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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 3662007" data-attributes="member: 16019">Well, telekinesis is one of the options listed in the spell description.Anyway, I agree entirely with Vorpus. It's a fun and useful spell- but by no means is it powerful. It doesn't let your character do anything they couldn't do otherwise- it just gives you a flavor description for your actions. He could easily say, "I'm gonna pick up all of those coins by hand", but instead he's using a 0-level spell (a limited resource) to say, "I'm gonna pick up all of those coins from 10 feet away." Sure, he can clean up his clothes, but how is that going to impact anything? Is there an impromptu noble's banquet in the sewers, and you can only be let in if you aren't dirty? If so, that alone should harbor far more suspicion than a casting of Prestidigitation.It's a roleplaying spell. It's useful, not powerful. It doesn't add to any rolls (unless you let it, as some DMs allow it to grant a +2 on certain skill checks), it doesn't do any damage, it's just a fun little flavor-full spell. Not powerful at all. I played a Barbarian in a group full of spellcasters, and I felt out of the loop most of the time because the other characters were constantly doing cool character-oriented things with their spells, and all I had was a sword to hit stuff with. I paid the money for an at-will item of Prestidigitation, and BAM! Finally, I could do fun stuff along with everyone else! Again, it never added to any of my rolls, skills, damage, or otherwise, it just gave me a fun creative outlet for my character that, without it, would have left me sitting staring at my character sheet all day.</blockquote>

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