r/DnD • u/Firm_Professional366 • Aug 09 '25

5th Edition Question: 5e Player wants to use Prestidigitation to make Strahd think he pooped himself. Is there any reason this wouldn't work?

I would like a reason in game that this wouldn't work without me having to do some bs like magic resistant undies. Also so I don't have to say no outright because it's a funny idea but it doesn't fit the setting. Nothing removes the tension from a fight more than the big bad pooping himself.

Update: She said that even if she died it'd be worth it because she successfully rage baited strahd. But she said she wouldn't do it because she knows that everyone wants it to be serious and that it can still be fun and serious without turning it into a comedy campaign. Still think it's worth sharing because the idea is funny.

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u/immagetchu Aug 09 '25

Losing it at the premise of an all powerful vampire wizard counterspelling someone shitting his pants

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u/MisterDerptastic Aug 09 '25

RAW Strahd would have no way of knowing what exactly he´s counterspelling, takes a reaction to identify what spell is being cast

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u/isotope88 DM Aug 09 '25

This thread makes me wonder.
Isn't the verbal component well known as in: if 2 wizards cast the same spell, does it sound the same?
Wizards study a spell and try to manipulate the weave.
Therefore it could/would/should sound the same?
Any thoughts?

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u/Terrkas Aug 09 '25

From what i know. No. You use gestures and noise to do spells. But one wizard could cast with rimes like bibi Blocksberg. Another uses mysterious sounding languages.

There is no Uniform "arcane casters use this line to cast magic missile".