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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Todd Roybark" data-source="post: 7904565" data-attributes="member: 6920677">I say this with no snark, but merely as an inquisitive question to know more about, Merudo;Have you tried? You truly can not envision a situation where 1 of 5 possible effects can be useful, or is it just the flavoring of food?(Again no irony or ill intent in these questions)Prestidigitation is akin to a Swiss Army Pocket knife or other utility tool.  It might not always be useful, when useful it may not even the best tool but it gets the job done at minimal expense of resources.Making your breath reek can help you get waived thru a checkpoint, or stop the guard from checking your covered wagon bed, when you make it smell like Durian fruit.If you have ever been backpacking, then the value of instantly lighting or extinguishing a fire will be obvious.  In real life these take time using only traditional methods like flint and steel, and sometimes conditions would make a fire impossible.If you have ever been backpacking and eaten a traditional (not modern MRE) Hardtack, or traditional jar preserved foodstuffs, then being able to alter the flavor or those preserved foods is huge!  An effect comparable to being proficient with Cooks tools as described in XGE may not be unwarranted.Beyond the obvious usage of hiding the flavor of poison, one could turn the flavor of Dragonwizz ale into a more palatable and expensive taste.  Very useful if you own Trollskull Tavern, keeps expenses low.See again Descent into Avernus, where you can help keep your sanity from the malaise of the hells, by keeping food flavorful.Prestidigitation may be subpar in a narrowly conceived, mechanically firm, no room for lateral thinking style campaign.  What I call a Dr. No style campaign....and that is not knocking the play style....great for kick in the door style play! But it is only one style of play out of the multitude possible and there may be more under the 7 heavens and the prime  material earths than can be dreamt of in your  hegelian philosophy. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😊" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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