Mage Hand

Mage Hand is a cantrip (Conjuration). It conjures a spectral hand that can interact with objects.

Description

Create a spectral hand that can manipulate and interact with objects.

Duration: 10 turns.

This cantrip can only be cast once per short rest.

Properties

Cost

Action

Details

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Recharge: Short rest

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class Level 1: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard

• Class Level 3: Arcane Trickster, and Eldritch Knight

Races:

• Character level 1: High Elf, High Half-Elf, Githyanki, and Mephistopheles Tiefling

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Feats:

•  Magic Initiate: Bard
•  Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
•  Magic Initiate: Warlock
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard

Granted by the following items:

• Djinni Ring
• Hr'a'cknir Bracers

Notes

• Githyanki and Arcane Tricksters can cast a special version of Mage Hand that is invisible.
  • The Arcane Trickster version also has an extended duration of until the next long rest.
• This is the only cantrip with a limitation on how often it can be cast (once per short rest). This is somewhat in contradiction with the basic concept of cantrips.
• Mage Hand has two incantations: Veniam Iuva Me, Latin for "come help me", and Voco, Latin for "I call/summon".
• If the Hand throws a weapon marked as a Homing Weapon, the weapon will be instantly equipped to the caster of the Hand upon return, unequipping previous equipment.

External Links

• Mage hand on the Forgotten Realms Wiki