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12 questions linked to/from Can someone decide to be hit?
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What are the rules for attacking a willing target? [duplicate]
I will give an example.
My ally is in a grapple that they do not want to be in and they keep failing the checks to escape. I am a Druid with a 30' speed and I am 50' away. I can not reach them to ...
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How does rolling two d20 and taking the higher affect the average outcome?
D&D 5E has an "advantage" concept where instead of rolling 1d20, you roll 2d20 and take the higher. Likewise, disadvantage means rolling 2d20 and taking the lower.
How does this affect ...
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Can you lower your AC on purpose?
For roleplaying reasons I would like to make a NPC appear weaker than it actually is. When the players first fight it, it should seem to have a very low AC and miss many attacks.
Is this possible in ...
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Can I wear a shield and fight with a two-handed weapon?
In my group, we've been working with the understanding that you can wear a shield and fight with a two-handed weapon, the assumption being that you only get the +2 AC if you're actively wielding the ...
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Can a PC attack themselves with an unarmed strike?
Let's say a PC attempts to punch herself. Can she do so?
If the PC is willing and deliberate, can she miss?
Does she make an attack roll? If so, what AC is she trying to hit?
How much damage would it ...
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How does the Armor of Agathys spell interact with characters in heavier armor?
New DM here. I have a player running an Oath of Conquest paladin. He makes a pretty convincing argument that as he increases his armor class, he becomes harder to hit, and Armor of Agathys triggers ...
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Does a vampire’s bite attack against a charmed target trigger a saving throw against the charm?
So I was wondering how its working when PC is charmed by vampire one on one, and vampire decides to bite it. Does it mean that they can repeat save against charm because they got damaged by it or not ...
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Can I choose not to defend against an attack?
Playing D&D4e, I have a situation in mind where a character could reasonably WANT to get hit with a normally harmful attack. Is there anything in the rules allowing the character to purposefully ...
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Can you decide not to use a shield's AC bonus? Dex bonus?
Let's say that there is a combat. There's is one player character and two enemies- one melee and one ranged. The player character has Armor of Agathys (or some other spell) and wants the melee ...
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Does poking yourself with a needle with the intent to do damage require the Attack action, or can it be done as a (free) object interaction?
Does poking yourself with a needle hard enough to cause damage require the Attack action, or can it be done as a free object interaction?
This task is certainly no more involved than opening a door, ...
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Can you miss an attack on purpose, and have it count as having made an attack?
For example, if one wanted to trigger the benefit of the Mobile feat, wherein you can move away from a creature you made an attack against without provoking an opportunity attack, can you choose to ...
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Must I pick the higher die when I roll with advantage?
I was reading the question and answers at Can someone decide to be hit?, and the answers spoke of using the rule of Advantage/Disavantage. Which got me thinking...
We had a situation a few weeks ...
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