D&D 5E [POLL] Best non-combat cantrips

[Eltab]

Mage Hand is the most RP fun - when I remember to use it. Want to check for an Explosive Runes without getting toasted? The Arcane Trickster upgrade which makes the hand invisible and able to grab other peoples' stuff is whipped cream on top. "Can I untie his shoelaces?" My DM is steadily learning to make all critical McGuffins at least 15 lbs so I cannot nab it away.

Message for sneaky scouts (small-s) who want to be sure the rest of the group learns about what you find. Explorers can tell the mapmaker, by the entrance where it is safe, what to draw. Also useful to flip out suspicious-looking NPCs: "I see you lurking over there and I know what you are up to," says the voice in their ear.

 

[Eltab]

Prestidigitation -snip- tasty food, etc. And you can do it for others, too.

Here, try this Seven-Layer Salad with lima beans, brussles sprouts, asparagus, and broccoli. It's my grandmother's recipe, and it's really good !

 

[lall]

Presty to create a focus so that I don’t have to carry one. Druidcraft to predict the weather is #2.

 

[Stormonu]

I can't vote for anything that gets used 345,235,362,435,435 times every gaming session, every time, for every action, in every situation. So guidance is so far down my list of "best" anything that it will take it centuries to crawl back up. (Or half a century, if everyone is casting guidance constantly for 50 solid years. Which seems to be the case.)

Real mages say "presto."

Strangely, in both the game I run and play in, no one uses Guidance.

 

[bedir than]

I LOVE Druidcraft because I always know the coming weather system.

 

[Merudo]

I just realized I forgot to add Control Flames... My bad! I've added it now.

Feel free to change your vote if you think Control Flames is among the best

 

[Merudo]

I LOVE Druidcraft because I always know the coming weather system.

It's great when there is a Wood Elf in the group, to better take advantage of Mask of the Wild.

Do you know other ways to take advantage of being able to predict the weather?

 

[bedir than]

It's great when there is a Wood Elf in the group, to better take advantage of Mask of the Wild.

Do you know other ways to take advantage of being able to predict the weather?

You ever walked 8 miles in the rain without the proper gear?

 

[Sacrosanct]

Mage hand has so many uses. Including after I've cast reduce on my gnome wizard, using it as a minute long fly spell as it carries me around.

 

[Esker]

I know most people like Prestidigitation over Thaumaturgy and Druidcraft, and I don't deny that it's more versatile. But I personally find Thaumaturgy more fun. Booming voice, tremors, glowing red eyes, ominous whispers? Gold.