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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mishihari Lord" data-source="post: 6268184" data-attributes="member: 128">That's assuming that casters without at will cantrips actually do suck, which is far from a universal opinion.  There shouldn't be any particular hit to the caster from removing them - I doesn't look like they'll cause more damage than a weapon.  And I kind of like the strong round/weak round playstyle, timing your strong hits for maximum effect, and I know quite a lot of people that have played casters like that and have no problem with them.  And laser-gun fingers does not fit my idea of what D&D fantasy should look like, especially at low level.  Anywayz, I kind of like the idea of each at-will attack cantrip doing the caster 1 hp of damage.  It limits casting a bit.  It's more interesting than a simple limit - you can cast a cantrip every round for a while, but you have to consider if it's worth the cost.  It doesn't have much effect at higher levels, where laser-gun fingers are a less inappropriate fit to D&D fantasy.  It limits the craziness inherent in at-will cantrips out of combat:  "yeah, I'm gonna burn this forest down 'cause I can keep up this flamethrower all day."  And I like a possible fiction supporting this idea:  "cantrips draw on your life force rather directly (hence damage) while spells are powered by energy gathered ahead of time"</blockquote>