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Message

Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Message cantrip- super useful, but what are the limitations?

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Spare-the-Dying D&D 5th edition Cantrip spell

Spare the Dying

Classes: Artificer, Cleric
level: Cantrip
School: Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 Action

Spare the Dying – Remember when this cantrip was legit over-powered? Good times…

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Amazing Mumford cast spells - Move Earth

Mold Earth

Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Looking at 5E cantrip Mold Earth, is it a gardening cantrip, or the ultimate ditch digging spell?

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sad ogre hit by vicious mockery

Vicious Mockery

Classes: Bard
level: Cantrip
School: Enchantment
Casting Time: 1 Action

What’s so great about Vicious Mockery? It’s D4 damage only. Well, let’s look into why this is still a good cantrip.

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Thunderous Smite dnd spell

Thunderous Smite

Classes: Paladin
level: 1
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
Concentration

Thunderous Smite – Loud and proud! This noisy Paladin spell can end a fight, but are you using it tactically?

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Poison Spray

Classes: Artificer, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action

5E cantrip spell Poison Spray- “Puff of gas”? That’s sounds… farty.
Come on D&D, make it a spray of poison!

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adventurers sleeping in a forest - Catnap

Catnap

Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: 3
School: Enchantment
Casting Time: 1 Action

Catnap – Sounds good in life, but is it good in D&D?

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image for sacred flame cantrip D&D 5th edition

Sacred Flame

Classes: Cleric
level: Cantrip
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Sacred Flame D&D 5e – does cover affect this cantrip? Yes, and no.

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5th edition cantrip spell- thorn whip by GraphicGeek

Thorn Whip

Classes: Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Thorn Whip- Get over here!

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Searing Smite D&D Spell

Searing Smite

Classes: Paladin
level: 1
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
Concentration

Searing Smite – Set foes on fire with a strike of your blade! Awesome! But… is it, really? Let’s review.

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picture of water-bender making a water dragon

Shape Water

Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Shape Water D&D 5E – it’s a cantrip, not waterbending.

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Orc being burned by DnD Druid spell Moonbeam

Moonbeam

Classes: Druid
level: 2
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration

Moonbeam – See why wording in a spell description can be so important

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resistance cantrip 5e not worth it, nuff said

Resistance

Classes: Artificer, Cleric, Druid
level: Cantrip
School: Abjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration

resistance cantrip 5e not worth it, nuff said

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Create Bonfire

Classes: Artificer, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
Concentration

Create Bonfire: It sounds like a great trick for beach parties, but it’s actually a dangerous cantrip-level spell.

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5th edition cantrip spell Thunderclap

Thunderclap

Classes: Artificer, Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action

Thunderclap – Thunder… Thunder… Thunder-Claps Ho! This is not a sneaky spell.

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Wizard casting Sapping Sting cantrip spell

Sapping Sting

Classes: Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 Action

Sapping Sting – Let’s review Sapping Sting. D4 damage is okay, knocking someone prone is better than okay!

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5e-spell tenser floating disk

Tenser’s Floating Disk

Classes: Wizard
level: 1
School: Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 Action
Ritual

Tenser’s Floating Disk- – The history, uses and utility of this spell may surprise you.

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image for Frost Bolt 5e cantrip spell

Ray of Frost

Classes: Artificer, Sorcerer, Wizard
level: Cantrip
School: Evocation
Casting Time: 1 Action

D&D 5E Ray of Frost – Yeah, it’s cool, but are you using it strategically?

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