Smokepuff (cantrip)

Smokepuff is a cantrip that summons a miniature cloud of vibrant smoke, enveloping the area of a combat hex, drifting marginally over the hex's edges. The cloud swiftly disperses, but for a single round the person within is effectively invisible and -8 to hit. Under the right circumstances, the shrouded character has time to disappear through a doorway, a hole in the floor or perhaps around a corner, with just enough time to flee without being seen.

Smokepuff

Range	20 ft.
Duration	1 round
Area of Effect	7 ft. diameter sphere
Casting Time	2 action points
Saving Throw	none
Level	cantrip

If cast upon an enemy hex — someone unprepared for the effect — they will be blinded for one round. If attempting to move out of the smokepuff, they will enter a random adjacent hex before getting their bearings and adjusting for it. Otherwise, the puff will simply dissipate without harm.

If the puff is cast upon another character discharging some other spell — such as invisibility — then the obscurity caused could effectively hide the effect or source of that other magic. In the case of invisibility, the character would be covered by smoke and then would just "disappear." Various other ways of enhancing other magic with a smokepuff could be innovated; however, a single caster cannot discharge a spell and also discharge smokepuff at the same time; spellcasting is limited against this sort of thing. It would need to be a cooperative effort with a minimum of two casters.

The caster of smokepuff can choose the colour of the smoke.

See Personal Cantrips