Nice list Lee! Sharing my inputs: 1. find familiar- all agreed here. 2. dimension door- beast bomb! 3. spirit guardians- yup i think this will be a short input comment from me for one. 4. conjure minor elemental- if DM lets you choose, like the other conjure spells, this indeed is powerful. summoning is always good for action economy. 5. flaming sphere/call lightning- are indeed great dmg build around spells. i actually find call lightning underrated. people tout SG for sustained dmg but CL actually does more though to a smaller area. And it gets better on cloudy days. i do think this is better on a tempest. I'll share one conjuration spell that i find underrated and i consider a worthy build around spell: black tentacles- not only is the flavor here awesome but this is essentially an upgraded web and combines will with speed reduction and forced movement for a great core tactic.
Thanks Rob! Conjuration was a reallllllly tough spell school to do. There was soo many good conjuration spells that honestly, I didn't think it was possible to pick a bad one hahah. I also have a bit of a tendency toward call lightning because I love druids so consider that too hahaha I love that spell, especially because it restrains targets! Slightly higher level but definitley one of the better conjuration spells. It was on my list but like I said, there are so many damn good conjuration spells lol
@@ThisCrits yup conjuration is like abjuration. there's just so many good spells! i like call lighting just like you but more because of tempest clerics rather than druids. i think tbh you could've excluded summoning as a whole and did a separate video on your top 5 summoning spells.
There’s a funny detail about Flaming Sphere which I’m not at all sure was intentional, but by RAW works. When cast at its lowest level, Flaming Sphere is countered by Darkness because it emanates light and is second level.
@@ThisCrits Darkness states that if any of its area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled. The flaming sphere specifically states that it sheds bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. For comparison, a spell that nobody would question gets dispelled: “Light” has an object shed bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
I would consider Fog Cloud as a must have conjuration spell due to how often that has saved encounters for my party. It’s so low level that it’s typically a waste to counterspell, but it also rebalances all instances of advantage and disadvantage in its area and negates all those “target you can see” spells.
Nice list Lee! Sharing my inputs:
1. find familiar- all agreed here.
2. dimension door- beast bomb!
3. spirit guardians- yup i think this will be a short input comment from me for one.
4. conjure minor elemental- if DM lets you choose, like the other conjure spells, this indeed is powerful. summoning is always good for action economy.
5. flaming sphere/call lightning- are indeed great dmg build around spells. i actually find call lightning underrated. people tout SG for sustained dmg but CL actually does more though to a smaller area. And it gets better on cloudy days. i do think this is better on a tempest.
I'll share one conjuration spell that i find underrated and i consider a worthy build around spell:
black tentacles- not only is the flavor here awesome but this is essentially an upgraded web and combines will with speed reduction and forced movement for a great core tactic.
Thanks Rob!
Conjuration was a reallllllly tough spell school to do. There was soo many good conjuration spells that honestly, I didn't think it was possible to pick a bad one hahah.
I also have a bit of a tendency toward call lightning because I love druids so consider that too hahaha
I love that spell, especially because it restrains targets! Slightly higher level but definitley one of the better conjuration spells. It was on my list but like I said, there are so many damn good conjuration spells lol
@@ThisCrits yup conjuration is like abjuration. there's just so many good spells! i like call lighting just like you but more because of tempest clerics rather than druids.
i think tbh you could've excluded summoning as a whole and did a separate video on your top 5 summoning spells.
There’s a funny detail about Flaming Sphere which I’m not at all sure was intentional, but by RAW works. When cast at its lowest level, Flaming Sphere is countered by Darkness because it emanates light and is second level.
Really? I assumed since the sphere is literaly fire that it would only stop the light effect?
@@ThisCrits Darkness states that if any of its area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
The flaming sphere specifically states that it sheds bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
For comparison, a spell that nobody would question gets dispelled: “Light” has an object shed bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
this is a good catch. though tbh its only relevant for a couple of levels. once flaming sphere is upcasted, this is irrelevant.
@@jb123581 Waiiiiit thats actually insane hahahaha
I would consider Fog Cloud as a must have conjuration spell due to how often that has saved encounters for my party. It’s so low level that it’s typically a waste to counterspell, but it also rebalances all instances of advantage and disadvantage in its area and negates all those “target you can see” spells.
That was on my list of considerations but mannnnnnn theres a lot of great conjuration spells hahah
Nice list
Thansk Rivers! I appreciate it =D
Magma Mephits are 1/2 cr. So only 4 I think.
Yep! I may have mispoke in the video I dont recall lol
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