I had made a new half-elf sorcerer who will soon be a rogue multi-class. His spells are based off of what a rogue would choose them to be, such as fog cloud, mage hand, and minor illusion. In addition, I chose prestidigitation in the hopes of combining with minor illusion, using one for sound and one for an image.
Yet it was never clear to me if I could just use minor illusion twice, as it is a cantrip. This will free up a cantrip spot for a more offensive spell, seeing as all of my other spells are more ability than offense. We are playing D&D 5E.
Can I have two castings of minor illusion active at the same time?
Best Answer
One character can't have more than one casting of minor illusion active at a time.
From the description of the minor illusion spell:
Let's say that a character casts minor illusion once (let's say, to create a visual illusion of a rock). He then wants to cast the spell again (e.g. to create the sound of a lion's roar). However, as soon as he casts minor illusion the second time, the first illusion ends and goes away.
In order to have multiple illusions active at once, you'd need to use a different spell, or have someone else cast minor illusion the second time. Since it is a cantrip, it could be pretty overpowered to let one character just create an unlimited number of illusions that were all active at the same time.