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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Does the Death Ward spell prevent the side effect from the Nimbus of Pathos feature from the College of Tragedy bard?
The Nimbus of Pathos feature from the College of Tragedy bard states that after 1 minute the target immediately drops to 0 hit points and is dying. Does death ward prevent that?
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How does the Oath of the Crown paladin's Divine Allegiance feature interact with features that cause instadeath if the target's reduced to 0 HP?
Oath of the Crown paladins have the 7th-level feature Divine Allegiance (SCAG, p. 133). If someone within 5 feet of the paladin takes damage, Divine Allegiance lets the paladin use their reaction to ...
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Does the Wristpocket spell allow a bead from the Chronurgy wizard's Arcane Abeyance feature to last forever?
Normally, beads from the Chronurgy wizard's Arcane Abeyance feature disappear after an hour (Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 185):
When the duration ends, or if the bead is destroyed, it vanishes ...
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Versatile Performance, Demoralize, and -4
Versatile Performance states:
You can use Performance ... instead of Intimidation to Demoralize.
Demoralize states:
... [if] you're not using a language, you take a –4 circumstance penalty to the ...
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Do untyped penalties from the same source stack?
The Mesmerizing Tattoo for example applies penalties to an opponent when specific conditions are met, like using Hypnotic Stare on them or targeting (only) them with an Enchantment spell.
I know there ...
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How to justify Expertise? [closed]
Apologies - I am still stuck up with Bounded Accuracy and Expertise. As far as I understand from the answers about what it means to break bounded accuracy, from the related Q&As about how bonuses ...
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How to play the Totem of a Barbarian
I understand that the Totem gives the Barbarian some abilities during level progression. But I do not completely understand what exactly the Totem is. Let us say I have the Bear Totem
Do I have a ...
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Secret door and trap DCs in Tomb of Horrors vs Expertise [closed]
Normal skill checks
The standard DCs for skill checks, for example for discovering secret doors with Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Investigation) is given on page 238 DMG under Typical DCs:
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Creatures Considered Items?
So interesting question... creatures vs. items. What are the differences?
The Player Handbook (pg. 157) has some mounts listed as "items." This includes a pony, elephant, camel, etc.
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(Class) gets to repeat a check or save against being moved or knocked prone—how to word?
I’m working on a homebrew class that receives benefits for holding one position. These benefits end if they move 5 feet or more, or if they’re knocked prone. Since so much of the class revolves around ...
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Does 5e have any abilities that let you re-try a saving throw later?
For a homebrew project I’d like to add the ability to re-try a saving throw against some ongoing effect under certain conditions. This was a very-common sort of ability in 3.5e, but I can’t find any ...
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Does a Shove or a Grapple count as an "unarmed strike" for purposes of a Monk using a bonus action for a martial arts attack?
The Monk's Martial Arts ability says:
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
The Grapple and Shove ...
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Does the Fathomless Warlock's Tentacle of the Deeps occupy space?
Even if the feature itself doesn't describe the tentacle as being a creature, it does describe its size (A 10-foot long tentacle).
So would it occupy its space/a square and impede movement from foes?
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What spell attack modifier does Eldritch Cannon use when multiclassing another casting class?
The Artificer’s Eldritch Cannon features states, under Force Ballista:
Make a ranged spell attack, originating from the cannon, at one creature or object within 120 feet of it. On a hit, the target ...
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Is it "RAW-Legal" to combine TCE and SCAG Bladesingers?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything updated Bladesinger wizards (originally from Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide) in a few key ways. For one, it expanded the Extra Attack feature to allow casting a cantrip ...
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Can Silvery Barbs and Voice of Authority be used together?
When casting Silvery Barbs, could one apply the Order Domain class feature Voice of Authority to the second half of the spell?
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Are the changes from a Shifting Rune permanent, or do they revert if the rune is removed?
If I apply a Shifting Rune to a weapon, change the weapon into a different weapon type, and then remove the Shifting Rune, does it revert back to its original form?
Does this also apply to Champions ...
