Questions tagged [actions]
For questions involving the rules that apply to taking a certain action in a specified system.
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Do I have to attack to use Extra Attack?
Do I have to attack to use Extra Attack? Or can I do something different with my action on my turn and use this feature to attack?
So for example, say I use Dash, Disengage, or Cast a Spell; can I ...
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If I get access to a spell attack that's NOT part of a spell, can I use it when I take the Attack action?
Some creatures have entries in their stat block that are classified as 'melee spell attack', or 'ranged spell attack', without actually being tied to the casting of a spell. Some PC subclasses also ...
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Can you grow or change a feature on the same turn it’s added?
In the game Cozy Town, you pull a card on every turn from the appropriate deck and check it against the town oracle. The oracle then gives a choice of events for what happens in the town this week. ...
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Sheathing/unsheathing weapons to cast spells
My friend is playing as a cleric that uses a shield in combat. I am unsure of how the rules for sheathing/dropping weapons work. The way my friend is playing, he seems to be able to cast a spell and ...
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How should my Warlock player use their familiar during battles?
One of my players has a Warlock character and is using Pact of the Chain for their Pact Boon. They most often cast a pseudodragon as their familiar, but neither of us are sure about how they should be ...
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is it possible to use a net and shove in the same turn? [duplicate]
My PC has multiple attacks. I would like to know if it is possible to hit with a net (first attack) and then shove the opponent (second attack). Apparently using a net prevents to make a second attack;...
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Does making an ability check take an action?
The only ability checks that are listed as an action in the game are Dexterity (Stealth) when taking the Hide action, and Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Investigation) for the Search action. Do ...
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When does a Taunt action take effect during starship combat?
According to Starfinder's starship combat rules on the Captain's Taunt action:
You can use the communications system to broadcast a taunting message to the enemy vessel. You select an enemy vessel ...
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Does the mandatory piloting check at the beginning of a helm phase count as the pilot “acting” for the purposes of a Taunt action?
In starship combat, a successful Taunt captain action imposes penalties on opposing crew members for a period of 1d4 rounds if they "act" during the phase in which the Taunt occurs. To quote ...
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How many attacks can I make with the Sudden Charge feat?
Braun is a young Dwarf Barbarian. He uses the Sudden Charge feat to get to the Kobold:
With a quick sprint, you dash up to your foe and swing. Stride twice. If you end your movement within melee ...
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Does the Tasha's Mind Whip spell prevent bonus actions if you take away an action?
The description of the Tasha's mind whip spell states (TCoE, p. 115):
You psychically lash out at one creature you can see within range. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed ...
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Do named actions in monster statblocks use the Attack action?
This question is inspired by the following and stems from wondering whether the Steel Defender's "Force-Empowered Rend" action involves taking the Attack action:
Can a hasted steel defender ...
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Can a hasted steel defender benefit from its extra actions?
Haste provides an extra action that can be used to Attack (one weapon Attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or Use an Object.
In combat, the defender shares your initiative count, but it takes its ...
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What kind of action is it to put away a shield without dropping it?
I am currently playing a sword and board slayer how likes to switch his warhammer to two-handed or back in a pinch.
However, it is not clear to me how I can do this without dropping the shield. He is ...
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What's the deal with readying a swift action?
From Combat
Readying an action is a Standard Action
You can ready a Swift Action.
Interrupting someone with your readied action places your initiative just ahead of that person for the next round.
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What action does stowing a weapon require?
The rules used to be fairly clear on this point, but they seem to have been errata'd into a more ambiguous state on this matter. Currently there doesn't seem to be strict guidance as to what it takes ...
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How does Blink work versus a readied action in this PvP scenario?
Bit of an odd one but I want rulings for this scenario:
Yes this is PVP and it ended up been fun at the table, and no one was upset.
Playing a Level 7 College of Swords Bard with a Homebrew Magic ...
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What action do I need to fall prone
I am looking for information what action I have to use when I want to go prone like lay flat on the floor. I can as a swift action stand up from prone and want to duck behind a table stand up shoot ...
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Holding, Delaying, or Readying an Action? - Rules As Written [duplicate]
Please point or link me to any official rules (rules as written) on when a character can delay, hold or ready an action for later in a round, instead of going on their initiative.
What does a ...
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The Inquisitive rogue's Eye for Detail feature allows bonus-action Perception checks. Would that negate disadvantage on attacks when heavily obscured?
The Inquisitive rogue subclass allows Perception checks as a bonus action. Would that remove or affect disadvantage on attacks in a heavily obscured area during combat?
Let's say an Inquisitive rogue ...
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Would there be a problem to incorporate Pathfinder-2e's “Step” action in place of DND 5e's “Disengage” action?
Pathfinder's Step:
You carefully move 5 feet. Unlike most types of movement, Stepping doesn’t trigger reactions, such as Attacks of Opportunity, that can be triggered by move actions or upon leaving ...
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If a PC becomes stunned on their turn, do they lose the rest of their actions without losing any stunned value?
Page 622 of the Core Rulebook defines the Stunned condition:
You've become senseless. You can't act while stunned. Stunned usually includes a value, possibly over multiple turns, from being stunned. ...
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Does Strahd von Zarovich's Move legendary action trigger damage if he moves through an area of sunlight?
I read this Q&A about legendary actions not triggering effects from spells that happen at the beginning of the monster's turn. Since I'm playing in Curse of Strahd, I wondered:
Can Strahd von ...
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Does interaction with a magic necklace count as an action in combat?
I'm playing in Curse of Strahd module, and there is an item named the holy symbol of ravenkind.
This item hides behind the paladin’s shirt. When the paladin is in the a middle of the combat and has ...
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Does the Hover action provoke?
