Questions tagged [conditions]
For questions about conditions suffered by a creature, typically negative and as a result of an enemy's actions during combat.
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Petrification at low levels
I was considering using a Medusa in my home game against a group of 4th-level characters. With a CR of 6, a Medusa is well within the proper XP range for such a group. However, I'm nervous about using ...
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How does extra movement interact with prone?
An example here being Instinctive Pounce introduced in Tasha's. The barbarian in question gets "you can move up to half your speed" for free when going into a rage.
How does this interact ...
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Ways to count as bloodied earlier [duplicate]
Are there any feats, items, even powers that will make it so that you count as bloodied being over 1/2 HP?
I ask because I have a couple of characters who have abilities that would be useful to have ...
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Does being stunned interrupt concentration?
Fairly simple question but I can't seem to find an answer to it. If a creature is concentrating on a spell and then becomes stunned, does their concentration on that spell end?
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How does Breath Weapon work while blind?
Blind characters have disadvantage on attack rolls, however breath weapon does not require the attacker to roll dice. Should I assume, then, that there is not penalty for attacking with a breath ...
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What are the implications of this very short stun ability?
In the process of homebrewing, I came up with this rough outline of an ability:
As an action on your turn, you can speak words of rebuke. Creatures [in the area] must make a Constitution saving throw ...
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What happens when a druid is wild shaped and then is petrified?
If a druid is wild shaped into an animal when they are hit by an effect that imposes the petrified condition, are they:
A. A petrified version of the animal they turned into.
B. A petrified version of ...
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What happens if a druid is wild shaped as an Earth elemental and gets turned into stone?
In a D&D 5th edition game I'm running the PCs fought against Gorgons. The druid was wild shaped into an earth elemental (moon druid). The druid got turned to stone by failing two saves in a row to ...
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Can a charmed Beast Master ranger's Primal Companion attack the charmer?
If a Beast Master ranger has a Primal Companion, and the ranger is charmed, can the charmed ranger instruct their Primal Companion to attack the charmer?
I ask this because the Primal Companion ...
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What happens when a Polymorphed creature who was mind-controlled reverts to its original form?
What would happen if a creature who was polymorphed was affected by, for example, a neogi's Enslave ability, when the spell ended? Would the creature no longer be enslaved, since both its mental ...
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Does GURPS have a slow effect, if no how to model it?
Recently I've started tinkering with a fantasy martial arts setting.
One of the inspirations was Jade Empire. or to be more precise, the styles found therein. While the martial, weapon and even magic(...
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Is it possible to trip a bulette? [duplicate]
Tripping and the prone condition, in general, are rather easy to manage. You are prone? Well your enemies have an advantage on their melee attack and a disadvantage on ranged attacks, plus, you can ...
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Healed while knocked out [duplicate]
Tonight at my party's session, I was being attacked by an army of angry island gladiators and I was knocked out - dropped to 0 HP with a non-lethal attack.
I have Devotee's Censer with me and I ...
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Would the Icy Prison spell work differently against incorporeal foes?
Would the Icy Prison spell work differently against incorporeal foes?
I'm asking because I haven't been able to find anything about it, but this sentence under the Incorporeal monster rule makes me ...
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How do asymmetric PC exhaustion levels affect the difficulty of an encounter?
As a DM, I have planned a medium encounter for my party of 5 characters.
Before this encounter, as a consequence of some non optimal choices, one of them suffers from 4 exhaustion levels, and there ...
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Spellcasting while Poisoned [closed]
So this question came up while working on magic items. The "poisoned" condition is used as a general catch-all for being/feeling sick, not just that you got a dose of poison (most of which ...
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How does the confused condition affect a creature with the minion trait?
Creatures with the minion trait (like animal companions or familiars) get 2 actions when their master uses an action to order them to act.
The confused condition causes the creature to attack wildly.
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What would a character affected by Feeblemind be capable of in 2e?
