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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 6840798" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>I don't have that book so I can't comment... but here is my earlier reasoning. Cantrips are *different*. If you want to have a wand that cast a cantrip, or read a cantrip off a scroll to cast it, fine, no worries, treat it like any other spell. If you want to *learn* a new cantrip... well that's an entirely new issue.</p><p></p><p>A cantrip is a short, simple spell that isn't very powerful (but still useful) that has *one* remarkable characteristic: it can be used again and again. A wizard could cast the same cantrip for a 100 rounds in a row with no ill effect, except perhaps a mild headache. Races with no innate magical abilities, like humans, now can have "at will" magic. That's a really big thing! </p><p></p><p>Because of this (and balance issues) cantrips are difficult to master, and most people can only manage a few. A starting druid knows 2, and a master druid, the kind of druid legends are made of... knows 4. A few classes have the chance to learn a few cantrips from other classes and this is seen as a big deal, whole threads are devoted to the subject! </p><p></p><p>So to have all this, and then suddenly you can learn all the cantrips you want from scrolls for a paltry sum? Erm, how about no? I mean it says on page 114 of the PHB "you could discover a spell recorded on a scroll..." followed by "when you find a wizard spell of level 1 or higher".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 6840798, member: 23"] I don't have that book so I can't comment... but here is my earlier reasoning. Cantrips are *different*. If you want to have a wand that cast a cantrip, or read a cantrip off a scroll to cast it, fine, no worries, treat it like any other spell. If you want to *learn* a new cantrip... well that's an entirely new issue. A cantrip is a short, simple spell that isn't very powerful (but still useful) that has *one* remarkable characteristic: it can be used again and again. A wizard could cast the same cantrip for a 100 rounds in a row with no ill effect, except perhaps a mild headache. Races with no innate magical abilities, like humans, now can have "at will" magic. That's a really big thing! Because of this (and balance issues) cantrips are difficult to master, and most people can only manage a few. A starting druid knows 2, and a master druid, the kind of druid legends are made of... knows 4. A few classes have the chance to learn a few cantrips from other classes and this is seen as a big deal, whole threads are devoted to the subject! So to have all this, and then suddenly you can learn all the cantrips you want from scrolls for a paltry sum? Erm, how about no? I mean it says on page 114 of the PHB "you could discover a spell recorded on a scroll..." followed by "when you find a wizard spell of level 1 or higher". [/QUOTE]
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