Deep Dive on Level 0-4 Spell Changes in D&D 2024 Player's Handbook!

Introduction 00:00
Cantrips 00:35
1st lvl spells 04:40
2nd lvl spells 10:44
3rd lvl spells 18:58
4th lvl spells 22:40

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[PackTactics]

There are spells I didn't mention because I covered them in 3 different videos. Link in the description.

[akumaraion]

Not only Barkskin gives you 17 AC now, it also is a Bonus Action and doesnt require Concentration anymore. It may not be useful if everyone in your party has great AC but they clearly buffed it xD

[ComicaPaloozaStudios]

I still remember a meme about Magic Aura where the party, playing Curse of Strahd, had set up Protection from Evil and Good (or possibly Hallow), so Strahd couldn't affect them where they were hiding from him, so he then went and used Magic Aura to mask himself as a Humanoid creature, bypassing their defenses.

"How do you do, fellow Humanoids?"

[uchihajunior]

And now hunger of hadar upcasts, wich makes sense, considering it's exclusive to the class that rellies on upcasting spells.

[jonathansands]

Sleep changed from “anti-goblin horde at low level, and getting less useful as levels go up” to having a decent use in most cases. It also gets rid of the whole needing to go meta and talk about monster HP with the DM. And while it is two saving throws, at least they’re both within one round (one when you cast, the second at the end of the target’s turn); you cast it, which immediately incapacitates them if they fail the save, and by your next turn the target(s) has either shrugged it off or fallen unconscious.

[jinxtheunluckypony]

Sleep is a *LOT* weaker at levels 1 and 2 but it’s a lot more usable from level 3 onward. I could see a Wizard holding onto Sleep for moderate difficulty encounters where they don’t want to burn higher level spells.

[scrubnub]

Shield wasn't nerfed because all defensive reactions were buffed (Like defensive duelist) and people were going crazy about divine favor because they made that non-concentration but did nothing to help hunters mark be a half decent "feature"

[htlchtlc]

Btw produce flame now doesn't end when you throw the fire, so you can keep throwing fire for 10 minutes while maintaining the light

[Jasta]

Needed something to listen to while doing my house cleaning today, perfect timing!

[CivilWarMan]

There is an interesting use case for Blade Ward. If allowing non-PHB materials, Earth Genasi from Monsters of the Multiverse can cast Blade Ward as a bonus action. So an Earth Genasi Fighter in melee is pretty tanky. They can get Blade Ward up quickly, can have very high AC due to armor and shield, which is then boosted due to Blade Ward debuffing attack rolls against them, have good Con saves so they're more likely to maintain concentration if they are hit, and usually have either few or no spell slots, so they're less lilely to be concentrating on something else.

An Earth Genasi Eldritch Knight could also concentrate on Blade Ward and then leave their spell slots free to cast Shield if they need to pump their AC even higher in an emergency.

[floofzykitty]

I believe the Command spell used to require that the creature can understand your speech. Command now working on anything is a pretty significant change. Most creatures do not know many languages, if at all. Some of them basically just have a part in their stat block telling the DM to make it up.

Constructs, monstrosities and beasts were effectively immune to the spell but they are now vulnerable to it. You can actually use Command on something like a direwolf now.

[Adurnis]

I was the one who mentioned the vulture for find familiar; a deer is also an option and probably a better one. Also a goat or a hyena.

[darkestlight]

Nick based paladins with divine favor is actually really good damage, even without divine smite.

[sharalakid]

True strike is absolutely HUGE now for early-mid game spellblades dude

[TheAceOfFire]

15:48, "You can't touch yourself anymore..." Oh!? We'll see about that!

[itsyaboiguzma]

Nystul's magical aura into an inconcious mind flayer so you could cast planar binding on it is super funny ngl.

[BlazeLycan]

You can summon a Giant Fly with Find Familiar now. Huge creature, decent strength, good hp for a familiar.

[Melixff]

Sleep is not nerfed, it is reworked. Now you can cast sleep at higher levels and not shoot yourself in the foot

[andreashesseerichsen]

Let me just go ahead and use nystuls magic aura to make myself a beast and then polemorph the barbarian into me

[dabeef]

Sleep isn't really a nerf. It went from only being useful for the 1st 2 levels of play to remaining useful for the entire game. I admit I wish it had at least a 10' radius but it's not as bad as you think it is. Maybe they should have added upcasting that increases the area of effect.