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10 questions linked to/from How does initiative work when teleporting into combat?
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What happens when initiative allows a player to act before the player that started the combat?
This example is a somewhat simplified version of what happened during the last game I DMed for a bunch of friends. A party of PCs was trudging through the woods when they happened upon a very small ...
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What happens if a caster is surprised while casting a spell with a long casting time?
Casting a spell with a long casting time requires the caster to use their action each turn casting the spell:
you must spend your action each turn casting the spell
However, what would happen if ...
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How does combat start when one PC is not seen as a threat?
Imagine a party of four - three honest characters standing face to face against three evil bandits, one sly, backstabbing type some 30 ft behind the bandits' backs; the bandits may know he's there, ...
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When and how does combat start in a standoff?
I run Adventurers league at a local game cafe with a veteran group that has lots of experience playing prior editions. However these players knowledge of the rules is an amalgamation of 5e rules and ...
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Readying an action before combat
Suppose the party suspects that combat is imminent, and some of the PCs ready actions (attack nearest hostile creature, attack first thing that moves). Then combat erupts. Some of the PCs are ...
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When exactly does combat start and surprise take effect?
Say I'm going to ambush an orc. I successfully sneak up on him and I attack. The DM determines that the orc is surprised. The orc happens to get an initiative roll of 19, while I get a 10. How would ...
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As a DM, how do I assassinate (or attempt to assassinate) one of my PCs within 5e RAW?
One of my players has a detailed backstory that has him being hunted by a rival guild. I want have him be the target of an assassin, and I can handle setting up the encounter, but I'm not sure how to ...
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Does surprise arrest existing movement?
Do surprised creatures which were already moving prior to being surprised keep moving, or stop moving for a round?
Some illustrative situations might be:
A carriage drawn by four horses is heading ...
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Do the smaller Black Puddings have their reactions in the same round as the original Black Pudding split?
The Split reaction available for the Black Pudding monster goes as follows:
Split. When a pudding that is Medium or larger is subjected to lightning or slashing damage, it splits into two new ...
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How to increase the chance of a spell's success against a foe that can save vs spells most of the time
I'm trying to work out a way to debuff an opponent in order to increase the chance of a spell succeeding against it. First of all, let me describe the situation:
The opponent in question is a Rakshasa-...
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