Freshen was a useful cantrip that initiate wizards could learn.[4][5] It temporarily renewed or restored some shelf life to food, drink, or vegetable matter.[1][2][3]
Effects[]
This cantrip had a 30‑foot (9.1‑meter) range[note 1] and could be used on things like milk, alcoholic beverages, meat, raw vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, and similar items. The quantity that could be affected was about a bushel of vegetables, the meat of one sheep, or a cask of liquid of similar size. The effects of freshen only lasted one hour.[1][2][3] Creatures susceptible to damage from spells such as purify food and drink could suffer a minor injury from this cantrip.[2][3]
Components[]
This cantrip required verbal and somatic components to cast. With one hand, the caster made a circle with the thumb and index finger and extended and splayed the remaining fingers while while making an appreciative "mmmmmm" sound.[1][2][3]
History[]
This cantrip was recorded in the magical tome known as Sabirine's Specular.[6][7][8][note 2]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ In 1st-edition terms, the range was
1", meaning 10 ft (3 m) indoors and 10 yd (9.1 m) outdoors. This was simplified to the longer range in Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. - ↑ The cantrips mentioned in Dragon #100 and Encyclopedia Magica Volume III were replaced with the cantrip spell when Pages from the Mages was published. The Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four describes all the 1st-edition cantrips as examples of what you could do with cantrip.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gary Gygax (March 1982). “Cantrips: Minor magics for would-be wizards”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #59 (TSR, Inc.), p. 7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 46. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1050. ISBN 978-0786912094.
- ↑ Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1048. ISBN 978-0786912094.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 45. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (August 1985). “Pages from the Mages V”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #100 (TSR, Inc.), p. 12.
- ↑ slade et al (June 1995). Encyclopedia Magica Volume III. (TSR, Inc.), p. 1223. ISBN 0-7869-0187-X.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Tim Beach (November 1995). Pages from the Mages. Edited by Jon Pickens. (TSR, Inc.), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-0183-7.