Dungeons & Dragons: 8 Biggest Spell Changes In The 2024 Player's Handbook, Ranked


While the 2024 Player's Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons added a few new spells, it also made plenty of changes to existing spells. In most cases, it just adds more healing or damage, but in a few select spells, the effects are so different that it might as well be a new spell altogether.


We’ve chosen the spells most impacted by the changes in the 2024 Handbook; that way, you can be better prepared for future campaigns. If you’re looking for changes to cantrips, we’ve covered that in a different article since we are focusing here on spells level 1 or higher.


While the 2014 rendition of the Grease spell didn’t specify that it was flammable, many players assumed so. It was such a popular belief that, in Baldur’s Gate 3, the spell is indeed flammable, making for interesting combos with any fire-based spells.