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I was looking at the Dedication Feats and a few questions regarding Cantrips came to mind.
For Cantrips, as explained on page 193, it says, "A cantrip is always automatically heightened to the highest level of spell you can cast in the class. This makes a cantrip a 1st-level spell if you can cast 1st-level spells [and so on]. If you gain access to a cantrip but aren't normally a spellcaster, your cantrips automatically heightened to half your level, rounded up." The grammar error in the last sentence is a bit jarring, but that is what it says. But I digress.
1) If you cannot cast spells in the class, can they be heightened? Based on the last sentence of this description, I would presume yes.
2) For every spellcaster in this book, it seems as though the highest spell they can cast is already half their level rounded up. If that is the case, then is there supposed to be a distinction between a spellcaster and a non-spellcaster when casting cantrips? If there isn't a distinction to be made and cantrips are always heightened to half a character's level rounded up, then why does the description seem so convoluted?
For Basic Cleric Spellcasting, it says, "Even though you can cast spells, the spell level of your cleric cantrips and domain is powers half your level rounded up." Another typo, but I digress.
For Basic Wizard Spellcasting, it says, "Even though you can cast spells, the spell level of your cantrips and arcane powers is half your level rounded up."
Neither of these feats mention the acquisition of Cantrips or Powers. So it seems as though there is (or may have been at one point) some distinction between being able to cast spells and the level to which cantrips can be heightened.
However, considering that it seems as though 'half your level rounded up' is the highest level of spell any of the spellcasters can cast, is there supposed to be some distinction here? Also, it once again mentions the ability to cast spells, but in the description for Cantrips on Page 193, as mentioned before, the ability to cast spells doesn't actually seem relevant...???
For Cleric Dedication, it also says, 'You can prepare two cantrips each day from the divine spell list or any other cantrips you learn or discover."
3) What do you mean by 'learn or discover'? Is this specifically only for classes like Wizard and Sorcerer who have to pick which Cantrips they know? Or does this also apply to the Cantrips a druid would have access to from the Primal spell list?
4) If these Cantrips can be taken from an alternate list or source (Arcane, Primal, Occult), would they still be treated as Divine or use Wis as its key spellcasting ability?
5) If there is some distinction to be made for the heightening of Cantrips, would this limitation still be made to the Cantrips provided by Cleric Dedication if they were substituted by a Cantrip from a different list or source?