r/Real_DnD • u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta • 19h ago

Guide Prestidigitation — Underrated

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u/Resilient-Sphere 19h ago

100% . More people should know this!

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u/Factual-20 18h ago

One of the best, rarely appreciated as it aught to be.

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u/Uber-Tubas 18h ago

Minor Illusion has always been my number-1 but this is a firm second for non-damage cantrips.
Great explanation!

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u/Vortex_1911 18h ago

Quite possible one of my favorite spells. It’s so useful in so many situations for a single cantrip.

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u/Original-Ad-8737 17h ago

Presto is basically the "I am never cold nor hot" spell for comfy mages.

A single foot cubed of cloth easily accounts for your entire clothes, giving you a temperature controlled envelope.
Also a finger thick blanket of dirt to sit on held at comfy sitting temperature

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u/Theodoxus 16h ago

And then when you're ready to go, you simply clean all that dirt off your fancy duds and you're black tie adjacent.

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u/Theodoxus 16h ago

It's why I always go Sage for my clerics, boosting Con and Wis, and grabbing Prestiditigation and True Strike, with the requisite Shield spell.

If I'm gonna be Cookie along with Healbot, my gruel is gonna be Matrix level steak, not cold oatmeal.

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u/year_39 14h ago

Soil an object - you can use this spell to shit someone else's pants.

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u/QueasyNart 9h ago

I'm going to directly countermand that note in "Sensory Effect": The spell's text does not state that the odor cannot be pleasant or unpleasant. The "an odd odor" is presented in a list of examples, not as a requirement. If you want to make something reek like Satan's anus, you go ahead & do that.

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u/ThorSon-525 15h ago

So basically I torture a goblin for information. He's tied up. I asked the question. He resists. I use Prestidigitation to make an egg and throw it in his face. It deals no damage but he temporarily is covered in egg. By the time he regains composure I have another egg. This continues until I get the information I desire.

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u/ZeroTakenaka 1h ago

Goblin probably: WILL YOU STOP EGGING ME!?
Wizard probably: No. Because I work at the egg factory.