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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9125620" data-attributes="member: 7030563">It does explicitly say they can.&nbsp; I refer you to the text, note bolded:Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Moreover, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks.So if I take the attack action, I get two attacks and in place of one of those attacks I can cast one of my cantrips (mending is one of my cantrips).Specific vs general is actually WHY this works.&nbsp; The general rule for spell casting is that it takes a&nbsp; minute to cast mending, or a bonus action to cast magic stone or Shillalagh.&nbsp; What I can't do is cast any one of those three spells using one spell casting action, if I do that with mending it takes an entire minute (10 consecutive spell casting actions while concentrating).&nbsp; I specifically need to use the attack action to cast it quicker.It does make that exception, allowing you to cast a cantrip as part of the attack action.&nbsp; Without that explicit exception you can never cast a cantrip as part of the attack action, you would need to use the spell casting action or a bonus action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9125620, member: 7030563"] It does explicitly say they can. I refer you to the text, note bolded: [I]Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, [B]whenever you take the Attack action[/B] on your turn. Moreover, [B]you can cast one of your cantrips[/B] in place of one of those attacks.[/I] So if I take the attack action, I get two attacks and in place of one of those attacks I can cast one of my cantrips (mending is one of my cantrips). Specific vs general is actually WHY this works. The general rule for spell casting is that it takes a minute to cast mending, or a bonus action to cast magic stone or Shillalagh. What I can't do is cast any one of those three spells using one spell casting action, if I do that with mending it takes an entire minute (10 consecutive spell casting actions while concentrating). I specifically need to use the attack action to cast it quicker. It does make that exception, allowing you to cast a cantrip as part of the attack action. Without that explicit exception you can never cast a cantrip as part of the attack action, you would need to use the spell casting action or a bonus action. [/QUOTE]

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