Description: | Prestidigitations are minor tricks that novice spellcasters
use for practice. Once cast, the prestidigitation spell enables
the character to perform simple magical effects for 1 hour. The
effects are minor and have severe limitations. Prestidigitations
can slowly lift 1 pound of material. They can color, clean, or
soil items in a 1-foot cube each round. They can chill, warm, or
flavor 1 pound of nonliving material. They cannot inflict damage
or affect the concentration of spellcasters. Prestidigitation can
create small objects, but they look crude and artificial. The
materials created by a prestidigitation spell are extremely
fragile, and they cannot be used as tools, weapons, or spell
components. Finally, a prestidigitation lacks the power to
duplicate any other spell effects. Any actual change to an object
(beyond just moving, cleaning, or soiling it) persists only 1
hour.
Characters typically use prestidigitations to impress common
folk, amuse children, and brighten dreary lives. Common tricks
with prestidigitations include producing tinklings of ethereal
music, brightening faded flowers, creating glowing balls that
float over the character's hand, generating puffs of wind to
flicker candles, spicing up aromas and flavors of bland food, and
making little whirlwinds to sweep dust under rugs.
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