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68 questions linked to/from How do I know if an ability is magical?
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How to decide if an effect is magical for Magic Resistance? [duplicate]
Some creatures have Magic Resistance:
The [...] has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
We know from this answer that this works against Turn Undead, but does it ...
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Does the Shapechanger trait work in an Antimagic Field? [duplicate]
Certain monsters have the Shapechanger trait. For instance, here it is on the Werewolf:
Shapechanger. The werewolf can use its action to polymorph into a wolf-humanoid hybrid or into a wolf, or ...
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Does Improved Divine Smite work in an Antimagic Field? [duplicate]
At 11th level, a paladin gains Improved Divine Smite. This means (PHB p85):
you are so suffused with righteous might that all your melee weapon strikes carry divine power with them.
Given that the ...
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Are a Paladin's auras considered magical for the purpose of Anti-Magic Field? [duplicate]
I know in current editions they don't explicitly state that the auras for paladins are based on magic.
I haven't ran into this yet, but my question is, does the effect provided from an aura penetrate ...
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Can an Aasimar grow their wings in an Antimagic Field? [duplicate]
One of my players wants to play a Protector Aasimar (VGtM, p. 105) but wondered if he'd be able to use his racial ability, Radiant Soul, in an antimagic field.
Would an antimagic field block the ...
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Would an anti-magic zone affect a dragon's breath weapon? [duplicate]
One of my players has a special crystal that emits an anti-magic zone 5-feet around them. It was just picked up so they're trying to figure out what to do with the crystal. Suddenly they are ...
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Is the gaze effect of a medusa blocked by an antimagic field? [duplicate]
This question addresses the question of whether petrification effects are blocked by the Antimagic Field spell. But it does not seem to address the gaze itself—particularly the Petrifying Gaze of a ...
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Is the war cleric's divine strike considered non-magical damage? [duplicate]
Other domains give damage types that are not commonly resisted. Stat blocks list fire, cold, and other resistances separately from the "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical ...
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Are a dragon's attacks considered magical? [duplicate]
Are these attacks considered magical?
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft., one ...
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What counts as a magical effect? [duplicate]
My players obtained a Robe of the Archmagi, which grants them this
You have advantage on Saving Throws against spell and other magical effects.
What qualifies as a magical effect? Is it only effects ...
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Monk Slow Fall and Antimagic Field [duplicate]
Is a monk's Slow Fall ability considered magical? That is if a monk were to enter an antimagic field whilst falling, would their slow fall ability be negated by the antimagic field, the same way some ...
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Does a a Bullywug Croaker's Glaar-pat song count as magic for the purposes of the Gnome Cunning racial trait? [duplicate]
The Bullywug Croaker has an action:
Glaaar-pat (3/Day). The croaker sings a song of marshy doom. Each chosen creature within 30 feet of the croaker that can hear the song must make a DC 12 Wisdom ...
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Does an Antimagic Field spell block class features? [duplicate]
The Antimagic Field spell mentions the following:
Spells and other magical effects, except those created by an artifact
or a deity, are suppressed in the sphere...
Does this include magical ...
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Are Way of the Four Elements monks' Elemental Disciplines magical? [duplicate]
Are Way of the Four Elements monks' Elemental Disciplines magical?
Specifically, Water Whip deals 3d10 bludgeoning damage (+1d10 per additional ki point spent) on a failed Dex save. Is this damage ...
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Does ki count as magic for the purpose of an antimagic field, or is it only fluff?
I was verifying whether my fighter's Sun Blade would in fact be a useless hilt in an antimagic field (AMF) and came across this question on a few other sites, and it piqued my interest.
My first ...
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