Second, we will assume that you begin with a 16 in the ability score which you use to attack, and that you spend your first two ability score increases on that ability score. AC progression, but it’s harder to assess the reliability of cantrips like Sword Burst because saving throws range so widely between creatures. We can reasonably assume that players will hit with attacks 65% of the time based on the Attack vs. This is an absurd assumption in a real game, but it dramatically simplifies our math. Sword Burst / Thunderclap / Word of Radiance Base Assumptionsįirst, we will assume that all attacks will hit and all cantrips won’t be resisted by the targets.or which apply to creatures which we can reach with a weapon, which we’ll describe collectively as “Melee Cantrips”. For the purposes of this article, we’ll limit ourselves to cantrips which either affect creatures within 5 ft.
To cater to gish builds (and to other characters considering Magic Initiate), we’ll cover a select handful of cantrips which are used in melee. This is great thematically for “gish” characters like eldritch knights, bladesingers, and hexblades, but exactly how effective these spells are is difficult to measure without digging into the math. Among them were Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade, which notably combine casting a spell and swinging a weapon. Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide introduced several notable cantrips, which were then updated and reprinted in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.
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