- more freedom
- -less mana logic → most likely they would consume a spell slot
- -less mechanical use → cantrips were made so that wizards can deal damage even when they have no spell slots → you’ve got an alternative so why would you have cantrips
- allows for characters teaching you cantrips which is cool → - however you can always be taught spells instead of cantrips
- gives you some utility, however it makes you a swiss knife of a character → giving you a weakness as treating cantrips as 1st levels spells might be actually amazing
To know a cantrip you have to add it to your spells known. When you cast a cantrip you have to expend a first level spell slot.