Questions tagged [class-feature]
For questions that are centrally about class features, powers or properties that are exclusive to a given class, such as the Cleric's ability to Turn Undead in D&D. (See also: the [alternate-class-feature] tag.)
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Can you multiclass the same class twice for different class features?
The way that 5e works, each class has a sub class that dictates a heap of class features. The question here is generally, can a character of a specific class take levels in that same class in order to ...
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Does Bard's Jack of All Trades grant them greater initiative?
Bards get the ability "Jack of All Trades" which reads:
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency
bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include ...
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How do I kill a 20th level raging Zealot Barbarian?
At 20th level, the Path of the Zealot barbarian (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 11) can rage indefinitely by virtue of starting a new rage just prior to their initial rage ending. This is ...
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Does casting a spell from an item allow you to apply class abilities that are used when casting a spell?
This question is updated to request additional answers and details in light of information now available in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
In the released DM basic rules, Lost Mine of Phandelver, Hoard ...
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Are features that allow −5 to attack to get +10 to damage mathematically sound?
Some class features, monster traits, and feats allow you to take a −5 to your attack roll in order to gain a +10 to your damage roll. At first glance this looks really good, but when will it deal more ...
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How does the Divination wizard's Portent feature interact with Advantage and Disadvantage?
The School of Divination wizard's Portent feature says, in part (Player's Handbook, page 116):
You can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can ...
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Can a Hexblade kill a party member, raise their spectre, use it for under 1 minute and then have the cleric revivify?
Situation: I am playing a Hexblade Warlock. With the willing participation of another party member, my character slays the party member. Having killed a character, the hexblade can cause their spirit ...
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Can a Lore bard's Cutting Words feature cancel a critical hit?
The Lore bard's Cutting Words feature says (PHB, p. 54; emphasis mine):
When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, [...] you can use your reaction to expend one of ...
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Does Evasion allow half damage even when unconscious?
Evasion is a class feature gained by Rogues and Monks at level 7:
At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a blue dragon’s lightning ...
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Can a monk, falling with an enemy they have grappled, use their slow fall ability to reduce their falling damage and not that of the enemy?
This came up as a controversial topic at my table with a player creating a Zangief playstyle.
The player uses an aarakocra monk that flies up with a grappled enemy, then ends his movement to fall to ...
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Can a 6th-level Totem Warrior barbarian (Eagle totem) with the Observant feat read the lips of a creature a mile away?
A level 6 Path of the Totem Warrior barbarian (PHB, p. 50) can choose the Eagle totem, which states:
You gain the eyesight of an eagle. You can see up to 1 mile away with no difficulty, able to ...
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Can a polymorphed creature use class features that don't require speech or hand gestures?
The Polymorph spell states (in part):
The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are
replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast. It retains its
alignment and personality....
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If I have both advantage and disadvantage, and my target has the Elusive rogue class feature, do I have disadvantage on the attack?
At level 18, Rogues get the Elusive class feature, which says:
No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren’t incapacitated.
However, if you have both advantage and disadvantage, they ...
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How does the Evocation wizard's Empowered Evocation feature work with the Magic Missile spell?
The Evocation wizard's Empowered Evocation feature (PHB 177) reads:
Beginning at 10th level, you can add your Intelligence modifier to the damage roll of any wizard evocation spell you cast
I have ...
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Do you "gain" your 1st level?
Assume a Divine Soul Sorcerer. The spellcasting feature of the class states (highlight mine):
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the sorcerer spells you know and ...
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How can I give a Ranger advantage on a check due to Favored Enemy without spoiling the story for the player?
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I am the DM for a group who have just entered a town that was attacked by cloud giants a few days before their arrival. The players and characters don't know this though, so part of the ...
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Can a Legendary monster ignore a Divination wizard's Portent feature and choose to pass the save anyway?
If a School of Divination wizard uses the Portent feature on a legendary monster to assign it a failing saving throw, can the legendary monster use their legendary resistance to choose to pass the ...