I've looked through this website for answers but most of the questions pertaining to the spell are for 5e, like this one, where the spell has gone through many generations of changes. It doesn't ...
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Are you considered the charmer when you cast Hypnotic Pattern?
Hypnotic pattern reads:
[...] On a failed save, the creature becomes charmed for the duration. While charmed by this spell, the creature is incapacitated and has a speed of 0. [...]
Unlike most ...
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If you are staggered during a full attack, can you still finish your attacks?
Someone making a full attack might become staggered partway through their attack chain - for example, a fighter with a BAB of +11 is going to make 3 attacks with a longbow. The first shot provokes an ...
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Does bleeding damage stack?
As an operative I have Bleeding Shot and make level bleeding damage if I hit.
My question: what happens if I do bleeding damage after I hit the first shot. Does the bleeding damage stack?
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Increasing chances of successful ranged attacks for a blind Ranger with blind fighting
I have a player who is playing a blind PC. She is a 3rd-level Ranger and she has chosen Blind Fighting as her fighting style, so she has blindsight of 10 ft. (TCE, p.41).
From what I gather from the ...
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Does the Invisibility spell cast on a construct also affect creatures inside it?
The party has gotten a (home-brewed) sentient Construct in its possession that acts like a vehicle for the party, carrying them inside of it. The question we stumbled into is:
What happens if a party-...
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If you as a player character get frightened and the caster dies, are you still frightened by the corpse?
Does the frightened Condition end when the monster you are afraid of dies?
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If I make a ranged attack at a paralyzed creature within 5 feet of me, do I have advantage on the roll?
If I cast guiding bolt at a paralyzed creature while standing within 5 feet of it (so it counts as a critical hit), do I have advantage on the roll?
The rule on "Ranged Attacks in Close Combat&...
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If an Echo Knight fighter makes an attack from their echo's space and hits a paralyzed enemy, is it automatically a critical hit?
The Manifest Echo feature lets the Echo Knight fighter create an echo, and attack from the echo's space (EGtW, p. 183):
When you take the Attack action on your turn, any attack you make with that ...
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Can a petrified wizard communicate telepathically with their familiar?
The wizard in my campaign has just been petrified after his first encounter with a cockatrice. He had his familiar 'out' at the time of his petrification.
I'm sure that the intent of the rules is that ...
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Frightened + clumsy
Is there any benefit of inflicting clumsy 1 on an enemy that is already frightened 1?
(assuming the durations are the same)
(note to answerers: both clumsy and frightened inflict status penalties, and ...
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If X dispels Y, what if X or Y is not a spell or spell-like effect?
As I understand the intent, one can't, for example, be hasted and slowed at the same time no matter what. It should just result in normal state. Same for other effects that dispel (and, usually, also ...
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Does a ghoul's claw attack need to hit for the target to be paralyzed?
I've been through an encounter that included something like 3 ghouls. While my character could evade most of the attacks because of the AC bonus (level 3 Path of the Beast barbarian, Tail ...
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Does the effect of a harpy's Luring Song continue even if the affected character stops being able to hear the song?
The description for the Luring Song action in the harpy's statblock (Monster Manual, page 181) reads:
Luring Song. The harpy sings a magical melody. Every humanoid and giant within 300 feet of the ...
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Does shoving a creature end the effect of the Hypnotic Pattern spell on them?
The Telekinetic Feat (TCoE, p81) says that:
As a bonus action, you can try to telekinetically shove one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. When you do so, the target must succeed on a ...
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Does the Fey Passage trait enable a (UA) Fairy character to escape restraints (the restrained condition)?
In UA 2021: Folk of the Feywild, the description of the Fairy race's Fey Passage trait says:
You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide.
And the basic rules provide the following rules ...
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Does a stunned creature roll Initiative with disadvantage?
Part of our group got stunned before Initiative was rolled:
Stunned
A stunned creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can’t move, and can speak only falteringly.
