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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 6993334" data-attributes="member: 6802951">You did ask for feedback on how reducing cantrips would impact playing the game, so player enjoyment is a pretty important factor in evaluation. Might be worth taking it up with the DM at the time to find out why they allowed this possibility. It takes not only a DM ruling as to the capability of the acid to dissolve entire bodies, but also an outright change in the rules of the spell.Was this dissolving achieved any quicker than simply burying the bodies? What happened to the resulting runoff? It sounds like the group that you're DMing for had a previous DM who allowed them a lot of leeway in terms of what they could get away with using just cantrips.It might be worth simply telling them that your DM style is slightly different and that you will be ruling differently than your predecessor. Not really "obviously". Generally the world will react with gags and manacles with solid gloves attached etc rather than such extreme measures. - Unless they had specific reasons for using extreme measures on the prisoner for reasons other than practicality.Or are the firebolts "unstoppable" because the group's previous DM waived the casting requirements of the spell, preventing it from being easily prevented by the usual anti-caster measures? Would your players accept you rescinding some of their houserules for a more 'by the book' game?</blockquote>