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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 6992539" data-attributes="member: 284">What's this &quot;we&quot; stuff, white man?&nbsp;&nbsp; Don't presume to speak for me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Personally, I see more issues with the SCAG melee cantrips (Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade) than with the ranged cantrips in the PHB.&nbsp;&nbsp; The PHB cantrips give the casters something to contribute when they don't want to waste spell slots. I also think you vastly overestimate the abilities of cantrips in a game world.&nbsp; (i.e. mending can't fix everything,&nbsp; and DM's can easily rule that cell doors and locks are immune to firebolt, just as a piece of equipment is immune to being targeted by firebolt or any other targeted attack.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because the rules (or in this case the DM) says so.) I'm not gonna worry rewriting the entire combat and magical system for a minor bit of &quot;verisimiltude&quot;, when it can be much more easily rectified in other ways.As for consequences,&nbsp; I predict a lot of annoyed casters complaining about how all your changes seem to be fixated on making melee combat the only viable option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 6992539, member: 284"] What's this "we" stuff, white man? Don't presume to speak for me. :p Personally, I see more issues with the SCAG melee cantrips (Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade) than with the ranged cantrips in the PHB. The PHB cantrips give the casters something to contribute when they don't want to waste spell slots. I also think you vastly overestimate the abilities of cantrips in a game world. (i.e. mending can't fix everything, and DM's can easily rule that cell doors and locks are immune to firebolt, just as a piece of equipment is immune to being targeted by firebolt or any other targeted attack. Why? Because the rules (or in this case the DM) says so.) I'm not gonna worry rewriting the entire combat and magical system for a minor bit of "verisimiltude", when it can be much more easily rectified in other ways. As for consequences, I predict a lot of annoyed casters complaining about how all your changes seem to be fixated on making melee combat the only viable option. [/QUOTE]

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