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cantrip

cantrip

1 9.9
A small magic spell that makes simple, harmless effects like making a candle flicker
  • noun
  • /ˈkæntrɪp/
  • Jargon
translation icon : hechizo
  • - One of your cantrips... ...spells or potions.
  • speak a cantrip

Examples

  • As you just said moments ago, Shalali is a cantrip with a casting time of one bonus action.

  • Replicating a cantrip is a joy.

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  • While I have not added more instant cantrips, that will be a change in the future.

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  • One of your cantrips, spells or potions.

  • My respect for 1-mana instant cantrips went through the roof after this game.

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  • Then, rousing himself, he uttered the opening cantrip of a potent and dangerous incantation.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I suppose it is inconvenient for the mages among us that the very defects of human cognition that permit them to make appeals to popularity when justifying their cantrips are the same defects that warrant no surprise when it is realized that activities that require a large number of participants are made up of the same sort.

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  • In the game, a player can cast a cantrip to create a small flame at their fingertips.

  • She performed a quick cantrip to illuminate the dark room during their adventure.

  • Using a cantrip, he summoned a gentle breeze to cool the hot summer air.

Synonyms

spell
vscantrip
  • Literature
626 8.2

Words believed to give someone magic power or make them unable to think clearly

is a much smaller and simpler example of that kind of effect
charm
vscantrip
  • Literature
75 8.2

A word or verse spoken as a magic spell

is the small simple form rather than a formal formula or verse
magic spell
vscantrip
11 5.2

Words people say or write to make magic happen

is a small and simple version used mainly in fantasy games
magical spell
vscantrip
1 5.8

Words said by a witch or wizard to make something happen

is shorter and simpler and less powerful than regular formulas

How Powerful

curse
  • Literature
262 5.5
spell
  • Literature
626 8.2
enchantment
  • Literature
14 7.7
cantrip
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Surface Forms

cantrip singular
cantrips plural

Etymology

Cantrip comes from old Scottish words linked to chant, meaning 'song', because small spells were often sung or spoken like a short chant. So a cantrip is a little magic spell or simple charm.