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, 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 transcribe to their spellbooks.

Notes

• 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.
• Githyanki and Arcane Tricksters can cast a special version of Mage Hand that is invisible.
  • The Githyanki version is obtained via a racial ability called  Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand but can only be cast once per Long Rest.
  • With the  Mage Hand Legerdemain feature of Arcane Tricksters, the Hand is invisible and the summon duration is extended to be permanent (as shown above, it is normally 10 turns).
  • Although this ability is generally restricted to a single use per short rest, an Arcane Trickster can gain a second casting by acquiring the Mage Hand cantrip through an external source, such as the Magic Initiate feat or by multiclassing into another spellcasting class. Any version of the cantrip cast by an Arcane Trickster will benefit from Legerdemain enhancements, including permanency and invisibility. However, this redundancy can only be achieved once; the game's interface prevents selecting the same cantrip a third time through subsequent feats or classes. The specific order in which these versions are learned – whether from the subclass or the external source – does not change the outcome.
•  Hr'a'cknir Bracers allow the wearer to cast Mage Hand as a  Bonus Action.
• If the Hand throws a weapon marked as a Homing Weapon from the ground, the weapon will be instantly equipped to the caster of the Hand upon return, unequipping previous equipment. If the Hand throws a returning weapon from its own inventory, it will be equipped to the Hand (except Comeback Handaxe, which returns to inventory).
• Mage hand can be used to effect in tandem with  Spiked Bulbs and  BOOOAL's Benediction to give  Advantage in combat while not using valuable action resources of party members.
• Mage Hand has two incantations: Veni Et Iuva Me, Latin for "come and help me", and Voco, Latin for "I call/summon".

Bugs

• Mage Hand has  Opportunity Attack but cannot use it as it lacks a  Reaction.

External links

• ⁠Mage hand on the Forgotten Realms Wiki