Shape Water

> "*Yeah, but I don't want to use a spell I want to use shape water.*"
> ― Fraya Love
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**Shape Water** is a cantrip that enables the user to manipulate a small volume of water. Within Queens of Adventure it is a frequent spell utilized by water genasi cleric, Fraya Love.

## Description

> "*Are you ready to make shape water useful for once, Fraya?*"
> ― Arson Nicki
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Under the school of transmutation, shape water allows the user to select an area of water they can see within thirty feet and would fit in a five foot cube, and manipulate it in one of the following ways:

* Move or alter the flow of the water within five feet but not cause damage.
* Form the water into shapes and animate for up to an hour.
* Change the water's color or opacity for up to an hour.
* Freeze the water. It unfreezes after one hour.

Fraya Love may have an especially powerful control over the spell as she has not always been beholding to its rules. She also often has access to a decanter of bountiful water to help her get the water needed for shaping.

## List of Uses

> "*I've already said 'Can I shape water' for you like ten times in my head.*"
> ― Butylene O'Kipple
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Below is a list of times Fraya has used the spell.

### Main Podcast

* To shape snow into a ramp to slow a runaway sleigh (The Tip of the Tops Competition).
* To turn a snow golem's leg into an ice spear (The Frozen Feast).
* To melt an icy area floor, douse a monster rug, and freeze the rug (The Frozen Feast).
* To freeze water on 'Trish', a seaspawn (The Final Voyage of the Salty Starfish).
* To turn water black to confuse a shark (Capsized Queens).
* To part water in a flooded basement (How to Win Fans and Intimidate People).
* After a wet kiss on a pair of dice, to move the saliva and control their roll (How to Win Fans and Intimidate People).
* To freeze hockey pucks out of unused cocktail water so Arson Nicki could chill her fingers on a burning piano (Field Hockey: The Frock Opera).
* To play pure mood music on glasses (Field Hockey: The Frock Opera).
* To freeze an ice slide from rain slick ground to escape wyverns (Under the Bush and Over the Hill).
* To freeze mist around her hands so she can grip a lighthouse railing (Topped by a Lighthouse).
* To freeze a door to try and reinforce it (To Get to the Other Side).
* To freeze a seawater raft after being catapulted into the water (Lawful Neutral).
* To create a popsicle to taunt a kobold (The Hold of Glory).
* To splash water onto a Nightmare (Heart and Souls)
* To freeze bath water into eye compresses for Gnomi (Goodbye Glamazons).
* To freeze water inside a hoop ring to make a magnifying glass (Do Not Open).
* To create a bubble of water around the party to avoid flames (Legs for Days).
* To create a water mask to filter smoke as she breathes (Legs for Days).
* To 'lance' a handful of spices into Alighieri's mouth (The Furblog and the Merpeep).
* To again turn a cube of water black to distract a shark (20,000 Weaves Under the Sea).
* To freeze water in the flooded Golden Palace vault into an ice pillar so she can vault over ghosts. (Mommy Sharks).
* To freeze a wedge of ice to hold the vault doors open (Jump the Shark).

### Legends/Bonus/Unreleased Episodes

* Freezes water from the bountiful decanter inside a mechanical shark's mouth (Hang Ten - Part One).
* To dump water on Humphrey Silvercheeks (Hang Ten - Part Two).
* Freezes a catwalk to make it slippery when House Effluvia uses it (PAX West 2019).
* To splash stream water into a goblin's face (Cragmaw Kerfuffle)
* To freeze water into a ball gag for a product endorsement (Mr Boogaloo's Dungeon Dash).
* To freeze two small platforms over a ravine with water from her bountiful decanter (Mr Boogaloo's Dungeon Dash).
* To freeze water on her lips so she can 'blow a kiss' at a worm headed ogre (Mr Boogaloo's Dungeon Dash).
* To freeze spit and shatter a lock (Seattle in Chicago).
* To shape snowflakes into a faux-fur coat (Seattle in Chicago).
* To freeze water into a cane (Gnomenguarde Adventure).
* To freeze a little snow as a signature move (PAX Online 2020).
* To move water as she interpretive dances for a giant brain (PAX Online 2020).

### Failed Uses

> "*And I haven't used shape water once... but I did say it.*"
> ― Fraya Love
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* Fails to use it to manipulate water vapor constructs in the Glamadrome (Highway to the Danger Room)
* Contemplates using it to cross a river before Irene Dubois throws her over. (PAX West 2019).

## Behind the Queens

> "*I just use shape water to change the pH of my face so it's always balanced.*"
> ― Fraya Love
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"Can I use shape water to..." has become a recurring joke throughout the show and in the Queens of Adventure fan community, in part because of Fraya's frequent and unusual uses of the cantrip. It was even made into a pin that was a reward for Kickstarter backers. It has even been an example rule for a Queens of Adventure drinking game.

Following the 'rule of cool' for DMing, DM Matt will often allow Fraya extra leeway in how the spell is used, despite the official Dungeons and Dragons game rules.

Fraya has also used *create water* with a variety of humorous effects including filling a suit of armor with water.