1001 uses for prestidigitation/mage hand [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 uses for prestidigitation/mage hand [Archive] - Wizards Community

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GreatWyrm
06-29-06, 07:59 PM So, for the sake of the bandwagon..

1001 uses, or pranks using mage hand and/or prestidigitation-

1. Preview paint colors by prestidigitating your walls to match the paint chip-
rudie
06-29-06, 09:59 PM I had a wizard who used mage hand to carefully undo the belt of a fighter chasing our party, he tripped and fell and we made a swift escape. :P
Bob_The_Wizard
06-29-06, 10:45 PM 3. Find a rock on the ground and clean it using the spell. Then make it taste like candy and suck on it for an hour.
Reversefigure4
06-29-06, 11:03 PM 4) Paint party member's faces blue, and don't tell them. This works best right before you go into a town.

5) Convince people there are ghosts around by levitating books, rocks, etc, with Mage Hand (feel free to throw in Ghost Sound for some spooky noises).

6) Randomly change the taste of food - catch and cook a deer for dinner, but make it taste like chicken first.

7) As 6, but with other people's food, right before they eat it.

8) While not being watched, move people's possessions around. Best for tiny, annoying things like switching two bottles, moving objects just out of hand reach, etc.

9) Mage Hand picks up and changes the labels on people's potions.

10) Clean barbarian or other characters who don't like hygiene.

11) Change the colour of your own face to a combination of pink, green, and orange. Pretend everything is normal, and laugh off anyone who suggests you look odd.

12) As 11, but instead freak out, claim they've cursed you, and demand they undo it.

13) Enter a food store, and buy food. Return it seconds later, coloured mold green, claiming that you took a bite without looking at it and they need to compensate you for your emotional distress.

14) Tie people's shoelaces together.

15) Undo other people's shoelaces.

16) Claim that you are far too powerful for petty tasks and that the gods themselves untie your shoelaces for you. Use Mage Hand to prove yourself right, and prepare to be struck by lightning.
Loki5654
06-29-06, 11:08 PM 17) For the Eberron fans, my new creation: Zilweave (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=657706)
Big Nate
06-29-06, 11:35 PM 18) make you clothes, body and wepons solid black for healp hiding.
shinjinbukai
10-04-06, 07:01 PM -double Post-
shinjinbukai
10-04-06, 07:03 PM 10) Clean barbarian or other characters who don't like hygiene.

I think you would have to use a Limited wish on that.
:weep: Tearing from the snell.
HarlequinHelsing
10-06-06, 06:18 PM 19. I think it was on another thread but you can use mage hand to uncork a bottle of wine, pour poison into it, and cork it again.
20. Create little bursts of wind around yourself to billow your hair and cloak, for the intimidation.
21. Match people's emotions: create a raincloud over them if they're sad, turn their face bright red and accentuate the eybrows if they're angry, etc...
22. Pick out anything valuable from a trash heap without looking through it.
23. Make whatever you say appear in writing in front of you.
Deathmond
10-06-06, 06:43 PM 24: Free inn rooms. Bet the inn-keeper that that you can clean all his dishes for a night and have a free inn room as the prize.
Gahread
10-07-06, 05:21 AM 25. Turn doorknobs, open drawers, chests and boxes, push levers (at least unstuck ones), while standing well away from potential traps.
26. Become the designated party cook. "Wow, T-bone steaks again! I don't know how you keep this up after a week on the trail. By the way, didn't we have six pack mules yesterday?"
Richmud
10-08-06, 11:34 AM 27. Change your color to confuse people about your capabilities (works particularly well for dragons, though other color coded monsters exist (blue goblins for instance))
Scalamander
10-08-06, 11:59 AM 28. Cop a feel on the busty wench serving your group drinks. Or better yet do it while she has her back turned on the table of your rivals. Let hilarity ensue.

29. Pinch the party mage while he's sleeping. Paint on bruises and small cuts. Slowly drive him insane.

30. Pinch or smack an enemy mage while he's casting. Provoke concentration checks. Laugh when his spell fails because he was clutching his bottom in pain.

31. Arrange the creases on your bedroll to appear in the shape of Pelor's holy symbol. Claim you have been blessed by the gods. Take donations from awe-struck townsfolk.