The creature automatically ...
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Does "Dying" mean being "Bloodied" at the same time, technically? [duplicate]
In D&D 4th Edition, one can only get to a state of Dying after getting Bloodied first.
If - for example - I have a Feat which gives me the ability A to do something as a Minor/Move/Standard action ...
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What happens to a petrified familiar?
A wizard's familiar was recently petrified by a magical item (similar effect to a medusa). The item's description states that only spells such as greater restoration or wish can reverse the effect.
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Are there any monsters that are deaf? Would it show up on stats blocks?
First time DM here.
I had an issue in a session recently, where my party fought a Gelatinous Cube, and the Bard decided that this monster must for sure be unable to hear, so it wouldn't make sense to ...
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Does resistance to a damage type prevent similarly named conditions from applying?
Creatures with resistances take half the damage from an attack of the type it is resistant to. But what happens if a condition is applied? For example, if someone with poison resistance gets poisoned ...
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How do aliens without the Medicine Skill stop the bleeding condition?
According to Starfinder's bleeding condition rules:
You take the listed amount of damage at the beginning of your turn each round until this condition ends. Your bleeding can be stopped with a ...
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Is the max HP reduction from the Diseased Giant Rat permanent?
The variant Diseased Giant Rat (MM pg. 327) has a feature that when it hits with an attack and the target fails a saving throw, they contract a disease. The text says
Until the disease is cured the ...
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Is Armor Class a difficulty class (DC)?
Frightened talks only about DCs:
[...] You take a status penalty equal to this value to all your checks and DCs [...]
Compare it to Clumsy:
[...] You take a status penalty equal to the condition ...
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Does Calm Emotions prevent you from becoming frightened/charmed for the whole duration after it was cast?
Calm Emotions reads :
[...] If a creature fails its saving throw, choose one of the following two effects.
You can suppress any effect causing a target to be charmed or frightened. When this spell ...
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When is the Saving Throw rolled for an Infernal Wound?
This came up in a game I was running yesterday.
Two devils (Bearded and Horned) in 5e have weapons that deliver "infernal wounds", which are basically bleed effects. The creatures can be ...
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Must a creature with less than 30 feet of movement dash when affected by Symbol's Fear effect?
The effect states:
Fear: Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and becomes Frightened for 1 minute on a failed save. While Frightened, the target drops whatever it is holding and must move at ...
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Is an unsuccessful attack on a creature under the effect of Charm Person "harmful" for purposes of ending the spell? [duplicate]
Consider the following elaborate scenario, which nevertheless actually occurred at our table.
Two PCs, Sophie Sorcerer and Roger Rogue, sneak into the hideout of hapless villain Tarley Target. While ...
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Should Greater Restoration work against Prismatic Spray's Indigo Ray?
My group is playing DnD 5e. We encountered an ancient blue dragon who cast Prismatic Spray at us. Our Ranger/Druid, who was in Air Elemental wildshape at the time, got struck by the Indigo Ray and ...
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What happens if a Sibriex targets the same creature with Warp Creature repeatedly?
The Sibriex monster, found in page 137 of Mordekainen's Tome of Foes has an ability called "Warp Creature". For convenience, here's the entire text of it: (emphasis mine)
The sibriex ...
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What is the penalty for fighting while blind?
What happens when an enemy is blinded and wants to fight? What penalty does the enemy get when he wants to attack?
Is the enemy flat footed?
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Can the frightened condition stack if it's caused by the same source?
Say Faendal the Fallen Aasimar Paladin uses his Necrotic Shroud racial ability (Charisma saving throw, an affected creature can repeat the saving throw on subsequent turns to end the effect), and a ...
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Can a prone, entangled character stand up? [duplicate]
This is a pretty straightforward question, but to stand up from being prone takes half your movement speed. When entangled, your speed is 0, so are you able to stand up without becoming un-entangled?
