Spells are crucial to making an arcane D&D class good, as you can see with 2024 5e's rules removing one obstacle to an archetype's magic.

Carla is a writer from Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, now based in Atlanta. She’s an Emory alum with both a BA and MA in English, but more importantly, she’s a Pisces with lots of opinions about video games.

After nearly two years without any clarity or branding, we now have an official name for D&D 5e (2024) — or at least how it appears in D&D Beyond.