"Wish" is confirmed? Very cool! The mage spell list always feels somehow unfinished in games without Wish. I liked the idea of uncertainty for Wish in BG II, but I would have preferred a higher probability of the "safe" options. Even with 18+ wisdom it was too dicey. Did 5E get rid of "Limited Wish"? That's another one that should come back, or call it something else like "Distort Reality" or whatever.
Yes, also"magic missile" and some other stuff. They hinted that some high level spells were banned.
https://kotaku.com/the-ranger-class-is-getting-some-changes-in-d-d-and-ba-1835659585 In this podcast they also semi-confirmed the wish spell but also stated that some spells were banned. They use a three-color-coded list of spells. Green are nicked! like magic missile. Red are "never gonna happen". He didn´t enter into specifics but they said that is High level stuff. 38.20 Wish is accepted because he has their role in storytelling.
I hope they still have the Arcane Hand/Bigby´s hand. I loved that kind of spells and the feel of using a big magical hand to poke your enemies. Also I liked the contingency, blade barrier, black tentacles, web, bones of the earth, the entangle/vines spells, insect plague and the summoning spells (Summon fay, dust devil and summon elemental sounds nice).
I hope they ban or nerf ( I know it is an unpopular opinion) spells like commune with nature, fabricate, detect traps, or knock because that makes class skills irrelevant. Why bother to learn your skills as a ranger or rogue if you can make it (better) with a spell, a scroll of a wand?
