Potent Cantrip: To "fix" or not to fix?

Jonathon Robinson · Jul 18, 2019

Kali_357 said:
Can anyone explain to me what I am missing with this please

My wizzards cantrip's that would apply already give me half damage on a successful save.

I can't think of a single cantrip that deals half damage on a successful save. Which spell are you referring to?

Xeviat · Jul 18, 2019

Wyvern said:
I recall when 5e first came out, some people were a bit miffed that the evoker's Potent Cantrip feature applied to only two spells in the PHB (acid splash and poison spray), neither of which is an evocation spell.

Now that the game has been out for nearly four years, I'm wondering whether people still feel that way with the benefit of actual play experience. If you've played an evoker, or seen one played, what are your thoughts? If you played it by-the-book, did you feel that the benefits of Potent Cantrip were underwhelming? And if you (or your DM) house-ruled it, what fix did you apply, and how well do you think it turned out?

Wyvern

If I had an evoker at my table, I'd give them damage on a miss, and I'd apply their int bonus to evocation damage to all cantrips too. I don't feel like the cantrips need to be limited that much.

Half damage on a miss is just as good as half damage on a save (just add a clause about evasion).

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