If you think you've got something attached to you, be it a spirit, a spell or the Eye, spit three times around yourself. Or, alternatively, spill a bit of salt over your left shoulder into the Devil’s face.
This is a bit of apotropaic magic that I use on the regular, but keep in mind that this is a stopgap solution-- it's not meant to permanently mitigate anything.
Some blade cantrips for your gish needs! You can find these on Homebrewery here.
I think it's a bit silly that the way these cantrips are written (which matches how they were changed with Tasha's) is that you can't use them with reach weapons. I say, use them that way anyway! It's fine.
Wraithvine was traveling and ended up in the village where ze had lost a magic contest that had been played for the fun of it. There ze found hir friend Oryn teaching students how basic, everyday, magic could be useful. For self care and self-defense, as well as around the home.
Time can make the world strange, as some of the wiser philosophers say. Wraithvine remembered this place, and like most places, it had grown. The streets were paved for one. No longer packed earth. There was a school close to the space where ze had met hir downfall.
And there was the instrument of it. Older. Wiser. Still with the twinkle of mischief in his eyes. Teaching a gaggle of small children some elementary magics. Some of them also elemental.
"Of course you haven't changed. Time skips past you, great one," said Oryn by way of greeting.
I have gotten far enough into one of my projects that I am comfortable sharing pieces of it.
I usually try not to get too worked up about my projects in public because I don't want to lead anyone on with something they might really be i to but i don't have the drive to finish. Like any of my three half written TTRPGs...
But this is different. This is something entirely in my wheelhouse, that I have sincerely enjoyed making so far, and I think fills a really fun niche in the hobbies I love.
I am making a small book of poetry. Each poem is themed around a cantrip in the 5e d&d srd (now in creative commons, so I have very little legal worry on it). And I know not everyone is into poetry. But I've also decided to take it a step further into a domain I'm slightly less comfortable with.
Each poem will be emphasized by an original illustration. I don't think I've shared much of what it looks like when I illustrate original pieces. My vector art skills, sure, but my actually style is very different.
I'm very excited about this and with sharing it.
More below cut.
More exciting, since I've gotten far enough into the project, I'm comfortable sharing a bit of the current draft. It's not final and definitely will change since some aspect ratio and font issues persist--this particular one was more proof of concept really.
It should go without saying the final book will be something I intend to sell, but I'll likely share some or even most of the poems for free through various media (but not the illustrations or the final pages). The final result is more than just poetry, it's more than illustration. I hope that through my artistic interpretations I will be able to capture the essences of the Cantrips, or at the very least what it is like to cast/roleplay them.
Anyway. More on this project later. Current working title: Cantrips - a collection of arcane poems.