32. You're a mage, you don't need to dress yourself. Use mage hand.

33. At a ball change the color of a womans dress to match anothers. Watch the resulting cat fight with amusement.

34. Make maggots or other suitably disgusting food taste like chicken, steak or whatever. Gross out everyone you meet. Start your career in the travelling circus as the man with the iron stomach.

35. Never have a bad hair day again. Constantly change it when no one is looking.

36. Make water taste like wine. Declare yourself the messiah. Reap the benefits of the devout populace until you are struck down by divine lightening.
Scalamander
10-08-06, 12:07 PM 37. Create hilarious or insulting subtitles to what everyone says around you.

38. Too lazy to get out of bed to turn out the lights? Stop wasting magic missle. Use mage hand.

39. Have the word "liar" or "cuckold" appear above the head of the countries ruler or similar authority figure. Laugh as his credibility drops.

40. Replace your party's water with potent spirits. Make it taste like water. Or better yet do this to your hated rival adventuring party. Laugh as they are unable to do the simplest of actions.

41. Replace the barbarian or dwarves spirits with water. Make it taste like whatever it was. Go through one night without having to flee the guard for causing a bar fight.
Magon
10-08-06, 12:33 PM 42: in conduratin with 23: say i have prepered exlovsive runes and then cast exlosive runes
Arameas
10-08-06, 07:27 PM 43. (and this happend) Pull out the belt of our fair ranger in front of a load of goblins who had just been scared by said wizards ghost impression with a sheet. They take one look at the quasi naked ranger and fall about laughing. leaving them easy prey. ranger then gets so annoyed that he storms out and slays a half orc warrior in a fit of rage.
Grod_The_Giant
10-08-06, 07:45 PM 36. Make water taste like wine. Declare yourself the messiah. Reap the benefits of the devout populace until you are struck down by divine lightening.

:rofl: that was great.

44. Put 'kick me' (or more insulting phrases) on people's backs.
Magon
10-09-06, 02:56 PM 43. (and this happend) Pull out the belt of our fair ranger in front of a load of goblins who had just been scared by said wizards ghost impression with a sheet. They take one look at the quasi naked ranger and fall about laughing. leaving them easy prey. ranger then gets so annoyed that he storms out and slays a half orc warrior in a fit of rage.

lol:rofl:

