Mage Hand

Mage Hand is a cantrip (Conjuration). It conjures a spectral hand that can interact with objects.

Description

Create a spectral hand that can manipulate and interact with objects.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Details

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Recharge: Short rest

Technical details

UID

Target_MageHand

Spell flags

CannotTargetCharacter, CannotTargetItems, HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsSpell

Creature: Mage Hand (creature)

STR 10	DEX 10	CON 3 (-4)	INT 2 (-4)	WIS 1 (-5)	CHA 1 (-5)
Duration			10 turns
Hit Points			3
Armour Class			5
Size			Tiny

 Shove ()

Try to push your target away. Your chances depend on your Athletics, and are higher if you're hidden or invisible.

 Throw ()

Throw a character or item from the world or your inventory.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard
• Class level 3: Arcane Trickster, Eldritch Knight, and Swarmkeeper

Races:

• Character level 1: High Elf, High Half-Elf, Githyanki, and Mephistopheles Tiefling

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Bard
•  Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
•  Magic Initiate: Warlock
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard

Granted by items:

• Djinni Ring

Other ways to learn:

• There are no scrolls available for wizards to scribe to their spellbooks.

Notes

• Githyanki and Arcane Tricksters can cast a special version of Mage Hand that is invisible.
• With the  Mage Hand Legerdemain feature of Arcane Tricksters, the summon duration of the Mage Hand is extended until the next long rest (as shown above, it is normally 10 turns).
• This is the only cantrip with a limitation on how often it can be cast (once per short rest). This is somewhat in contradiction with the basic concept of cantrips. While  Find Familiar can also only be cast once per short rest, it is a spell, not a cantrip.
• Hr'a'cknir Bracers allows the wearer to cast Mage Hand as a  Bonus Action.
• If the Hand throws a weapon marked as a Homing Weapon, the weapon will be instantly equipped to the caster of the Hand upon return, unequipping previous equipment.
• Mage Hand has two incantations: Veni Et Iuva Me, Latin for "come and help me", and Voco, Latin for "I call/summon".

External links

• Mage hand on the Forgotten Realms Wiki