Bug was a personal cantrip that beginning wizards could learn.[4][5][6] It summoned an angry crawling insect to a spot chosen by the caster.[1][2][3]
Effects[]
Similar to bee, this cantrip conjured a single, normal-sized, crawling insect named by the caster. It appeared at a spot within 10 feet (3 meters)[note 1] and visible to the caster (that is, it could not be inside a pouch or beneath clothing, for example). The insect was annoyed by the summoning and immediately attacked if it appeared on a living creature.[1][2][3]
Components[]
This cantrip required verbal and somatic components to cast. The caster focused their vision on the spot where the bug was to appear, spoke the type of the insect desired, and made a sliding motion with a forefinger that ended with pointing at the target.[1][2][3]
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Notes[]
- ↑ The original description of this spell in Dragon #60 used the 1st-edition nomenclature
1", meaning 10 ft (3 m) indoors and 10 yd (9.1 m) outdoors. This was simplified to the shorter range in Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four.
References[]
- ↑ 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.), pp. 18–19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 50. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1058. ISBN 978-0786912094.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (March 1982). “Cantrips: Minor magics for would-be wizards”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #59 (TSR, Inc.), p. 6.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 45. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1048. ISBN 978-0786912094.