it doesn't follow that because he has counterspell that how silence works doesn't matter. However, when the DM counter spells a player, it's always such a fun moment; my first ever fireball was counterspelled xD.

[@mrosskne]

@@Derpingmuffin Ok, I get that you're pretending to be stupid, but I'll clarify anyway : in the case where the target counterspells silence, silence's radius doesn't matter, which is obviously what I meant, and is what you knew I meant. Is that pedantic enough for your take everything literally ass?

[@dannik9932]

Yeah, if you want to do a heat metal trick it has to be with a bow or crossbow arrow/bolt. Since the object being held is not the arrow itself, your ally won't take the initial damage (of course the enemy won't), but you will be doing consistent damage when the heated arrowhead lodges into the target. In general the target will not be able to remove the arrowhead, which is the hot part, without further wounding themselves and wasting an action. The problem is, unless the creature is weak to fire, there are just better spells to use in place of this trick, even though it is cool.

[@Derpingmuffin]

@@dannik9932 ohh, good points! I never thought about lodging the metal into someone before, though I guess you do risk quite a bit with it. Not even mentioning the chance it might not stick if it does hit, the fighter might just miss anyway! But yeah, that is cool. I gues the attractive thing about the spell is that it has damage with no save, which a lot of players like cause it feels like you're always getting something done. Whereas other spells, even if they sometimes miss, will on average provide better results.