Editing List of D&D Spells (section)

==Cone of Cold==
The cold damage counterpart to Fireball and Lightning Bolt, but it’s typically presented as levels higher than either of those. Back in the day, the Dungeon Master was expected to be a lot more cruel to players, and as such Fireball and Lightning Bolt would have all kinds of horrible side effects like uncontrollable areas in narrow space and destroying loot, none of which applied to Cone of Cold. Even after 3rd edition onward had everyone drop this drawback, Cone of Cold remains higher level for having a higher damage ceiling and a larger AoE.