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
GreatWyrm 06-29-06, 07:59 PM	So, for the sake of the bandwagon.. 1001 uses, or pranks using mage hand and/or prestidigitation- 1. Preview paint colors by prestidigitating your walls to match the paint chip-
rudie 06-29-06, 09:59 PM	I had a wizard who used mage hand to carefully undo the belt of a fighter chasing our party, he tripped and fell and we made a swift escape. :P
Bob_The_Wizard 06-29-06, 10:45 PM	3. Find a rock on the ground and clean it using the spell. Then make it taste like candy and suck on it for an hour.
Reversefigure4 06-29-06, 11:03 PM	4) Paint party member's faces blue, and don't tell them. This works best right before you go into a town. 5) Convince people there are ghosts around by levitating books, rocks, etc, with Mage Hand (feel free to throw in Ghost Sound for some spooky noises). 6) Randomly change the taste of food - catch and cook a deer for dinner, but make it taste like chicken first. 7) As 6, but with other people's food, right before they eat it. 8) While not being watched, move people's possessions around. Best for tiny, annoying things like switching two bottles, moving objects just out of hand reach, etc. 9) Mage Hand picks up and changes the labels on people's potions. 10) Clean barbarian or other characters who don't like hygiene. 11) Change the colour of your own face to a combination of pink, green, and orange. Pretend everything is normal, and laugh off anyone who suggests you look odd. 12) As 11, but instead freak out, claim they've cursed you, and demand they undo it. 13) Enter a food store, and buy food. Return it seconds later, coloured mold green, claiming that you took a bite without looking at it and they need to compensate you for your emotional distress. 14) Tie people's shoelaces together. 15) Undo other people's shoelaces. 16) Claim that you are far too powerful for petty tasks and that the gods themselves untie your shoelaces for you. Use Mage Hand to prove yourself right, and prepare to be struck by lightning.
Loki5654 06-29-06, 11:08 PM	17) For the Eberron fans, my new creation: Zilweave (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=657706)
Big Nate 06-29-06, 11:35 PM	18) make you clothes, body and wepons solid black for healp hiding.
shinjinbukai 10-04-06, 07:01 PM	-double Post-
shinjinbukai 10-04-06, 07:03 PM	10) Clean barbarian or other characters who don't like hygiene. I think you would have to use a Limited wish on that. :weep: Tearing from the snell.
HarlequinHelsing 10-06-06, 06:18 PM	19. I think it was on another thread but you can use mage hand to uncork a bottle of wine, pour poison into it, and cork it again. 20. Create little bursts of wind around yourself to billow your hair and cloak, for the intimidation. 21. Match people's emotions: create a raincloud over them if they're sad, turn their face bright red and accentuate the eybrows if they're angry, etc... 22. Pick out anything valuable from a trash heap without looking through it. 23. Make whatever you say appear in writing in front of you.
Deathmond 10-06-06, 06:43 PM	24: Free inn rooms. Bet the inn-keeper that that you can clean all his dishes for a night and have a free inn room as the prize.
Gahread 10-07-06, 05:21 AM	25. Turn doorknobs, open drawers, chests and boxes, push levers (at least unstuck ones), while standing well away from potential traps. 26. Become the designated party cook. "Wow, T-bone steaks again! I don't know how you keep this up after a week on the trail. By the way, didn't we have six pack mules yesterday?"
Richmud 10-08-06, 11:34 AM	27. Change your color to confuse people about your capabilities (works particularly well for dragons, though other color coded monsters exist (blue goblins for instance))
Scalamander 10-08-06, 11:59 AM	28. Cop a feel on the busty wench serving your group drinks. Or better yet do it while she has her back turned on the table of your rivals. Let hilarity ensue. 29. Pinch the party mage while he's sleeping. Paint on bruises and small cuts. Slowly drive him insane. 30. Pinch or smack an enemy mage while he's casting. Provoke concentration checks. Laugh when his spell fails because he was clutching his bottom in pain. 31. Arrange the creases on your bedroll to appear in the shape of Pelor's holy symbol. Claim you have been blessed by the gods. Take donations from awe-struck townsfolk. 32. You're a mage, you don't need to dress yourself. Use mage hand. 33. At a ball change the color of a womans dress to match anothers. Watch the resulting cat fight with amusement. 34. Make maggots or other suitably disgusting food taste like chicken, steak or whatever. Gross out everyone you meet. Start your career in the travelling circus as the man with the iron stomach. 35. Never have a bad hair day again. Constantly change it when no one is looking. 36. Make water taste like wine. Declare yourself the messiah. Reap the benefits of the devout populace until you are struck down by divine lightening.
Scalamander 10-08-06, 12:07 PM	37. Create hilarious or insulting subtitles to what everyone says around you. 38. Too lazy to get out of bed to turn out the lights? Stop wasting magic missle. Use mage hand. 39. Have the word "liar" or "cuckold" appear above the head of the countries ruler or similar authority figure. Laugh as his credibility drops. 40. Replace your party's water with potent spirits. Make it taste like water. Or better yet do this to your hated rival adventuring party. Laugh as they are unable to do the simplest of actions. 41. Replace the barbarian or dwarves spirits with water. Make it taste like whatever it was. Go through one night without having to flee the guard for causing a bar fight.
Magon 10-08-06, 12:33 PM	42: in conduratin with 23: say i have prepered exlovsive runes and then cast exlosive runes
Arameas 10-08-06, 07:27 PM	43. (and this happend) Pull out the belt of our fair ranger in front of a load of goblins who had just been scared by said wizards ghost impression with a sheet. They take one look at the quasi naked ranger and fall about laughing. leaving them easy prey. ranger then gets so annoyed that he storms out and slays a half orc warrior in a fit of rage.
Grod_The_Giant 10-08-06, 07:45 PM	36. Make water taste like wine. Declare yourself the messiah. Reap the benefits of the devout populace until you are struck down by divine lightening. :rofl: that was great. 44. Put 'kick me' (or more insulting phrases) on people's backs.
Magon 10-09-06, 02:56 PM	43. (and this happend) Pull out the belt of our fair ranger in front of a load of goblins who had just been scared by said wizards ghost impression with a sheet. They take one look at the quasi naked ranger and fall about laughing. leaving them easy prey. ranger then gets so annoyed that he storms out and slays a half orc warrior in a fit of rage. lol:rofl: