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Tasha’s Mind Whip got a huge nerf in the new #dnd unearthed arcana
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Jun 5, 2025
Tasha’s Mind Whip got a huge nerf in the new #dnd unearthed arcana Psion for the Psion. #dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #unearthedarcana #characteroptimization #dungeonsanddragons
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the unorthion document also came with
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some updates to spells which we might
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know from Zanithar's guide to everything
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such as intellect fortress and Tasha's
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mind whip Tasha's mind whip in
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particular is interesting because it's
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getting a huge debuff The other spells
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they're bringing back appear to be
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completely unchanged The 2014 rules
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version intelligence save little bit of
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psychic damage and then creatures that
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failed the save had to choose between an
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action a bonus action or their movement
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and they would only get one of those
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three on their turn That is a massive
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debuff for like melee focused creatures
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That means they could take their action
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or they could have movement to actually
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walk towards you so that they could
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reach you with their attacks Um if a
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creature was prone and needed to be
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standing to fight effectively then like
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okay they could fight or they could use
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their movement to stand up So it was a
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massive massively powerful spell It was
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great for upcasting like it was an easy
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go-to option for
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wizards The the updated version that
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we're seeing creatures now choose
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between their action or their bonus
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action but movement isn't affected at
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all So like they lose an action or they
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lose their bonus action their choice For
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the majority of creatures they don't
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have a bonus action to give up So
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basically the spell is useless against a
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huge amount of creatures So this is
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going from like top tier blue rated
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spell down to
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orange I've loved Tasha's mind whip for
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a long time It's been a great offensive
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spell Um I do think it needed a debuff
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because it was so good but this might be
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too far in the wrong direction Like I I
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simply don't think anyone's going to
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take the spell anymore as written