Questions tagged [conditions]
For questions about conditions suffered by a creature, typically negative and as a result of an enemy's actions during combat.
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Since advantage and disadvantage caused in a heavily obscured area cancel out, what effect does it have in combat?
The rules say that creatures in a heavily obscured area "effectively suffer from the blinded condition".
The blinded condition states:
Attacks rolls against the creature have advantage, and the ...
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Does a creature that is immune to all outcomes (conditions, damage, etc.) of an effect still make a saving throw?
Let's say a 5th level Lore Bard casts fear on a violet fungus not knowing that it is immune to the frightened condition.
Does the violet fungus still make a saving throw? In particular, is a saving ...
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Does death cure all ills?
In a previous answer, I mentioned the possibility of killing a character and restoring them to life as a possible method of removing conditions from them. On reflection, I have no idea whether this ...
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If you cast a spell with different effect options twice on the same creature, do multiple castings of the spell stack?
After researching into how spell effects stack, I find some ambiguity regarding certain spells that have multiple possible effects.
Notably, this answer regarding stacking spell effects contains ...
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Can you negate the Frightened condition by not looking at the source of your fear?
As the title says, if you cause a creature to be Frightened of you, as in the Frightened condition, but they can somehow manage to not see you, do they stop rolling with disadvantage to attacks/...
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Unlisted effects of Incapacitated Condition
In a game I DM'd, a PC had cast a spell with a Concentration requirement and was subsequently Paralyzed. I quickly checked the description of the Paralyzed condition, which said nothing about ...
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If you are incapacitated, can you move?
The incapacitated condition states that
An incapacitated creature can’t take actions or reactions.
Does that effect allow you to move though? Moving is not an action (at least not in 5e).
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Does immunity to fear prevent a mummy's Dreadful Glare from paralyzing a character?
A Mummy has an ability called Dreadful Glare:
The mummy targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the
target can see the mummy, it must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving
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Does exhaustion affect a creature after it is polymorphed?
I have an ally that is exceptionally exhausted. If I polymorph him into another form, do the negative effects of exhaustion—such as reduced speed—apply to the new polymorphed form?
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Can You Use Teleportation to Stand Up?
I feel like most tables end up asking this question and I think it usually comes down to a table by table decision, but can a caster who has been knocked prone use teleportation to stand up again? I'm ...
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Does a petrified creature stay conscious (and sane)?
The next dungeon my party visits will contain some strange statues. Most of them are just Stone Golems, which will attack them. But near the end of the dungeon, the party will discover that one of the ...
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What happens if you become Immune to a condition, while suffering that condition?
My level 10 Circle of the Moon Druid is just plumb tuckered out; She is suffering from Exhaustion Level 2.
During combat, she uses Wildshape to turn into an Earth Elemental. However, Earth Elementals ...
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Does Exhaustion Carry Over From A Druid's Wildshaped Form to Their Regular Form?
I have a player that has a druid character. She is trying to travel as far as possible using the form of a giant eagle.
If she travels at the fastest pace possible for the longest time period ...
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Can a snake be prone?
It sounds like a silly question, but it caused way more discussion the other night in my Adventurer's league game than I'd care to admit...
In 5e, the prone condition is described as:
A prone ...
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Does Antimagic Field suppress or prevent petrification from a creature ability?
Inspired by this question and in particular, this answer. I'm focusing on a specific effect; petrification.
If by a medusa's gaze or a beholder's eye rays (or other creatures with a similar ability), ...
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What happens when exhaustion passes 6th level on an immune creature?
On another question - Is an Immune creature considered to have the condition without suffering its effects? - it was concluded that a creature could gain exhaustion levels, while being immune to the ...
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What's the difference between "can't move" and "speed becomes 0"?
While reading through the conditions described in Appendix A of the 5e PHB, I realised, that some of them say a creature "can't move" (e.g. Stunned, Unconscious), while others state that its "speed ...
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If a character is stunned but still has attacks remaining, can they still make those attacks?
Suppose Alex is a fighter with the Extra Attacks feature, so each time they take the Attack action they can make two attacks. Alex attacks Sam, a Fighter/Monk with access to the Riposte Battle Master ...
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Can a creature who is exhausted benefit from bonuses to speed?
In D&D 5th Edition, there is a status effect called Exhaustion, which is measured in six levels. Level 5 Exhaustion reduces the speed of a creature to 0.
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Can a Blinded caster with Blindsight use spells that require them to see the target?
The situation I have in mind is the following:
An epic battle ensues between a Young Green Dragon (caster variant) and a Purple Worm. The Purple Worm swallows the dragon; meanwhile, the dragon has ...
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Are enemies with immunity to the Poisoned condition unaffected by Contagion?
After the 2018 PHB errata, the spell contagion now inflicts the Poisoned condition upon a successful melee spell attack. The relevant spell text is below, with updated portions highlighted in bold:
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Can the Phantasmal Force spell knock and hold someone prone?
The description of the Phantasmal Force spell states:
You create a phantasmal object, creature, or other visible phenomenon
of your choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is
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Can the Phantasmal Force spell apply conditions?
The Phantasmal Force spell can be used to place a delusion inside a creature's head for the duration. I understand that the spell is worded very openly to encourage creative usage, but I'm not sure ...
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Is the act of suffocating itself considered to be taking damage?
Is the act of suffocating itself considered to be taking damage?
Example:
A Green Hag is poisoned with the Oil of Taggit poison and falls unconscious. She is then carefully placed into a Portable ...
