Callista
2010-10-28, 11:22 AM
I love this spell. Seriously; anytime you don't want to touch anything; anytime you need to reach something you can't get to. I think it's saved my butt more often than any other spell (with the possible exception of Invisibility).
However, I'm a little unclear on exactly how much you can do with the spell.
Transmutation
Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One nonmagical, unattended object weighing up to 5 lb.
Duration: Concentration
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
You point your finger at an object and can lift it and move it at will from a distance. As a move action, you can propel the object as far as 15 feet in any direction, though the spell ends if the distance between you and the object ever exceeds the spell’s range.
Can you, for example, target the doorknob on a door which takes less than five pounds of force to open (but weighs more than five pounds)? Can you target one end of a rope, but not the other? Can you use it to roll a metal sphere along the ground and check for traps? (You'd be moving it more than 15 feet, but walking along behind it and staying within range.) Can you move things precisely enough to, say, use a piece of chalk to write a message?
What have you done with Mage Hand?
As a DM, what would you allow?
However, I'm a little unclear on exactly how much you can do with the spell.
Transmutation
Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One nonmagical, unattended object weighing up to 5 lb.
Duration: Concentration
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
You point your finger at an object and can lift it and move it at will from a distance. As a move action, you can propel the object as far as 15 feet in any direction, though the spell ends if the distance between you and the object ever exceeds the spell’s range.
Can you, for example, target the doorknob on a door which takes less than five pounds of force to open (but weighs more than five pounds)? Can you target one end of a rope, but not the other? Can you use it to roll a metal sphere along the ground and check for traps? (You'd be moving it more than 15 feet, but walking along behind it and staying within range.) Can you move things precisely enough to, say, use a piece of chalk to write a message?
What have you done with Mage Hand?
As a DM, what would you allow?