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Fall damage from being dropped by a Large creature
Simple question this time. Or maybe not.
If I am a Large creature, i.e. over 10 feet tall, I am going to grapple someone and (assuming I succeed) pick them up. If I hold them up to the level of my ...
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Is there anything in this grapple and run-jump-fall-stand-repeat strategy that does not work?
The Athlete feat (PHB, p. 165) gives the following benefits:
Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
When you are prone, standing up uses only 5 feet of your ...
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Do you take falling damage if falling from 20 feet or less while grappled by someone affected by the Cat's Grace option of the Enhance Ability spell?
Here are the rules on falling:
At the end of a fall, a creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it fell, to a maximum of 20d6. The creature lands prone, unless it avoids taking ...
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Can I grapple an enemy, then jump with them and land on them to do crushing damage outside of falling damage?
I’m making a grappler who can jump 8 feet normally, and therefore with the jump spell they can jump 24 ft.
What would happen if I were to grapple a creature, then jump with them and land on them?
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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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Is it possible to make multiple grapple attempts while falling?
Situation: A PC with Extra Attack is standing on a raised platform. Below and slightly to the side is a Wizard NPC floating mid-air under the effects of Fly.
The PC wants to (on their turn) jump off ...
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What Are The Minimum Stats To Cause Fall Damage When Grappling Plus Jumping?
I came across an interesting guide to combat grapplers. At the second-to-last paragraph, it says this:
This particular build is just an introduction to all the other terrible things you can do to ...
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