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What does it mean to avert your eyes?
Medusa and Umber Hulk and probably a number of other monsters suggest that a target can avert its eyes to avoid its effects.
For example, the medusa's Petrifying Gaze:
Unless surprised, a creature ...
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How do I handle a blinded enemy which wants to attack someone it's sure is there?
Say my players blinded a goblin, through either magical or non magical means, and the goblin knew that there was someone within 5 feet of it from before it got blinded. That goblin decides to flail ...
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How do we kill what we can't see?
We are a large party, all level 6:
Storm Sorcerer, Shadow Sorcerer, Lore Bard, Dual wielding DEX fighter, Thief, Moon Druid, Forge Cleric
We are repeatedly running into a problem encounter, that we've ...
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Can characters who can't see move through an area just as easily as characters who can see?
PHB ch. 8 states that a creature in a heavily obscured area (e.g. a completely dark area, if the creature does not have darkvision) effectively suffers from the blinded condition. The definition of ...
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If you know the location of an invisible creature, can you attack it?
Let's say a barbarian named Boomtar is in a room with stalkers and can’t see them because they are invisible and stealthy. Boomtar bravely lunges forward and happens to run into the stalker. May ...
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Balance implications of removing unseen-attacker advantage when mutually unseen
The rules for unseen attackers (PHB p. 194-195) specify that attacking a creature that cannot see you = advantage, and attacking a creature you cannot see = disadvantage:
When you attack a target ...
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Do you need a Ranger's Feral Senses to have positional awareness of invisibile creatures?
In D&D 5e, the description of hiding (PHB p177) says an invisible creature needs to stay quiet and otherwise avoid leaving signs of its passing, while the "invisible" condition (p291) says the ...
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Does hidden just mean unseen and unheard?
Exactly what "hidden" means in game is not completely obvious.
Hiding When you try to hide, make a Dexterity (Stealth) check. Until
you are discovered or you stop hiding, that check’s total is
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Do you have to hide in order for other creatures to not know your location inside a fog cloud?
Yesterday we had a bit of a conflict about how going and attacking someone inside a Fog Cloud.
Does a creature need to use the hide action to avoid enemies knowing his location inside the fog cloud? ...
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Does flying around on a broom of flying make sound?
Would flying around on a broom of flying make any sound?
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If my Firbolg lifts a barrel over their head while appearing 3ft taller from their Disguise Self, where does the barrel appear?
Let's say they are 7ft 4in tall, and cast their innate Disguise Self, using the rules from Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse:
Firbolg Magic • MotM, pg. 15
Once per long rest, you can cast ...
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Can I target someone who I can see in a mirror?
Inspired by this question, I'm wondering what happens if want to cast a spell that requires me to see the target, I can see my target in a mirror, and have a clear path to them, but I don't have line ...
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Can you Hide from some but not all enemies?
One of my players is asking if he can use Wall of Fire to block off the line of sight of enemy archers. The spell description says the wall is "opaque", so this seems like a valid thing to ...
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Can an Elf take cover behind a 3-foot square wall?
Given a three-foot square wall produced by a conjuration wizard's minor conjuration feature, what PC races, including those in SCAG, EE, and Volo's, can duck behind it and gain total cover?
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Can you attack while using Echo Avatar?
Using Echo Avatar, you:
can temporarily transfer your consciousness to your echo. As an
action, you can see through your echo's eyes and hear through its
ears. During this time, you are deafened and ...
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