Common Usage of Cantrips

Cantrips are commonly known by people throughout the world. Most people can use one or two cantrips. Objects imbued with cantrips are commonly used in everyday life. Enchanting an item with a cantrip is cheap, often costing a few silvers. Below are some common examples of how cantrips are used:

Acid Splash:

• Mining operations for purification of ore
• Disinfection

Approximate

• Banks and markets almost always have this available for transactions
• Enables a bartering economy for grain and other such goods
• Used for detecting damaged or spoiled goods

Bullhorn

• Public announcements
• Town criers
• Performances
• Battlefield command, often with relays
• Large venues often have devices enchanted with Bullhorn to help performers

Dancing Lights

• Performances, lighting displays (colour can be controlled)
• Lights are enchanted with this but require an operator to sustain the spell.

Detect Magic

• Security will use this to identify items entering venues
• Guards against cheating
• Magic item shops will detect fakes

Gale Blast

• Performances
• Cleaning leaves etc in outdoor areas.

Ghost Sound

• Performances
• Haunted Houses
• Festivals
• Mating calls when hunting
• Birdcalls

Guidance

• Used by guilds, but is rarer for solo craftspeople

Healing Plaster

• Traveling healers
• Enchanted dispensers

Join Pasts

• Universities, researcher, explorers
• Mystical societies

Know Direction

• Enchanted compasses
• Explorers

Light

• Poorer towns lights are sustained by people with this cantrip as opposed to permanent Continual Flame lights in larger towns.

Mage Hand

• Crafters, as a literal extra hand.
• Enchanted gloves

Message

• Used in council chambers to discuss proposals
• Speaking trumpets are sometimes enchanted with this

Prestidigitation

• Household cleaning
• Flavouring food
• Brooms, pots, spoons etc are enchanted with this

Produce Flame

• Fire starting

Ray of Frost

• Cooling, preserving freezing

Read Aura

• Identification

Read the Air

• Common in noble circles
• Fans may be enchanted with that

Sigil

• Marking documents, sealing letters
• Stamps enchanted with house/personal sigils
• Marking servants, approved people
• Branding cattle

Spout

• Used for showers/washing

Stabilise

• Common for healers
• Bandages and amulets with this are common

Summon Instrument

• Common for bards
• Music boxes or cases with this enchantment can be found
• Rare version for large musical instruments is available

Tame

• Animal treats are often imbued with this
• Some people have adapted this to help with less domesticated dinosaurs

Tanglefoot

• Commonly used by guards to stop people fleeing
• Manacles can be enchanted with this