Prestidigitation in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Player's Handbook, Evolving Cantrips

Prestidigitation

0-level (Cantrip) Transmutation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range/Area: 10 feet

Components: V, S

Duration: Up to 1 minute

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range:

You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

At higher levels:

At 5th level, you can have up to five non-instantaneous effects of the cantrip active at the same time and can dismiss all of the effects as an action. You can also dry any creature within range.
At 11th level, the range of your cantrip increases to 30 feet and you may create non-magical or illusory images trinkets that can fit in both of your hands. You may light or snuff out all of the candles torches and small campfires within range.
At 17th level, you may clean or soil an object no larger than 5 cubic feet and can chill, warm or flavor up to 5 cubic feet of nonliving material. The duration of all of your non-instantaneous effects increases to 8 hours. You may also create a non-magical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in a 1-foot cube.

Available for: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

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