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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7034872" data-source="post: 8558147">Okay, I've been wondering about this for years, but I've always kept my mouth shut because I don't think I'm informed enough about the different D&amp;D editions to make this judgment. What I've wondered--and it relates to the complaints about casters being overpowered--is the following: what would happen if the game got rid of all damage-dealing cantrips?The way I remember it working back in the 80s was that cantrips were simple, innocuous little magics one could cast at any time and at no cost, but there weren't any available that did some actual damage during combat. If the game went back to such a model, wouldn't many of the complaints about overpowered casters kind of go away? Because in this case the martial classes really would be needed. Or am I misremembering this and damage-dealing cantrips were in there right from 1e??? I just don't recall ever seeing them, you know?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 7034872, post: 8558147"] Okay, I've been wondering about this for years, but I've always kept my mouth shut because I don't think I'm informed enough about the different D&D editions to make this judgment. What I've wondered--and it relates to the complaints about casters being overpowered--is the following: [I]what would happen if the game got rid of all damage-dealing cantrips?[/I] The way I remember it working back in the 80s was that cantrips were simple, innocuous little magics one could cast at any time and at no cost, but there weren't any available that did some actual damage during combat. If the game went back to such a model, wouldn't many of the complaints about overpowered casters kind of go away? Because in this case the martial classes really would be needed. Or am I misremembering this and damage-dealing cantrips were in there right from 1e??? I just don't recall ever seeing them, you know? [/QUOTE]

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