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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6289387" data-attributes="member: 7006">Yeah, and the other two official attack cantrips do 1d8 to a single target.  Which tells me that *any* AoE cantrip is overpowered.  When a single cantrip can do potentially 1d6 x 16 squares of damage, that's too much for a 5E cantrip.And while goblins are normally sneaky sure... oftentimes they're also going to be found as shock troops in larger scaled battles.  Which means AoEs will be at a premium and thus why we don't find them as cantrips in the game.But if you think it'll work for your game, then great.  I just don't think they work for the game on the whole.</blockquote>