Do you have to roll to cast cantrips?

Casting a Cantrip: Cantrips are cast like other spells, but they do not consume any spell slots. Therefore, you can cast them as often as you want. Cantrips and Attack Rolls: Some cantrips require an attack roll to hit a target, similar to a weapon attack.
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Do I need to roll for cantrips?

Yes, they do, but only the cantrips that require 'to hit' rolls. I have some issues with 5e, but they did a great job with spells and spell casting. With some spells, you need to roll a D20 'to hit' — deal full damage on a hit, or deal none if you miss.
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What are the rules for casting cantrips?

Cantrips. A cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell slot and without being prepared in advance. Repeated practice has fixed the spell in the caster's mind and infused the caster with the magic needed to produce the effect over and over. A cantrip's spell level is 0.
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What cantrips require an attack roll?

Re: cantrips that require an attack roll
  • Chill Touch.
  • Eldritch Blast.
  • Fire Bolt.
  • Produce Flame.
  • Ray of Frost.
  • Shocking Grasp.
  • Thorn Whip.
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Can you cast cantrips whenever you want?

During combat, you get 1 action per round (there's a few exception to this, but they'll be obvious) and that 1 action must be taken on your turn. So yes, you can cast a cantrip at will, whenever you want, as long as you meet the other requirements for casting it.
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Can you cast 2 cantrips in one turn?

Well, yes. 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 cantrips be cast infinitely?

If you can cast a cantrip, you can cast it unlimited times. Yes, one can still cast cantrips, even after using all spell slots 1st level and above. as many increase in power with gain in levels.
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Can you cast 2 cantrips with extra attack?

Fighter's "Action Surge" allows you to gain a second action, which you could use to cast a cantrip/leveled spell (but that is two actions and two castings) The New Bladesinger Classes extra attack feature allows you to cast a cantrip as one of your extra attacks, but you can't use that to cast two cantrips.
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Is cantrip an attack roll?

No unless the cantrip is a bonus action to use. The attack action and spellcasting actions are two different actions.
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Do cantrips count as casting spells?

You can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action." So - IF you cast ANY spell as a bonus action (remember that cantrips are also spells) then the only spells that can be cast with your action during the same turn are cantrips with a casting time of one action.
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How does casting cantrips work in 5e?

Cantrips are a type of spell in Dungeons and Dragons (5th Edition) that can be cast an unlimited number of times per day, without expending a spell slot. They are typically lower-level spells that can be used repeatedly throughout the day, making them useful for combat, exploration, and other situations.
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Do you have to roll for Eldritch blast?

The Eldricth Blast Spell has a specific ruling "Make a separate attack roll for each beam." per the rules on Attack rolls, they are each resolved before the next one happens - they function sequentially.
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Does using a cantrip end invisibility?

Invisibility only breaks if you attack or cast a spell. So, RAW, you should be able to use it and stay Invisible. However, a DM could easily rule it's effectively a specialized cantrip, or a limited version of the Pyrotechnics spell.
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Does casting a cantrip use an action?

You must use a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven't already taken a bonus action this 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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Is casting a cantrip an action?

The use of a cantrip costs an action; specifically, the “Cast a Spell” action. They can be cast as bonus actions through the Sorcerer's Metamagic (Quickened Spell), and as reactions through the War Caster Feat, but beyond those bounds cantrips always cost an action to cast.
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What cantrip does the most damage?

The warlock-exclusive Eldritch Blast is one of the most powerful combat cantrips in D&D, but it works a little differently than the others. Rather than simply increasing in damage at later levels, Eldritch Blast adds more attacks, each of which has the potential to damage separately.
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Do you add attack bonus to cantrips?

Yes, Cantrips get a bonus to attack.

Your attack bonus with a spell attack equals your spellcasting ability modifier + your proficiency bonus. And from page 201 in the PHB we can see that cantrips are considered spells: Every spell has a level from 0 to 9.
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Can you cast cantrips with spell slots?

Cantrips don't use spell slots. They also cannot be upcast. They improve with level, but they do not level up by upcasting because you cannot upcast them.
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Can you cast 2 Eldritch blast twice?

Since the casting time of Eldritch Blast is one action, and a character only has one action, then baseline is that a Warlock can only cast it once per turn.
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Can you cast cantrips while raging?

You cannot cast spells as a barbarian while raging, this much we all know. HOWEVER, a spell storing item, most efficiently obtained by being tolerated by an 11th level artificer does this, “Spell-Storing Item At 11th level, you can now store a spell in an object.
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Can you reuse cantrips?

Yes absolutely you can. Spell slots determine how many spells of each level you can cast between long rests and as long as you have the spell prepared, you can cast it repeatedly if you wish.
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How long do cantrips last?

If it's not instantaneous, generally a cantrip lasts either one round, one minute, ten minutes, or one hour, with one notable exception. The cantrip “Encode Thoughts” is the only one that lasts longer, and it has a duration of 8 hours.
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Can you cast two cantrips if one is a bonus action?

[…] A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven't already taken a bonus action this 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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Can you cast 2 cantrips with quickened spell?

Can you cast one cantrip, modifying it with "Twinned Spell" (Fire Bolt) to target 2 creatures, and then cast another cantrip as a Bonus Action (Fire Bolt), using "Quickened Spell" to target one of the previous creatures or another creature in D&D 5e? Yes, provided you had enough sorcery points.
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Can wizard switch out cantrips?

In Fifth edition D&D, Tasha's Cauldron Of Everything has introduced an optional rule that says a wizard can change the cantrips they know after a long rest. If you are not using this rule, then cantrips can never be changed.
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