Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion in 5e dnd

Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion has a remarkable similarity and differences at the same time. Prestidigitation 5e is often allowed to do far more than it should be capable of, and minor illusion is often not allowed to do as much as it should. So your DM’s rulings make a big difference. Both are cantrips.

The Minor illusion description is the power of a 1st level spell, and the Prestidigitation description is almost nothing in comparison. Each has very different uses, so it depends on what you want to do with them. Prestidigitation has many minor jacks of all trades uses, whereas a minor illusion is just making sound or images. It is important to note that the tiny area they overlap has significant differences. Many people, DM’s included, don’t know just what each spell can and can’t do and often get away with much more than they should.

Duration

Prestidigitation 5e can only create a single round of faint sounds. Minor illusion can produce up to a minute. The illusion prestidigitation makes to fit in your hand, only lasts until the end of your next turn, and has a range of 10 ft. Minor illusion can be up to a 5 ft cube in size, lasts for 1 minute, and has a range of 30 ft.

Prestidigitation can be helpful in everyday things. For example, I had used it when my group was at a tavern, and some of us were doing a drinking challenge with the locals. I cast prestidigitation to make the alcohol taste like orange juice to taste better, which resulted in me getting it down easier. It won and also resulted in me getting an inspiration point from my DM and got some of the essential NPCs to like me, which moved the story forward without a tavern brawl. You can also use it to dry yourself if you swam in a lake with all your clothes on instantly.

Minor illusion in dnd 5e uses magic to make something appear as if it were real. That can either be an object or a voice. For the good part of the spell. Our bard used it while we were hiding in bushes from guards, and he used it, so the guards near our location heard a guard farther away scream saying, “I found them over here!” Which resulted in the guards nearby running in the opposite direction while we tiptoe away. 

Prestidigitation 5e

Prestidigitation 5e, unlike (Minor illusion) spell, is a minor magical skill that novice spellcasters practice for training. You build one of the resulting magical effects within a range.

• You generate an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect. It may be a shower of sparks, a whiff of wind, an odd odor, or a faint musical note.

• You spontaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or even a small campfire.

• You promptly clean or soil something no larger than one cubic ft in volume.

• You may chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic ft of non-living or stagnant material for an hour.

• You assign a color, a small mark, or a symbol to appear on a thing or a surface for an hour.

• You build a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that may fit in your hand, and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast that spell various times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Minor Illusion 5e

You build a sound or an image of an object within range that serves for the duration. The Illusion also terminates if you dismiss it as an action or recast this spell.

Suppose you create a sound. Its volume can vary from a whisper to a scream. It may be your voice, someone else’s voice, a lion’s roar, a thrashing of drums, or any other sound you wish. The sound continues unabated during the duration, or you may make discrete sounds at various times before the spell ends.

Suppose you design an object image – such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest. It must be no larger than a Five-ft cube. The image may not produce a sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Mechanical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion because something can pass through it.

Suppose a monster uses its action to check the sound or image. In that case, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a thriving Intelligence (Investigation) check upon your spell save DC. Suppose a creature notices the Illusion for what it is. The Illusion becomes faint to the creature.

Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion comparison table

Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion in 5e dnd

Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion has a remarkable similarity and differences at the same time. Prestidigitation 5e is often allowed to do far more than it should be capable of, and minor illusion is often not allowed to do as much as it should. So your DM’s rulings make a big difference. Both are cantrips.

The Minor illusion description is the power of a 1st level spell, and the Prestidigitation description is almost nothing in comparison. Each has very different uses, so it depends on what you want to do with them. Prestidigitation has many minor jacks of all trades uses, whereas a minor illusion is just making sound or images. It is important to note that the tiny area they overlap has significant differences. Many people, DM’s included, don’t know just what each spell can and can’t do and often get away with much more than they should.

Duration

Prestidigitation 5e can only create a single round of faint sounds. Minor illusion can produce up to a minute. The illusion prestidigitation makes to fit in your hand, only lasts until the end of your next turn, and has a range of 10 ft. Minor illusion can be up to a 5 ft cube in size, lasts for 1 minute, and has a range of 30 ft.

Prestidigitation can be helpful in everyday things. For example, I had used it when my group was at a tavern, and some of us were doing a drinking challenge with the locals. I cast prestidigitation to make the alcohol taste like orange juice to taste better, which resulted in me getting it down easier. It won and also resulted in me getting an inspiration point from my DM and got some of the essential NPCs to like me, which moved the story forward without a tavern brawl. You can also use it to dry yourself if you swam in a lake with all your clothes on instantly.

Minor illusion in dnd 5e uses magic to make something appear as if it were real. That can either be an object or a voice. For the good part of the spell. Our bard used it while we were hiding in bushes from guards, and he used it, so the guards near our location heard a guard farther away scream saying, “I found them over here!” Which resulted in the guards nearby running in the opposite direction while we tiptoe away. 

Prestidigitation 5e

Prestidigitation 5e, unlike (Minor illusion) spell, is a minor magical skill that novice spellcasters practice for training. You build one of the resulting magical effects within a range.

• You generate an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect. It may be a shower of sparks, a whiff of wind, an odd odor, or a faint musical note.

• You spontaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or even a small campfire.

• You promptly clean or soil something no larger than one cubic ft in volume.

• You may chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic ft of non-living or stagnant material for an hour.

• You assign a color, a small mark, or a symbol to appear on a thing or a surface for an hour.

• You build a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that may fit in your hand, and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast that spell various times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Minor Illusion 5e

You build a sound or an image of an object within range that serves for the duration. The Illusion also terminates if you dismiss it as an action or recast this spell.

Suppose you create a sound. Its volume can vary from a whisper to a scream. It may be your voice, someone else’s voice, a lion’s roar, a thrashing of drums, or any other sound you wish. The sound continues unabated during the duration, or you may make discrete sounds at various times before the spell ends.

Suppose you design an object image – such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest. It must be no larger than a Five-ft cube. The image may not produce a sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Mechanical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion because something can pass through it.

Suppose a monster uses its action to check the sound or image. In that case, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a thriving Intelligence (Investigation) check upon your spell save DC. Suppose a creature notices the Illusion for what it is. The Illusion becomes faint to the creature.

Prestidigitation 5e vs. minor illusion comparison table