Originally Posted by 1varangian
AoE / surfaces on arrows needs to go away as well.

I'm getting more and more annoyed with the surfaces. Those are powerful effects and they need to be reserved for powerful spells and RARE items.

E.g. Ice Storm is a 4th level spell that creates a surface. Thats cool and fine. But cantrips and goblins spamming elemental surfaces is not.

Agreed. It was fine in Divinity (though that's still easily my least favorite thing in those games' combat), but it doesn't gel with how 5e combat works at all. A fire arrow making extra fire damage is fine, but shouldn't set you on fire for more turns and especially should not set stone on fire