Cough (cantrip)

Cough

Range	10 ft.; see below
Duration	1 round
Area of Effect	1 creature
Casting Time	2 action points
Saving Throw	negates
Level	cantrip

Causes the recipient to cough spasmodically.

If a saving throw is not made, the recipient will be completely unable to take any action except to bear the effects of the cantrip for one round. Others attacking the creature will gain +4 on their to hit rolls.

For creatures who have recently swallowed a poison, or have something unpleasant caught in their throat, the cantrip may be effective — if the caster can physically touch the affected creature. In such a case, there is a 50% chance of the cantrip freeing the blockage, causing the recipient to spit out a parasite (such as a throat leech) or successfully vomiting out ingested poison.

The cantrip is effective only against humanoids.

See Person-affecting Cantrips