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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9272655" data-attributes="member: 58172">Here is the statblock of the &quot;Wizard, Apprentice&quot; from Mordenkainen.[ATTACH=full]348104[/ATTACH]This is a convenient abbreviation of the stats for a level 2 Wizard.A player Wizard has three cantrips and three slot 1 spells.This nonplayer Wizard has the three slot 1 spells (Burning Hands, Disguise Self, Mage Armor), and actually the three cantrips (Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Eldritch Blast). &quot;Arcane Burst&quot; Spell Attack is actually a variant Eldritch Blast cantrip. Since it is a &quot;spell&quot; attack, Counterspell could easily be said to apply.These are the default spells that this particular Wizard student happens to prep. A DM can swap these spells and cantrips, and swap the damage type of the Spell Attack. A group of Wizard Apprentices at a pub could have different spells among them.I would definitely swap the Burning Hands for Magic Missile instead. Every wizardry school student should have Magic Missile handy, to defend the school.Disguise Self is interesting for an encounter. I might swap Mage Armor for Entangle instead, for the purpose of fleeing if things go wrong.For the spell attack, I like Force, but could easily apply an other damage type instead, depending on concept.Judging by the statblock, the &quot;Variant Eldritch Blast&quot; cantrip looks like the following. Here is a cantrip that any Wizard can learn to cast.ARCANE BURSTDunamancy cantripCasting Time: 1 ActionRange: Melee or 120 feetComponents: NoneRaw arcane force ruptures across your target, distorting and wracking the body. Make a Melee or Ranged Spell Attack. On a Hit, the target incurs 1d10 Force Damage.At Higher Levels. At level 5 the damage increases to 2d10, at level 11 to 3d10, and at level 17 to 4d10.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9272655, member: 58172"] Here is the statblock of the "Wizard, Apprentice" from Mordenkainen. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Apprentice Wizard (Monsters of the Multiverse).png"]348104[/ATTACH] This is a convenient abbreviation of the stats for a level 2 Wizard. A player Wizard has three cantrips and three slot 1 spells. This nonplayer Wizard has the three slot 1 spells ([I]Burning Hands[/I], [I]Disguise Self[/I], [I]Mage Armor[/I]), and actually the three cantrips ([I]Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Eldritch Blast[/I]). "Arcane Burst" Spell Attack is actually a variant [I]Eldritch Blast[/I] cantrip. Since it is a "spell" attack, [I]Counterspell[/I] could easily be said to apply. These are the default spells that this particular Wizard student happens to prep. A DM can swap these spells and cantrips, and swap the damage type of the Spell Attack. A group of Wizard Apprentices at a pub could have different spells among them. I would definitely swap the [I]Burning Hands[/I] for [I]Magic Missile[/I] instead. Every wizardry school student should have [I]Magic Missile[/I] handy, to defend the school. [I]Disguise Self [/I]is interesting for an encounter. I might swap [I]Mage Armor [/I]for [I]Entangle [/I]instead, for the purpose of fleeing if things go wrong. For the spell attack, I like Force, but could easily apply an other damage type instead, depending on concept. Judging by the statblock, the "Variant [I]Eldritch Blast[/I]" cantrip looks like the following. Here is a cantrip that any Wizard can learn to cast. ARCANE BURST [I]Dunamancy cantrip[/I] [B]Casting Time:[/B] 1 Action [B]Range:[/B] Melee or 120 feet [B]Components:[/B] None Raw arcane force ruptures across your target, distorting and wracking the body. Make a Melee or Ranged Spell Attack. On a Hit, the target incurs 1d10 Force Damage. [I]At Higher Levels[/I]. At level 5 the damage increases to 2d10, at level 11 to 3d10, and at level 17 to 4d10. [/QUOTE]

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