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Timing of Foe Slayer and Favored Foe (Tasha’s)
Favored Foe is used on hit, and works with Foe Slayer. Does the Ranger need to hit normally first, (without using Foe Slayer), and then on future attacks they can use Foe Slayer? Or, can the Ranger ...
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Can Gravity Well activate multiple times per cast of a spell?
Recently I've been looking at ways to make a forced movement character. This initially leads me to look at the warlock, specifically repelling blast. Repelling blast obviously works on each cast of ...
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Is the Arcane Archer's feature "Banishing Arrow" redundant for a Curse of Strahd character?
My understanding is that, per the "Alterations the Magic" section in Curse of Strahd: -
spells cast for the purpose of leaving Barovia simply fail, as do effects that banish a creature to ...
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Can Hunter's Horde Breaker be used for two attacks against the same (huge) target?
The Horde Breaker Ranger feature's descriptions clearly says:
you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is in within 5 feet of the original target
If you ...
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Are there any classes across the d20 systems with really good crafting abilities? [closed]
Long story short, my DM is giving us access to class abilities outside of D20 modern/future and D&D 3.5. Are there any other systems with futuristic tech crafting abilities that would mesh well ...
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Can I use Tool Expertise and Fire Rune both at the same time? [duplicate]
Tool Expertise At 6th level, your proficiency bonus is now doubled for any ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool. (Artificer)
Fire Rune This rune's magic channels the ...
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Can "minor conjuration" create a 50 ft rope?
As a DM I have just been asked this:
"Can a coiled rope count if it's in the 3 ft cube?"
Honestly I applaud the initiative, but I can't find a definitive answer.
I have looked and I cannot ...
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Do constructs like Steel Defenders require sleep?
While making a Battle Smith Rock Gnome, I came to a similar question to this one about the Steel Defender, but saw it in another light; Though it is a construct, there is nothing in the stat block or ...
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Can the SoulKnife Ability "Psychic Whispers" Use Other Senses to Communicate?
Well, at my table, one of my players asked me if the Psychic Whispers ability can be used to share images, smells or sounds telepathically, not only words, since other creatures with telepathic ...
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Does the Flame Blade spell count as a melee weapon that can be used with the paladin's Divine Smite feature?
With the release of the new Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, the revamped Fire Genasi trait "Reach to the Blaze" now allows the race access to the flame blade spell:
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Beastmaster. Timing of the fight. Command, attack action of the beast and bonus action
I am generally wondering if the beastmaster can use his bonus action before his companion attacks but after the action command is given. (PHB p93)
Why do I want to know this?
There is the feat "...
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Do bonuses to AC stack?
The Warforged get +1 to AC from their Integrated Protection feature.
The forge domain cleric can use the feature Blessing of the Forge to enchant their armor for another +1 to AC.
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Managing the Manifest Mind
We had our first session with an Order of Scribes wizard the other night, from Tasha's.
Where we left off in our session is that the OoS wizard sent the Mind ahead of the party and encountered what is ...
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Does the Rune Knight fighter's Giant’s Might feature affect the character's height?
The Rune Knight fighter gets the Giant's Might feature at 3rd level (TCoE, p. 45), which grants several benefits for 1 minute. One of these benefits causes you to become Large-sized.
Does the Giant's ...
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How does the Awakened Spellbook damage type replacement work, exactly?
At 2nd level, an Order of Scribes wizard gets the Awakened Spellbook feature, which includes this benefit:
When you cast a wizard spell with a spell slot, you can temporarily replace its damage type ...
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When creating a high level bard, or leveling up a bard without choosing a Magical Secret, can I pick a spell of any level I can cast?
The bard class feature Magical Secrets says:
By 10th level, you have plundered magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any classes, including this one. A spell ...
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Can I message from an extradimensional space? What is the distance?
The third-level party is currently in a stone tower; the floor we are on has a ladder leading up to a trapdoor in the ceiling, and we have reason to believe that the floor above us may be heavily ...
