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Blink was a person-affecting cantrip that beginning wizards could learn.[4][5][6] It caused a target creature to momentarily close one or more eyes.[1][2][3]

Effects[]

This cantrip had a range of 30 feet (9.1 meters)[4][5][6] and could target a single person or creature. If the target did not resist the spell, then all of its eyes closed for about half a second. If the target succeeded in resisting the spell, then only one eye was affected (or none, if the target had only one eye).[1][2][3]

Components[]

This cantrip required verbal and somatic components to cast. The caster performed a finger snap while softly speaking a magic word such as hat-cha-cha.[1][2][3][note 1]

Appendix[]

Notes[]

  1. This is an allusion to the signature catchphrase of 20th-century American comedian Jimmy Durante.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gary Gygax (April 1982). “More Cantrips: Mini-spells for apprentice magic-users”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #60 (TSR, Inc.), p. 17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 49. ISBN 0880380845.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1056. ISBN 978-0786912094.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gary Gygax (March 1982). “Cantrips: Minor magics for would-be wizards”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #59 (TSR, Inc.), p. 6.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 45. ISBN 0880380845.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1048. ISBN 978-0786912094.
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