Would You Tally Cantrips For Known Spells?

Cantrips are a form of magic that your character has spent hours practicing and perfecting, and they do not count against the amount you already know. Each feat will say how it works separately, some adding to your existing pool or providing them as separate spells. At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your choice from the bard spell list. You learn additional bard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known section.

Cantrips do not count as spells known, and most classes have separate “Cantrips known” and “Spells known” columns. They can be any number of the levels, and most spellcasters can find the number of spells known at the level in the class table, not the number of spells they learn. For example, for a sorcerer, the Spells Known feature allows you to find the number of spells known at the level in the class table, not the number of spells they learn.

Cantrips are different from other spells, and nothing that counts for cantrips counts for levelled spells and vice versa. You cannot learn another cantrip. At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn additional wizard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known section.

While the book is on your person, you can cast those cantrips at will, and they do not count against your number of cantrips known. If they don’t appear on the book, you do not prepare spells and can cast any spell you know.