OK, here goes: saves folks having to listen to the podcast (unless they want to hear our discussion of the top twenty spells, which might interest some folks?). The top twenty contained only one tie, and that was easy to resolve because a similar spell of slightly lower level was mentioned by several people. The top forty led to three more ties, including a six way tie at 34-- I resolved it by putting spells voted for by authors for ArM5 ahead, and then by doing it by number of publications at current moment. A biased method, but as good as any. The one resulting tie I flipped a coin for! The resulting complete Top 40 Spells were as follows...
- Aegis of the Hearth
- Whispers Through the Black Gate
- Demons Eternal Oblivion
- Wizard's Communion
- Purification of the Festering Wounds
- Gather the Essence of the Beast
- Posing the Silent Question
- Bind Wounds
- Aura of Rightful Authority
- Veil of Invisibility
- Piercing the Magical Veil
12.Piercing the Faerie Veil
13.Chirurgeon's Healing Touch (variant). No one likes the spell as written, too wasteful of vis. - The Inexorable Search
- Aura of Ennobled Presence
- Call to Slumber
17.Pilum of Fire - Pit of the Gaping Earth
- Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie
- Lift the Dangling Puppet
- Rock of Viscid clay
- Lay to Rest the Haunting Spirit
- Unseen Porter
- Touch of Midas
- Eyes of the Cat
- Wizard's Sidestep
- Lamp Without Flame
- Cloak of Duck's Feathers
- Disguise of the Transformed Image
- Ward against Heat and Flames
- Restoration of the Defiled Body
- Loss of but a Moment's Memory
- Summoning the Distant Image
- Circle of Beast Warding
- Wind at Back
- Trust of the Childlike Faith
- Mighty Torrent Of Water
- Severed Limb Made Whole
- The Invisible Sling of Vilano
- The Crystal Dart