Protection from Evil and Good

Ouch 25 gp to use this level 1 spell.

concentration *and* 25gp for a level 1 spell, big oof

Just think you can use Ceremony to make the holy water if you have is 25gp of powdered silver and an hour to kill.

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Ouch 25 gp to use this level 1 spell.

 To be fair, this is a very good first level spell. Most creature types have disadvantage against the target, and being ubiquitously immune to charmed, frightened, and possessed from those creatures is quite powerful.

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In fairness, while they did put the cost on the spell description in the 2024 version, this didn't really change anything. Holy Water has always cost 25 gp in 5e, and since it was always consumed by the spell you always needed to actually have it (instead of a spellcasting focus) to cast this.

 Actually, previously you, didn't. The only thing that mattered for whether or not you needed the material was if it had a listed cost. Taken from the 2014 PHB, page 203:
"A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus (found in chapter 5) in place of the components specified for a spell. But if a cost is indicated for a component, a character must have that specific component before he or she can cast the spell."

I hate the mechanics of this spell. It doesn't really do what it says it does; it is not alignment-based; it misses categories that I would want it to affect. Like, why does this not work against Lycanthropes? Why aberrations but not monstrosities, most of which are evil? And why DOES it work against elementals? They're mostly neutral!

Yea the 25 gold cost is a big nope. They shouldn't have kept it.

I modified this spell in my home game so that the disadvantage on attack rolls is free, but the other benefits require the 25 GP holy water.