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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 159375" data-attributes="member: 259">Keep in mind that mage hand can move something about 15' every six seconds -- 2.5 feet a second.&nbsp; You'll have a real hard time throwing something at that rate, although you could conceivably drop a flask of alchemist's fire with it.Intercepting a fireball will be even harder:&nbsp; given the amount of time you have to prepare for this action, and given the speed of the fireball, it'll be almost impossible.&nbsp; As a house rule, I'd require a spellcraft check (DC25+spell level) to predict the spell's target precisely.&nbsp; If there's an object within 6 inches of the line of effect, I'd allow a readied mage hand to pick up the object and intervene, making a ranged touch attack vs. AC 22 (+4 DEX, since the fireball is moving quickly, and +8 size, since it's tiny).&nbsp; It should probably be harder.Picking up a crossbow bolt is impossible:&nbsp; it can only move unattended objects, and the crossbow bolt in your example is attended.Yeah, this kinda sucks -- but it is, after all, a cantrip.&nbsp; If it could do the things you want it to do, it would need to be a higher-level spell.My favorite prestidigitation use was to dry off the slimy walls of a cave so that I could climb on them.&nbsp; I had a sorcerer/rogue in one of my games sneak-attack with ray of frost; given her description, I decided her enemy died of the worst ice-cream headache in history.Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 159375, member: 259"] Keep in mind that mage hand can move something about 15' every six seconds -- 2.5 feet a second. You'll have a real hard time throwing something at that rate, although you could conceivably drop a flask of alchemist's fire with it. Intercepting a fireball will be even harder: given the amount of time you have to prepare for this action, and given the speed of the fireball, it'll be almost impossible. As a house rule, I'd require a spellcraft check (DC25+spell level) to predict the spell's target precisely. If there's an object within 6 inches of the line of effect, I'd allow a readied mage hand to pick up the object and intervene, making a ranged touch attack vs. AC 22 (+4 DEX, since the fireball is moving quickly, and +8 size, since it's tiny). It should probably be harder. Picking up a crossbow bolt is impossible: it can only move unattended objects, and the crossbow bolt in your example is attended. Yeah, this kinda sucks -- but it is, after all, a cantrip. If it could do the things you want it to do, it would need to be a higher-level spell. My favorite prestidigitation use was to dry off the slimy walls of a cave so that I could climb on them. I had a sorcerer/rogue in one of my games sneak-attack with ray of frost; given her description, I decided her enemy died of the worst ice-cream headache in history. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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