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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7906708" data-attributes="member: 6966824">One of the main things that balances the blade cantrips is that you can't use extra attack if you use them, since they require the 'cast a spell' action. It's true that by making the casting time one reaction you're imposing a cost in addition to the benefit of being able to stack it with extra attack, but the effect of this is to make the cantrip worse for characters that would previously have used it instead of extra attack (also for characters who use bonus action spells, since this is no longer a 'cantrip with a casting time of one action' and thus can't be used on the same turn), and better for characters that would not have cared about having it because extra attack is better for them.Yes, but a monk can be holding a staff in one hand and make unarmed strikes with the other. Having a weapon be a material component doesn't mean you have to use that weapon on the attack.  There was: both Flurry of Blows and the Martial Arts bonus attack require the attack action, which booming blade does not involve. So a monk could technically use it with their monk weapons, but it would be nearly pointless since (a) they'd have to give up their second attack, and (b) they'd have to give up their bonus action attack(s).On top of that, monks don't have all that much that uses their reaction.So if you change the casting time to 1 reaction, which you take when you hit with a melee weapon, a monk is virtually guaranteed to get the bonus damage most turns, since they're often making 4 attacks and are very unlikely to miss all 4. That makes the value of the cantrip very nearly a full 4.5 (assuming Tier 2); whereas as it is written, the value is 4.5 times your to-hit chance, and even then only if you wouldn't have made more than one attack.</blockquote>

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