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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Syntallah" data-source="post: 6434150" data-attributes="member: 17152">Note:  I’ve known this guy for almost 30 years, and he is a good friend.  We just clash philosophically at times because he likes [Easy Button] scenarios, and I don’t DM that way.He would like this cantrip (the lowest level magic in the Game) to do things like instant walls > negating ranged attacks, or instant fog > granting mass invisibility; that kind of thing.  He would like to bring back the heady days of our teen years where an illusory pit could kill if the target thought it was real etc, etc, etc.I allow him to cast it as such, but have house ruled that this cantrip does not need a full Action to examine. If cast in combat, a participant is in a heightened sense of awareness (typically, although situations may vary of course), and is allowed a pseudo-passive save to allow him to see it for an illusion.  If not in combat, I compare the passerby’s Passive Perception to the PC’s save DC, and grant an Intelligence save as applicable.  I will charge the creature with their Reaction or Bonus action depending on their proximity to the illusion, field of view, etc.</blockquote>