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My players want extra effects from their attacks. What should I do?
I'm DMing for a group of 4 players, that are currently at level 3. Two of them have played a fair bit of 5e before, and two of them are new. I'm also new to DMing, though generally familiar with the ...
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Are there any spells that can damage a creature in another creatures stomach?
Under Casting a Spell > targets there is the following section:
A Clear Path to the Target
To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an ...
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Are these Called Shot rules balanced? [closed]
I am DM a campaign in DnD 5e, where the players have expressed a desire to be able to do Called Shots. I am not resistant to this idea, but what I do not want is for the Called Shots to be so useful ...
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How to flavor my narration of a fight in a creatively plausible way without affecting mechanics?
I'm DMing a recently-started campaign with 5 new players. They are completely new to RPGs and roleplay.
In a combat, they often phrased their attacks in ways such as "I aim at the eyes in order to ...
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My players want to use called-shots on Strahd
Possible spoilers for the D&D 5E adventure Curse of Strahd:
So last week my players encountered Strahd at level 3. My intention with this is to teach the players to think before spending their ...
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Can I attack an object that is being worn or carried by a creature during combat?
Some enemies depend heavily on an object they wear or carry to be an effective combatant and so it may be advantageous to attack and destroy the object first, but I can't tell whether this is allowed.
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Can a zombie survive headless?
Zombies in popular fiction are sometimes able to survive without a head. Can a zombie in D&D do the same?
This is relevant for an effect like the vorpal sword's, which says:
When you attack a ...
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Are there any rules for neck stabs/bleeding out?
I was a little caught off-guard during the most recent 5e session in a campaign I run, so I was hoping to get some input here. One of the players snuck up on a villainous NPC and stabbed them in the ...
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Would treating critical hits as "called shots" have unintended consequences?
While running a session, I found that some of the players would like to "call shots".
Now while I don't want to allow "crit on desire" by always aiming for the head/eyes/etc., I was thinking about ...
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Would crushing an NPC's testicle, as part of torture, reduce its hit points?
In this case, the crushing was done via a foot on the NPC's testicles, at first without pressure. When he continued to refuse us key information we gradually applied pressure until his testicle was ...
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Can you reckless attack and choose to hit a limb?
I'm a DM playing D&D 5e and have a barbarian in my game. He is using the usual advantage on attack with reckless attack. But then he says he chooses to "hit a limb" like a headshot which, he says, ...
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How should I handle players wanting to aim their attacks at specific body parts?
My players have been asking to improvise specific combat actions, mostly the archer wanting to aim at specific body parts. I haven't been able to find anything in the DMG or the PHB on the subject so ...
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