[NSFW] Arcane Cantrips

[EP]

Arcane Cantrips

One of the best things I like about the 4E wizard are cantrips - those little at-wills with so many possible applications in and out of combat, it's just screaming for a halfling or gnome wizard to drop a vase on someone's head. But we all know there used to be much, much more...

Build new cantrips for any arcane class. These cantrips should have combat and non-combat implications and should add flavor to the chosen class. You may create a cantrip suitable for multiple classes, if you like.

WHAT IS NSFW?
Work is boring. Gaming is fun. Work should be more like gaming.

Not Suitable For Work is a new addition to Combat Advantage, the free 4e series of PDFs from Emerald Press PDF Publishing. Every month will have a theme to which any number of brainstorming exercises will be made. Each week or so, we will post a new thread for 4e material utilizing that theme and everyone is open to submit their concepts on EN World. The trick to this game is that you must rely on your memory of the game and cannot use any supplements, core rulebooks, or online references - simply use your innate knowledge of the game to create new material on the fly. Accuracy is not immediately required - these are brainstorms for new ideas, concepts, and add-ons to 4e. Throw in your ideas, no matter how crazy they are because you never know what they may lead to.

NSFW is not a contest and is designed solely as a recreational design exercise for those of you stuck at work, school, or anywhere else on your lunch breaks with nothing to do. Waiting for that report to come back from management? Homework? Eww. Check out the theme and post your ideas for this week’s exercise. There’s no voting, no deadlines, or bad ideas. It’s all about having a little bit of fun while the boss isn’t looking. Enough talk!

Post your ideas below. Remember these are exercises built for enjoyment and mental exercise of the game. Accuracy is not required on every little detail and some mistakes are forgiveable. (See?) If you'd like to post a revised version of your entry, just be sure to type in which version under Reason for Edits. If you want to post more than one entry, go crazy. It's all just in the name of having fun while you're not supposed to.[/size]

[noodle fish mice]

I can see this being terribly broken in ways I'm too sleepy to think of at the moment, but darn it, I have nothing to do for the next hour and I've never posted before and this just popped into my head.

Ethereal Object - Wizard Cantrip
At-Will * Arcane
Standard Action * Range 5
Target: One object in range that you can see and which weighs no more than 20 pounds
Effect: The target object becomes incorporeal for a brief moment - time enough for it to fall through the surface it was resting on before becoming solid again. When it lands, it clatters or shatters as appropriate.
Special: The target object cannot be wielded or carried by another creature. If the target would still occupy its surface's physical space after falling for more than a couple of seconds, it cannot fall and instead remains on the surface for the duration of the effect, incorporeal but inert.

Apparently I'm also too sleepy to word things very well! Alas.

[EP]

Originally Posted by noodle fish mice

Apparently I'm also too sleepy to word things very well! Alas.

Not a problem, that's what these exercises are all about.

[EP]

This one's inspired by Earthdawn...

Astral Sight
At-Will * Arcane
Minor Action * Ranged 10
Effect: You can see the magical energies flowing through a magic item as if you succeed in an Arcana check. You cannot decipher any of the magic item's properties without an additional Arcana check as per the standard rules, but you gain a +2 power bonus per tier.