The Hover action has a Move trait so am I right in assuming this would provoke an attack of opportunity?
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Do ghosts have to hover?
I'm trying to figure out the rules around flying creatures - particularly those that only have fly speeds and if that means they effectively have 2 actions a round due to a required hover.
Looking at ...
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How can a rogue use Dash as a regular action, if actions and bonus actions aren't interchangeable?
I've found two chains of Twitter posts by Jeremy Crawford that I can't seem to make sense of.
According to a Crawford tweet from August 2018:
Actions and bonus actions aren't interchangeable.
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How does 'Standard Action Attacking' Work with the Big Cat animal companion?
I'm playing pathfinder with my friends as a hunter (ranged build) and I have an animal companion (the Big Cat animal companion archetype). We are currently level 5, and we started at level 4 and I am ...
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Would it be balanced to introduce an “Aim Action” that uses the same mechanics as True Strike?
There are few things in D&D 5E on which the consensus is as overwhelming as on the fact that True Strike is an extremely poor cantrip. As discussed in many places, the main problem is the action ...
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Can I use my “free object interaction” between the multiple attacks of my Attack action?
Say I'm a fighter and have the Extra Attack feature, which lets me make multiple attacks as part of a single action. Can I make one attack, interact with an object using the free interaction, then ...
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Can the Polearm Master bonus attack only be used after the main attack?
The first benefit of the Polearm Master feat says (PHB, p. 168):
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive,
halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a
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Can the Mage Hand cantrip be used to operate a Ballista?
DMG page 255-256 describes several siege weapons which are actually objects. The siege weapons require actions to load, aim, and fire them. For the ballista, for example, it says:
It takes one action ...
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Can I use the Illusionist's Bracers and the Twinned Spell metamagic to cast a twinned Booming Blade as both an action and a bonus action?
The description of the illusionist's bracers (GGR, page 178) says:
While wearing the bracers, whenever you cast a cantrip, you can use a bonus action on the same turn to cast that cantrip a second ...
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Does the Battle Smith artificer's Steel Defender get a full turn?
I know the Steel Defender uses your initiative and goes immediately after you. What I'm not sure about is what is can actually do on its turn.
Does a Steel Defender get a full turn?
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Can you use your free object interaction while restrained?
If a character is restrained, like being in the gullet of a froghemoth, and they attempt to pull out a different weapon, I assume they could drop what they were holding, but since their speed is zero, ...
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Can you draw and throw multiple daggers in a turn? [duplicate]
Say I can attack 3 times. I want to throw 3 daggers, but I haven't drawn any yet. Are my Action choices really "draw and throw 1 dagger" OR "draw 2 daggers"? You can't draw and ...
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When do moves end?
There are a lot of moves that have lingering effects. For the purpose of this question, let's take "ingrain" as an example. Ingrain states:
Ingrain applies a Coat to the user, which has the
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Is it possible to combine using heavy weapons and light weapons in this way as a monk?
I had the idea of a character with levels battle master 3 and Kensei 8.
I want to mainly use my greatsword to attack. However, I had the idea of using a dagger as a kensei weapon to benefit from the +...
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How many non-hostile creatures are affected by the Hobgoblin Captain's Leadership action?
Looking at the 5e MM, I'm not sure how many non-hostile creatures are affected by the Hobgoblin Captain's Leadership action - only one, or all of them within 30'?
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Can a Tentacle Rod be used with Extra Attack?
In a recent game our monk used a Tentacle Rod to attack three times (per its normal use), then used his Extra Attack to attack three more times, then used his bonus action to deliver an unarmed strike....
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Do lair actions occur when the monster isn't in the lair?
This may be up to the DM, but if the monster that normally lives in the lair is alive, does it need to be in its lair for the lair actions to manifest?
Or is the lair independent of the monster until ...
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If I start a performance as part of the the Countercharm feature, are my actions restricted on my next turn?
Bards gain the Countercharm feature at 6th level (emphasis added):
As an action, you can start a performance that lasts until the end of your next turn. During that time, you and any friendly ...
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How should this murder committed by a PC be resolved?
I have a female fighter (level 3) just starting a personal quest to find her 'missing' twin sister.
For the whole game to evolve it has to start with her openly committing murder in a crowded Tavern.
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Does a Turned creature have to take the Dash action?
A Turned creature (via a Cleric's Turn Undead or an Oath of the Ancients Paladin's Turn the Faithless) must
spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can... For its action, it can use ...
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Can I use the additional action from the Haste spell to break free of an Assassin Vine or similar things?
The description of the haste spell states, in part:
Choose a willing creature that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, [...] it gains an additional action on each of its turns. That ...
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Does a target affected by the Compulsion spell have to take the Dash action?
The description of the compulsion spell states:
[...] Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your turns to designate a direction that is horizontal to you.
Each affected target ...
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Is it possible for a rogue to get a second action/bonus action?
I know all characters get one action and one bonus action, but say I want to use misty step (via the Eladrin's Fey Step racial feature) and follow through with my dual swords. I know that misty step ...
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Can I make an attack as my action, and cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action as my bonus action?
I am playing a rogue who chose the archetype Arcane Trickster, which means I can cast spells.
Can I make a normal-range or close-range attack for my main action, and as a bonus action cast a spell ...
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Why can't you use a bonus action in place of an action? [duplicate]
It's pretty well established that you can't use a bonus action (spell or otherwise) as your action on your turn. See here and here for those questions. But I still don't really understand, why are the ...
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Using Extra Attack feature with two-handed weapon and additional thrown weapon
As the title states, I have a question about how the rules handle using the Extra Attack class feature to make two separate attacks with a two-handed weapon and a thrown weapon.
PHB Errata. Two-...