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Can a Paladin smite using an unarmed attack if they’re wearing Demon Armor?
Since Demon Armor turns the wearer’s unarmed strikes into magic weapons can a Paladin smite with their unarmed strikes while wearing it?
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How does Magical Inspiration interact with Magic Missile
If you hit a creature with multiple missiles (which occur simultaneously and therefor use only one damage roll by the simultaneous damage rule), would you add the bonus to the damage taken to the ...
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Can I change the cantrip I get from my Pact Boon with Eldritch Versatility?
I need to check with my GM first whether this is allowed but I'm considering retraining one of my fourth level Warlock's cantrips she learnt from her Pact of the Tome. Looking at the optional class ...
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Arcane Trickster Ranged Legerdemain and Magic Items
I am playing an Arcane Trickster, and my group is having a discussion about Ranged Legerdemain. According to the one of the other members of the group, because Mage Hand is a prerequisite for the ...
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Does a spell stored in a Shield Guardian retain maximum damage from Overchannel?
The party evoker has a Shield Guardian.
In the last session he hit 14th level and obtained Overchannel.
It is clear to me that if he used Overchannel when casting a spell on the Guardian, to be stored ...
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How can I double damage, other than path of the grave?
We're playing D&D 5e. I can't multiclass Grave cleric for roleplay reasons, so is there anything (feats, potions, other class features, spells, items, etc.) that has the same or similar effect as ...
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How does Totem Warrior Barbarian's Elk feature work in Chult?
Tomb of Annihilation says:
On the map of Chult, each hex measures 10 miles across. Characters moving at a normal pace can travel 1 hex per day on foot through coastal, jungle, mountain, swamp, or ...
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How many items can a level 14 College of Creation Bard make with a singular usage of Performance of Creation?
I originally thought this had a clear cut answer based on the first two sentences of Creative Crescendo, with 'at once' referring to the moment of using Performance of Creation.
When you use your ...
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Do the “Master Scrivener” and “Magic Item Adept” features stack?
Does the “Master Scrivener” feature from the Order of Scribes subclass stack with the “Magic Item Adept” feature from the Artificer class when determining the time and gold cost for crafting common ...
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Can you wait until a higher level to make a Magical Secrets selection?
I'm looking to build a an Eloquence Bard 17, Great Old One Warlock 3, Changling (Master of Disguise and Tongue)
If my character survives, and we play long enough, I believe I will get 4 Magical ...
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What happens if you use the Optional Class Feature 'Wild Companion' when you already have a Familiar already summoned from the spell?
I am mainly asking for the purpose of answering Is it possible to have two familiars? Noting that effects from the 'same' spell don't overlap.
The Wild Companion ability reads as:
You gain the ...
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Can a paladin stack Divine Smite, Thunderous Smite, and Wrathful Smite?
Is it possible to cast wrathful smite then on the next turn use Divine Smite and thunderous smite stacking with the effects of wrathful smite on the first attack?
If not, can I instead cast wrathful ...
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If a prone Echo Knight fighter makes a ranged attack from the echo's space, and the echo is not prone, would the attack be made without disadvantage?
The description of the Prone condition states, in part (PHB, p. 292; emphasis mine):
The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls.
The description of the Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo feature ...
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Which manual to follow when the same subtype has different rules in three different manuals? The case of perfect wight becoming incorporeal
Our rogue perfect wight uses the supernatural ability Incorporeal from the Epic Level Handbook (page 34).
She argues that she should only follow the rules written in the Epic Level Handbook for the ...
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If a College of Creation bard created 829 tons of iron on top of a guard shack, how much damage would it to do to people inside?
In D&D 5e, RAW states that fall damage is 1d6 per 10 feet fallen, both to the object and to what it falls on.
In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the College of Creation bard, at 3rd level, can ...
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Is damage from the spell Wall of Fire rolled once or rerolled each time? [duplicate]
I am playing an Artillerist Artificer, using an Arcane Firearm (5th level feature) which states:
When you cast an artificer spell through the firearm, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus to one of the ...
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