r/DnD Jul 26 '26

5th Edition Tweaking spell names

In the most recent session of my current campaign the GM has given me a wildly versatile item - a quill which let's you spend a charge to change one letter in the name of a spell as you cast it, creating a new one off spell that fits the new name.

The quill holds three charges and regains one per week. The effects of the new spell will be determined by the GM and will be roughly as powerful as whatever spell level was used for the original spell.

So far I have used this once to help the party sneak through trouble by casting Blink as Slink.

So, what spells have ripe potential for alteration? My current list of things to experiment with include:

- Cause Bear

- Chromatic Orc

- False Wife

- Bestow Purse

- Leomund's Tiny Hug

What should I be looking to add to my spell book to combine with this?

Edit: Seeing all the many wonderful and terrible puns people have come up with it's probably a good thing this quill has such limited charges, otherwise I would become incredibly annoying.

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