D&D 5E Extra Attack class feature with attack Cantrips

[CorrEliLalis]

[3D][/3D]My question is if a Cantrip requires an attack roll & is basically a normal attack for a character, would that stack with the extra attack feature if a player multiclassed or took the feat Magic Initiate? Would the character be able to use the two attack actions a round to cast two offensive Cantrips like shocking grasp or eldritch blast?

 

[Staffan]

No. Extra Attack applies when you use the Attack action, but casting a spell is a Cast a Spell action, even if that spell involves an attack roll.

 

[JackOfAllTirades]

If a cantrip gives you an extra attack at higher levels, it will say so in the description of the cantrip.

See Eldritch Blast.

 

[Dausuul]

My question is if a Cantrip requires an attack roll & is basically a normal attack for a character, would that stack with the extra attack feature if a player multiclassed or took the feat Magic Initiate? Would the character be able to use the two attack actions a round to cast two offensive Cantrips like shocking grasp or eldritch blast?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: The Attack action is not the same thing as an attack. An attack is any time you make an attack roll. The Attack action is a specific action, detailed in the combat rules, which allows you to make one weapon attack or unarmed attack. It does not allow you to cast a spell. That requires a different action, the Cast a Spell action.

When you get Extra Attack, the Attack action is boosted: Now it allows you to make two weapon or unarmed attacks. If you make an attack by any means other than the Attack action (casting a spell with an attack roll, making an opportunity attack, bonus attack from two-weapon fighting, etc.), Extra Attack doesn't do anything.