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Do you get to use the additional attack from the Extra Attack feature as well when you Ready an Attack action?
Do you get to use the additional attack from the Extra Attack feature as well when you Ready an Attack action?
One of my players, a monk, decided to Ready an action as an earth elemental was about to ...
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Does a fighter's Action Surge trigger Extra Attack?
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A player in my game will play a fighter with a greatsword. At 5th level he has Extra Attack and the option to use Action Surge. PHB p.72 states:
Action Surge. Starting at 2nd level, you ...
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Can a player choose to add detail and flavor to their character's spells and abilities?
I'm not really sure how to word this so I'll detail the situation and hopefully I can not only get an answer but a name for this situation.
I was in a game with a regular group doing a one shot as ...
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Can a Sorcerer use Sorcery Points to create spell slots higher than he can cast?
At level 6, a Sorcerer may have a maximum of 6 Sorcery Points. This is enough to create a level 4 spell slot. Would the Sorcerer be able to create a level 4 spell slot, even though he only knows level ...
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Is Bard level 20 utterly worthless, mechanically?
Bard's level 20 "capstone" ability:
Superior Inspiration
At 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Bardic Inspiration left, you regain one use.
It seems quite possible ...
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Can a Monk "turn off" the Tongue of the Sun and Moon feature?
The description of the monk's Tongue of the Sun and Moon feature states:
Starting at 13th level, you learn to touch the ki of other minds so
that you understand all spoken languages. Moreover, ...
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Which uses of Bonus-Action spellcasting are legal?
Looking at other questions about casting spells as a bonus action has left me trying to keep a lot of information in my head about whether a given combination of spells is legal according to the ...
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Does unlimited Wild Shape make Circle of the Moon archdruids virtually unkillable?
Page 67 of the PHB states that druids gain all the hit points of whatever creature they become when using Wild Shape, and when that shape drops to 0hp, only the excess damage carries over to the druid'...
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Do monks know when they are charmed?
A Monk with the Stillness of Mind feature can use their action to end one effect on themselves which is causing them to be charmed or frightened.
By virtue of having this ability, does the Monk know ...
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What is the point of the Totem Warrior Barbarian's Wolf aspect to track while moving fast?
On PHB p. 50, the Totem Warrior Barbarian's Wolf totem for the 6th-level Aspect of the Beast feature grants the following benefit:
You gain the hunting sensibilities of a wolf. You can track other ...
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Is an attack made with an unheld Dancing Sword considered made by the character or by the sword itself?
A Dancing Sword can be launched by its controller to make melee attacks at range:
You can use a bonus action to toss this magic sword into the air and speak the command word. When you do so, the ...
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Do removed parts of a Druid's Wild Shape form persist after said Druid exits Wild Shape?
A player wanted to use Wild Shape as an unlimited supply of feathers for our ranger to make his own arrows with and it sparked a discussion on whether or not parts of a Druid that are removed from ...
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Can Thieves' Cant be used across languages?
In this question, it is established that Thieves' Cant is more of an encoding system built on top of a language than a language in its own right.
According to the Basic Rules, Thieves' Cant is:
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Dueling Portents
I have a player with a Divination School Wizard. He has used his Portent ability upon the Big Bad several times to great effect. My Big Bad is a smart person however, and is seeking to hire a rival ...
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How many copper coins fit inside a cubic foot?
I have a Wizard who is level 5, currently running in a pirate campaign (homebrew), and I thought about some scams I could pull to earn the ship some extra coinage whenever we touched port to resupply ...
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Does Phoenix Spark overcome Disintegrate?
The Phoenix sorcerer (from Unearthed Arcana: Sorcerer) gains the Phoenix Spark feature at 6th level, part of which states:
If you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to draw on ...
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Can a level 1 Ranger cast spells from Ranger spell scrolls?
From what I know, you can use a Spell Scroll if the spell is on your class's list.
