What is the cantrip rule?

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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When can cantrips be used?

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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What is cantrip formula?

The Cantrip Formulas feature simply allows you to swap out one cantrip you currently know with a different one from the Wizard spell list at the end of a long rest. If you are a 9th level Wizard, you know four cantrips.
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What is the cantrip bonus action rule?

Specifically, what the rule (PHB 202; Casting Time > Bonus Action) says is that when you have cast any spell (including cantrips) using your bonus action, you are limited to casting a cantrip using your action (i.e. not a spell of 1st level or higher).
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Can you cast two spells if one is a cantrip?

Using one, and then casting a cantrip lets you do 2 spells, but you are somewhat limited. There are several things that can let you basically cast extra spells, or spells differently.
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Can I cast a cantrip and a spell in the same turn?

You can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action." It's all about the action economy. Each turn, you get 1 action, 1 bonus action (if you have something you can do with it), 1 reaction, and 1 move.
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How many cantrips can I use per turn?

except for the bonus action spellcasting rule (which limits you to single action cantrips on turns you cast a bonus action spell on), you can cast as many spells as you have actions, so it is possible to cast two action spells (leveled or cantrip) and a reaction on one turn with something like action surge.
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Is there a cantrip limit?

Cantrips can be cast at will. Both sorcerers and wizards can keep on recasting the cantrips in their head, as much as they want, all day long. The difference is that wizards can know a lot more total, but can only have a few in their head at a time.
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What is the best cantrip?

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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Do cantrips take spell slots?

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.
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What is thunderclap cantrip?

The Thunderclap cantrip says that "You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100 feet away." A normal speaking voice can be heard 100 feet away. A normal human speaking voice can in fact be heard over 500' away. 100 is not all that impressive for 'thunder'. Doing damage to 100' would be impressive.
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Can you counter a cantrip?

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

All you have to do is down level a spell. Take that downlevel'd spell and remove and re-add the feat, and repeat til lvl 9 spells are cantrips.
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What is the point of cantrips?

A cantrip can effectively "thin" a deck, so more useful cards can be drawn faster, while at the same time not losing card advantage. It can also inexpensively increase the number of spells played in a turn, which is a key factor in some decks, most notably those using the Storm mechanic.
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What is the best offensive cantrip in D&D?

For a single answer, that's Eldritch Blast. The obvious use for a cantrip is as a workhorse damage-dealing option. In that, nothing competes with the boostable, nobody-resists-it, Swiss Army Knife of a blast cantrip that half of the Warlock class is built around. If you're playing a Warlock, that is.
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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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Why is it called a cantrip?

A cantrip is a magic spell of any kind, or one which reads the same forward and backward. It can also be a witch's trick, or a sham. The word "cantrip", of Scots origin, possibly comes from the Gaelic term canntaireachd, a piper's mnemonic chant.
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What is an example of a cantrip?

Examples of standard pre-Spellplague wizard cantrips: acid splash • arcane mark • dancing lights • daze • detect magic • detect poison • disrupt undead • flare • ghost sound • light • mage hand • mending • message • open/close • prestidigitation • ray of frost • read magic • resistance • touch of fatigue.
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Are cantrips infinite?

Cantrip: A type of spell in Dungeons & Dragons that is relatively low-powered but can be cast without using up a spell slot. Cantrips can be cast an unlimited number of times per day.
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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 anytime?

Cantrips are a Dungeons & Dragons spell you can cast repeatedly in the game, with no cost and no preparation needed. Getting to know these handy tools will let you keep a trick or two up your sleeve to use whenever you want, as much as you want.
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Can a wizard change cantrips?

go to your spells list on your action bar, the 0 is the cantrips. Either put the one you want on your main bar, or right click the default you want them to auto attack with. If it's a rotating green icon, that's their autocast. You can cast unlimited cantrips with no need to memorize them.
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What does v and s mean in D&D?

“V” stands for verbal components. This means there are verbal incantations that must be spoken to cast this spell. Characters who are unable to speak (whether gagged or under the effects of a silence spell) can't cast this spell. “S” stands for somatic components.
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How long is 1 minute in D&D?

Generally, a full round of combat in DnD 5e lasts about 6 seconds in real-time. That means a minute would consist of 10 rounds, regardless of the number of combatants. Just think of “rolling for initiative” as going into “bullet-time,” where everything happens in slow motion.
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What does hit 5 mean in D&D?

For a character, the +5 is the total of the relevant modifier (Str, Dex, etc.) plus the proficiency bonus. So if you had a +3 Str modifier and a +2 proficiency that would be your +5 to hit.
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