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10 questions linked to/from Would striking someone at 0 hit points with an entire Magic Missile spell automatically kill them?
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Do attacks that deal damage multiple times count as multiple damage events for death saving throws? [duplicate]
Note: I don't play D&D, but reading some of the Hot Network Questions about saving throws (particularly Does Evasion allow half damage even when unconscious?) has made me curious.
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How many times do you roll damage for Magic Missile?
The "Damage Rolls" section of the rules (PHB p. 196, also in the online Basic Rules) says this:
If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage ...
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How do the damage from the Hexblade’s Curse feature and the Hex and Bestow Curse spells interact/stack with one another?
Hex requires concentration, while bestow curse at a high level and Hexblade’s Curse do not. This allows all three things to stack.
Hex deals damage whenever an attack hits
Bestow curse deals damage ...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
In Princes of the Apocalypse Ch. 6,
has plenty of time and warning to prepare for his encounter with the party, along with the spells to do so:
He is also in possession of a powerful magic item,
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Does the Magic Missile spell cause multiple saving throws to break an Aboleth's charm?
Jeremy Crawford previously noted that the Magic Missile spell causes a separate concentration roll by a spell caster for each hit. (Of note, this is different than Mike Mearls' answer which viewed a ...
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When a melee fighting character wants to stun a monster, and the monster wants to be killed, can they instead take a fatal blow?
Mainly what was asked above. I know that a melee attack can stun an opponent by reducing them to 0 HP instead of killing them, but can a monster somehow lay down in such a way that the blow is fatal?
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How can a Warlock learn Magic Missile?
My DM is starting a campaign using PHB, VGtM, TCoE, and XGtE as our sourcebooks. I'm playing as a Yuan-ti Warlock, while building for my character, I want to add the spell Magic Missile to my known ...
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How do Death Saves interact with Actions that have multiple Attacks?
Inspired by the efforts to kill a Vampire, the GM in me got in a fight with the engineer.
Per the text from Death Saves, taking damage while you have 0 hit points will cause a death saving throw ...
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How does Sleep interact with multiple attacks?
The Sleep spell states that:
each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until ... the sleeper takes damage
How does this interact with abilities that grant multiple attacks? Does ...
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How far does a Lore Wizard/Tempest Cleric's lightning-damage Magic Missiles push the target back?
Per the Tempest cleric's Thunderbolt Strike ability (PHB, page 62), lightning damage can push some targets back:
At 6th level, when you deal lightning damage to a Large or smaller
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