Timeline for Is there a counter to a wild-shaped Owl abusing the "fly-by" ability to blind an enemy and get away with no consequences?
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| Aug 30, 2019 at 12:01 | comment | added | Taxi4Dave | Also, whilst I do believe that called shots can have a place in 5e, permanent blindness is incredibly powerful, and that is the real problem here. | |
| Aug 30, 2019 at 12:01 | comment | added | Taxi4Dave | Note, Flyby doesn't add much since blind creatures can't make opportunity attacks anyway. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 23:32 | answer | added | Ruse | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 18:06 | comment | added | Ruse | How is this blindness condition being applied? Is it extra on top of damage, is it replacing the damage of an attack? Is it an Action with a DC save or with a skill contest? | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 14:26 | history | reopened |
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 13:20 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 13:16 | comment | added | enkryptor | "Without an attack of opportunity I don't see how a creature could prevent this from happen" — just kill the own using normal attack, maybe? | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 13:03 | comment | added | KorvinStarmast | I'd recommend you clean up this question to address only flyby abuse, per Bloodcinder's comment. It can get reopened when it is scoped to a single problem. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 13:02 | history | closed |
enkryptor Bloodcinder Miniman Pyrotechnical KorvinStarmast |
Needs more focus | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:43 | comment | added | Bloodcinder | You're conflating two separate assumptions, that 1) Fly-By is unbalanced and unstoppable and 2) it's possible to blind a creature by attacking its eyes, and then asking how to stop those two from interacting with each other. But you should really be asking about whether those assumptions are correct, and in two separate questions. Otherwise, you're gonna get a lot of answers just complaining that your assumptions are wrong (if I were answering, I'd reject the premise of your question). | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:42 | vote | accept | Youjay | ||
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:40 | comment | added | guildsbounty | I would also note that the question linked by enkryptor does more than just address ranged attacks. The accepted answer discusses why Called Shots are problematic in 5E in general. Your question isn't a dupe of that one at this point, but I'd recommend giving that one a read before you let your players start making called shots. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:36 | answer | added | mattdm | timeline score: 15 | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:30 | history | edited | Youjay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:27 | comment | added | Youjay | @mattdm Flyby Abuse is exactly what I'm asking about. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:27 | history | edited | Youjay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:27 | comment | added | mattdm | I think there's two separate questions — first, "called shots" in melee (which I personally think is covered just fine by the existing question, but you could try for a new one making your arguments about melee range being different), and second, "flyby abuse" — which is a totally different issue. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:22 | comment | added | Youjay | @enkryptor Also the problem with the owl is there immunity to opportunity attacks preventing any consequence to getting that close to a creatures face, "the owl blinds you", "I wildly swing towards my face in an effort to punch the bird", "that's an opportunity attack so that misses". Rinse and repeat for the entire game, seems OP when there's no counters. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:19 | comment | added | Youjay | @enkryptor That question was asking about archers attacking from a long distance, this is about and owl in melee range. Its easier to say "hitting someone in the leg to immobilized them will be a higher DC", that it is to say the same thing about an owl in melee range, who could aim more precisely and could theoretically scratch multiple times. | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 12:00 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 11:43 | comment | added | enkryptor | Why an owl should be different from any other creature, trying to blind an opponent? | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 11:41 | comment | added | enkryptor | Possible duplicate of Aiming at specific body parts | |
| Sep 29, 2018 at 11:23 | history | asked | Youjay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |