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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8047380" data-attributes="member: 6988941">I chose them for RP reasons when my character had the entertainer background as obviously they have a lot more performance potential. They're also just more stylish.In terms of practical advantages, as inconvenient as concentration and having to move them with your bonus action is, it also means you have more ongoing control. You can extinguish the light without any action cost by choosing to end concentration whereas with light you have to either cover it or use an action to put it out.They aren't generally as practical as Light, which works a lot more like a lantern or torch, but then on the other hand they do a lot more that couldn't be accomplished with a lantern or torch than Light does (especially since other cantrips like Druidcraft or Prestidigitation can light or extinguish the lantern or torch). Really I wouldn't recommend either. All Light does is save someone having to hold a dedicated light and Dancing Lights is neat but not a dependable light source in combat due to the need for bonus action management and the dependence on concentration.&nbsp; Both are handy enough, but you only get a few cantrips.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8047380, member: 6988941"] I chose them for RP reasons when my character had the entertainer background as obviously they have a lot more performance potential. They're also just more stylish. In terms of practical advantages, as inconvenient as concentration and having to move them with your bonus action is, it also means you have more ongoing control. You can extinguish the light without any action cost by choosing to end concentration whereas with light you have to either cover it or use an action to put it out. They aren't generally as practical as Light, which works a lot more like a lantern or torch, but then on the other hand they do a lot more that couldn't be accomplished with a lantern or torch than Light does (especially since other cantrips like Druidcraft or Prestidigitation can light or extinguish the lantern or torch). Really I wouldn't recommend either. All Light does is save someone having to hold a dedicated light and Dancing Lights is neat but not a dependable light source in combat due to the need for bonus action management and the dependence on concentration. Both are handy enough, but you only get a few cantrips. [/QUOTE]

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