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If I'm blinded, can I cast a spell that doesn't require that the target be "a creature you can see"?
I'm playing a Wild Magic Sorcerer who obtained a Wand of Wonders — randomness ftw! Anyway, I accidentally blinded myself by using the wand.
On my next turn, still being blind, I want to cast Acid ...
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Does the frightened condition provide supernatural knowledge of the location of the source of fear?
The effects of being Frightened are as follows:
A frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack
rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight.
The creature ...
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How can the petrification from the Flesh to Stone spell be removed?
In 5e's version of the flesh to stone spell, if the spell is maintained for the full minute duration, the effect (petrification) lasts until "removed".
How can this petrification be removed?
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Do manacles provide any sort of in-game mechanical effect or condition?
Reading the description of manacles, they don't seem to actually do anything rules-wise mechanically when used. Am I missing something or am I just being too literal?
Do the manacles actually ...
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Does the paladin's Aura of Courage feature remove an existing frightened condition from a frightened ally who enters the aura?
I just reached level 10 with my paladin and gained the feature "Aura of Courage". I understand that currently, I and anyone within 10 feet of me will be immune to the frightened condition.
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Can undead be frightened?
So in a campaign as a paladin, I cast Wrathful Smite and hit an undead creature. Can undead be affected by the frightened condition?
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Is it easier to wake a character from 'mundane' sleep than from 'magically induced' sleep?
In DnD 5e, when a character is affected by the spell Sleep, they are:
'unconscious until [either] the spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper ...
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What happens when a creature reaches six levels of exhaustion while Death Ward is active on it?
Exhaustion is a special condition which has multiple levels. From the PHB p. 291, all emphasis mine:
Level Effect
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6 Death
Exhaustion is measured ...
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Is an Immune creature considered to have the condition without suffering its effects?
In this question asking about a homebrew mechanic involving exhaustion, the accepted answer points out an exploit using a moon druid's combat wildshape - Taking the form of an elemental would avoid ...
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Does a petrified creature count as an object?
I'm curious whether the Siege Monster special ability that allows a creature to deal double damage to objects would allow them to deal double damage to a petrified character.
It seems like this ...
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What happens when a charmed target becomes unable to be charmed?
So a bard charms monster 1. Monster 2 uses an action ability (such as Infernal Command) where it can make it so monster 1 can't be charmed.
Does Monster 1 lose the original charmed status or does it ...
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When using dispel magic to remove slow, when do the effects of slow end?
I was curious about how someone using dispel magic to dispel slow during their turn would play out, since slow actively affects their turn.
The description of slow is:
You alter time around up to ...
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Does a subsequent charm effect override a previous one?
In a recent session, I was confused about how multiple charm effects would interact with each other:
A vampire used its 'Charm' ability to charm a PC. It reads (paraphrased):
The target must ...
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Does a climbing creature fall when affected by Hideous Laughter?
A creature is climbing on a wall, and fails a save against hideous laughter. The spell states:
A creature of your choice that you can see within range perceives everything as hilariously funny and ...
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Does a petrified creature need to eat or drink?
Petrification does not state the creature "no longer needs to eat/drink (or sleep)"[1]:
Petrified
A petrified creature is transformed, along with any nonmagical object it is wearing or ...
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Can a creature with blindsight that is not immune to the Blinded condition suffer the effects of Blindness?
Not every creature with Blindsight is immune to the Blinded condition (like bats). However, blindsight seems to work for those that can't see, and Blinded is about not being able to See.
RAW seems ...
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What happens when a polymorphed creature is petrified?
If a creature A is polymorphed into creature B and is subsequently petrified, does it still revert to its original form after the polymorph ends?
I see several possible scenarios after the polymorph ...
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What are all the ways that a PC can become immune to the frightened condition?
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I'm interested in ways to become permanently immune to the frightened condition. I hope this is considered a bounded list question and therefore on-topic.
I've so far only considered race- or ...
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Do shaken, frightened, and panicked replace each other or stack?
The conditions shaken, frightened, and panicked are related fear effects. Does only the worst condition apply because of this, or would being shaken and panicked give you a -4 on stuff?
I ask because ...
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Petrification at low levels
I was considering using a Medusa in my home game against a group of 4th-level characters. With a CR of 6, a Medusa is well within the proper XP range for such a group. However, I'm nervous about using ...
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Can a surprised creature fall prone voluntarily on their turn?
Suppose someone might want their character to drop prone while they're surprised. The relevant text from Being Prone under "Movement and Position" states:
You can drop prone without using any of ...
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What Conditions prevent a caster from using Somatic spells?
The text from Somatic reads that the caster must have a hand free to gesture with when they cast a spell with a somatic component.
None of the conditions such as restrained or grappled seem to ...
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Can a petrified character drown?
At the end of our last gaming session my character was fighting a Gorgon in a pool of chest height water.
I had the terrible misfortune of being knocked down and then petrified (turned to stone)
Can I ...
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Is there advantage on a non-adjacent attack against an unconscious creature?
The unconscious condition states the following two effects (PHB 292):
The creature drops whatever it's holding and falls prone.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage
Under the prone ...
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Do you remember what happened during Dominate Person?
My character was affected by the dominate person spell (and failed the will save) and was given some orders. Does he have any recollection or memory of the orders after the duration of the effect ...
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What defines a harmful effect or ability?
Charmed condition says:
A charmed creature can't attack the charmer or target the charmer with harmful abilities or magical effects.
The charmed condition is just one example mentioning harmful ...