Rangers gain the Spellcasting feature at second level (getting spell slots to cast 1st-level spells at that point), ...
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How does Mage Armor interact with Unarmored Defense?
If a character with the Unarmoured Defence class feature casts Mage Armour, what is their AC? Do they choose which 'base' AC they take, or do they stack somehow? Is there rules text that explains ...
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What does "can't become lost" mean?
The Natural Explorer trait from the UA Revised Ranger provides the following benefit (among others) when traveling for an hour or more:
Your group can't become lost except by magical means.
The ...
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How do monks with Timeless Body die of old age?
5th Edition is deliberately vague about aging so as to avoid RAW pitfalls but in certain areas such as Timeless Body there seems to be an inherent contradiction: Monks cease to age and no longer ...
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Does the Thief rogue's Use Magic Device feature let them attune to items that require attunement by a spellcaster?
The Thief rogue's Use Magic Device feature says:
By 13th level, you have learned enough about the workings of magic that you can improvise the use of items even when they are not intended for you. ...
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Can a Paladin sense a Tiefling?
With respect to the Paladin's ability "Divine Sense" ability in 5th edition, would it be possible to argue that they could sense a Tiefling due to their infernal heritage? Both RAW and RAI points are ...
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Does an Action Surge grant a second bonus action?
We were trying to understand how the "Action Surge" rule works, and after some discussion we came to a standstill.
Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a ...
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Does a Paladin's Aura of Protection Affect Allies' Death Saving Throws?
In D&D 5e, the Paladin feature Aura of Protection allows allies within 10 feet of you to add your charisma modifier as a bonus to their saving throws, as long as you are conscious.
Certainly this ...
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When the Shocking Grasp cantrip hits, can it trigger the Tempest cleric's Wrath of the Storm reaction?
The Tempest Domain cleric's Wrath of the Storm feature description says (PHB, p. 62):
When a creature within 5 feet of you that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to ...
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Does using versatile weapons with 2 hands disqualify them as Monk weapons?
When using either the quarterstaff or spear as a Monk weapon, do you still gain the unarmed bonus action from Martial Arts if using 2 hands(1d8)?
On pg.78 of the PHB under Martial Arts it states ...
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What is a Centaur Thief's climbing speed?
The Thief archetype Rogue's Second-Story Work (PHB, p. 97) feature states:
[...] you gain the ability to climb faster than normal; climbing no longer costs you extra movement.
However, the ...
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When using the evocation wizard's Sculpt Spells, can you protect fewer creatures than the maximum you are allowed?
The Evocation Wizard's Sculpt Spell ability allows the wizard to protect some creatures from their own evocation spells:
When you cast an Evocation spell that affects other creatures that you can see,...
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Can a warlock use Pact of the Blade to restructure a magical pact weapon into a different form?
I don't have the exact text, but I'm going to be running a Fey Warlock for an upcoming campaign. I remember this for Pact of the Blade at level 3: You may create your pact weapon in any form you wish, ...
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Does a humanoid possessed by a ghost register as undead to a paladin's Divine Sense?
A Ghost (MM, p. 147) can possess a humanoid as per their Possession action:
Possession (Recharge 6). One humanoid that the ghost can see within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving ...
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Can a Ranger select two humanoid races as their favored enemies at 6th and 14th levels?
In D&D 5e, the Ranger can choose at first level to have a Favored Enemy of a single broad type (i.e. fiends, giants, aberrations, etc.) or of two different specific humanoids (such as orcs and ...
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What is the purpose of the Evocation wizard's Sculpt Spells feature?
The School of Evocation wizard's 2nd-level Sculpt Spells feature says:
The chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they would ...
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Can "Minor Conjuration" create a physical key?
I'm creating a campaign which one of the quest requires the party to obtain a key (ordinary, not magical) to a room. One of my PCs is a Wizard that specializes in Conjuration.
I'm considering whether ...
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