I'm now looking through the new PHB and not seeing Absorb Elements. Is it gone, renamed, a mistake that its missing, or am I being dull and not seeing it?
Absorb Elements isn't in the 2014 Player's Handbook. It's from Elemental Evil Player's Companion.
So it isn't meant to be in the new PHB?
Per Crawford and WotC statements, if a spell wasn't given a 5.5 version then you can still use the 5.0 version. So Absorb Elements should still be a legal 5.5 spell as-is even if it isn't in the 5.5 PHB.
I'm now looking through the new PHB and not seeing Absorb Elements. Is it gone, renamed, a mistake that its missing, or am I being dull and not seeing it?
Absorb Elements isn't in the 2014 Player's Handbook. It's from Elemental Evil Player's Companion.
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So it isn't meant to be in the new PHB?
Not that I know of.
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There's no reason to expect it in the new PHB (it's also in XGtE).
Per Crawford and WotC statements, if a spell wasn't given a 5.5 version then you can still use the 5.0 version. So Absorb Elements should still be a legal 5.5 spell as-is even if it isn't in the 5.5 PHB.
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