Can you put a cantrip in a spell slot?

Cantrips. A cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell slot and without being prepared in advance.
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Can I cast a cantrip and a spell on the same turn?

You can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action."
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What are the rules for spell slots in D&D?

Spell slots refers to how many spells you can cast, sort of like the number of arrows in a quiver. Once you're out of spell slots you cannot cast spells from that specific spell level until you take a long rest (unless otherwise stated by other game mechanics).
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Can cantrips be upcasted?

Yes, they can be upcast which is a fine mechanic, but a lvl 1 spell slot should always be more effective than a cantrip.
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Can you counter spell a cantrip?

Can you counterspell cantrips? Yes. Cantrips are considered level 0, which is automatically counterspelled.
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Can you use a spell slot for a cantrip?

Cantrips. A cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell slot and without being prepared in advance.
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What is the most damaging cantrip?

Fire Bolt is one of the best Cantrips a spellcaster can get if they're in need of any offensive attacks. While Toll the Dead boasts more damage, Fire Bolt outclasses it through range. However, Fire Bolt loses its luster beyond 5th Level. A 14 Dexterity character with a Light Crossbow can do more damage than Fire Bolt.
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Can you do 2 cantrips?

You can't cast two spells of 1st-level or higher in the same turn, but you can cast as many cantrips as you have actions for. If you cast a spell of 1st-level or higher - or a cantrip - as a bonus action, you can still cast a cantrip as your action.
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Can you use cantrips infinitely?

Cantrips are spells that don't use slots and can be cast an infinite number of times without depleting resources.
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Can cantrips be used repeatedly?

You can cast a cantrip as many times as you like as long as you follow the once per round rule. So your Wizard can cast Fire Bolt until the cows come home.
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Is a spell slot used if it fails?

When you cast a spell with a casting time longer than a single action or reaction, you must spend your action each turn casting the spell, and you must maintain your concentration while you do so. If your concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you don't expend a spell slot.
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Can you cast a cantrip as a bonus action?

Bonus action spells are great because they let spellcasters cast two spells in one round. In a Dungeons & Dragons rule that many players get wrong, characters are allowed one spell and one cantrip to be cast in a turn so long as one is a bonus action.
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Can you cast a cantrip while concentrating?

You can still cast other spells when using a concentration spell. But casting another concentration spell will cancel it. As someone else said, looks like a bug where after being unsilenced, the effect lingers until reload.
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Can you twin cast a cantrip?

Twinned Spell

When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn't have a range of self, you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell's level to target a second creature in range with the same spell (1 sorcery point if the spell is a cantrip).
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Can you quicken a cantrip and cast a spell?

Yes. Nothing requiring you to do it in either order. I know that the quickened metamagic allows you to cast a spell with a cast time of one action as a bonus action, then cast a cantrip with a cast time of one action.
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When to use cantrips?

Essentially, they're your always ready (unless specifically don't equip them for some ungodly reason) spells and a main part of your arsenal till you have enough spell slots to reliably use your bigger, high cost spells, or just don't feel like using them (eg: don't want to waste a spell slot zapping a lone, wounded ...
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Do cantrips count against spell slots?

No, if by “count” you mean “count against your # of prepared spells/spells known”. Spells granted from a background or racial feature are typically cantrips or spells you can cast a certain number of times per day. These are separate from any other source of spells you may gain.
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What is the best cantrip in D&D?

Cantrips are an early mechanic you'll want to master, and we've highlighted the best ones here.
  • 8 Thaumaturgy.
  • 7 Shocking Grasp.
  • 6 Light.
  • 5 Message.
  • 4 Eldritch Blast.
  • 3 Mage Hand.
  • 2 Minor Illusion.
  • 1 Guidance.
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What D&D class has the most cantrips?

The sorcerer starts with 4 cantrips - more than any other class. A variant human can take a feat at first level, such as magic initiate which allows them to take an additional 2 cantrips from a spellcasting class (even their own) and a first level spell.
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Can you ever swap cantrips?

No, there is no way to change cantrips in all classes. This is basically D&D5 rule. Once you chose cantrip and you never change it.
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Can you use cantrips outside of combat?

A "utility cantrip" will be defined as, "a cantrip that is useful out of combat, with bonus points if it can also be used in combat," so to be clear: some attack cantrips do have uses out of combat (Produce Flame, Fire Bolt, etc.), but their combat abilities will really only come into play in this assessment if two ...
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How many cantrips can a wizard have?

The Wizard class learns 5 Cantrips by 10th level, and does not learn any more by leveling. The section on adding spells found to the spellbook specifies that that "When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook", which sounds to me like it is specifically excluding cantrips.
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Can fireball be a cantrip?

Level - Fire Bolt is a cantrip and Fireball is a third level spell.
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What does Thunderclap cantrip do?

You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100 feet away. Each creature within range, other than you, must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 thunder damage.
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