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The artifact Book of Exalted Deeds (DMG, p. 222) has the following attribute:
Enlightened Magic. Once you've read and studied the book, any spell slot you expend to cast a cleric or paladin spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher.
How does this work for cantrips, since there is no real level to increase it too? Does the cantrip just do extra damage as if it were cast by a higher-level character?
Page 201 of the PHB states:
A cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell slot...
Since the Enlightened Magic property specifically says that:
any spell slot you expend to cast a cleric or paladin spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher
then any spell cast without using a spell slot is unaffected.
