Questions tagged [falling]
For questions about mechanics for physically falling over a vertical distance (and directly related issues) in a given RPG system.
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What happens to a flying creature when it is caught in an anchored Web spell?
Suppose I cast web so it is anchored by two trees. A flying creature without hover starts its turn in the web.
According to the description of web:
You conjure a mass of thick, sticky webbing at a ...
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Wavejumping: Newly Discovered Move Tech for Martials?
Was wondering how reasonable this ruling is RAW (RAI this was almost certainly not the intention but hey martials take what they can get). Ruling assume you're using Falling onto a Creature Rules ...
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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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Does a climbing creature fall when affected by Hideous Laughter?
A creature is climbing on a wall, and fails a save against hideous laughter. The spell states:
A creature of your choice that you can see within range perceives everything as hilariously funny and ...
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Going prone whilst climbing [duplicate]
Recently I was running a game and my players were in a fight with a Young Red Dragon that was climbing a wall. One of my players was able to inflict the prone condition on it. We then had the ...
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Tsunami spell cast in the air
Let's suppose a spellcaster casts the Tsunami spell 100 feet above the ground. The spell description says that it originates at a point in range (sight) and does not say that it needs to be supported....
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Falling on Multiple Creatures Simultaneously
What is the RAW method of resolving situations where large or larger creatures fall on multiple creatures at once when splitting the damage? I have been just splitting the damage among all involved ...
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Do you take falling damage after a high jump of over 10 feet?
I have a multiclass Monk / Druid (2 levels of monk). He cast jump on himself, wild shaped into a brown bear, activated step of the wind, then took a high jump with a height of 42':
High Jump
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Falling onto a Creature vs Moving Around Other Creatures Rules
So I was looking into the 'moving around other creatures' section in the PHB and found this
You can move through a nonhostile creature's space. In contrast, you can move through a hostile creature's ...
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Does being lifted 10 feet into the air and then dropped count as "moving into or within the area" of Spike Growth?
Let's say that an enemy creature is standing in the center of the area of effect of the Spike Growth spell, which states:
The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and ...
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Can I hurt myself with a high jump?
If through the use of a athletics skill feat, gadget, or a magical item that I jump more than 5 feet vertically. Do I take fall damage landing?
I haven't been able to find any rules that say you ...
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Is there no way to have a single casting of the Feather Fall spell affect a whole group of people who decide to jump off a cliff during combat?
I couldn't find an answer to this in my reading of the source books nor on Stack Exchange.
My players were engaged in an encounter in which enemies were able to manipulate air to "gust" them ...
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If a flying dragon drops you 100ft, can you use misty step to avoid the fall damage? [duplicate]
So to clarify I know in Xanathars fall damage happens immediately, but does it happen on your turn or in this case the dragons turn when it drops you? And to follow up could a player use misty step ...
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Can my Order of Scribes wizard gnome with the Mark of Scribing cast Silence to survive her 120 ft fall?
If I can cast silence on the ground below me before falling, with the thunder damage immunity replaced with bludgeoning, and we land from the fall inside the sphere of silence, do my party and I take ...
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Galder's Tower Kinetic Weapon
Assuming you could find a stable position in the air, like on a flying mount, a tall ladder, etc. Could you cast Galder's Tower, summoning a 2 plus story stone structure high up in the air. So that it ...
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Plane shifter Hole of Oblivion (patent pending)
A Warlock who takes the Planeshifter paragon path can use an ability at level 12 called Quick Portal. At 15, that same Warlock could learn Create Teleportation Circle and say create a teleportation ...
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Do characters suffer fall damage in the Astral Plane?
My character has a Robe of Stars. Our party is currently fighting an Adult Blue Dragon and the DM has a propensity to grab PCs and fly them to 120 ft in the air and drop them. If my character uses ...
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RAW, can I counter the prone condition by falling 5 feet?
It seems like there are several ways to counter the prone condition.
Uncontroversially, a creature may spend half of it's movement to stand
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Does falling count as part of my movement? [duplicate]
I'm new to D&D. I've read certain answers to questions similar to mine, but I wish further clarification.
If I, as a Winged Tiefling, fall onto an opponent as part of an attack, does the distance ...
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What are all the rules that refer to the rate of falling?
I've been trying to figure out a consistent metric for gravity but am having trouble gathering the necessary information. I've identified two rules that are relevant:
Long range weapon attack ...
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Can Scorn Earth be used to prevent falling damage?
Can you use Scorn Earth to avoid falling damage since you never actually hit the ground?
Scorn Earth (Su) At 1st level, an elocater’s feet lift from the
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Does deliberately falling cost movement?
If you willingly fall on your turn does it cost movement?
As a DM I'm thinking about how to handle things such as creatures who are immune to being prone, diving into the water from a height, or a ...
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If Tasha's Mind Whip prevents a flying creature from moving, does the creature fall?
A flying creature that doesn't hover and can't move must fall:
If a flying creature is knocked prone, has its speed reduced to 0, or is otherwise deprived of the ability to move, the creature falls, ...
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Fly speed to fall downward
If someone has a fly speed of 60 feet and moves 60 feet downward and then chooses to stop flying, they would descend another 500 feet totalling 560 feet in a single round. Is this correct ...
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Climbing Movement (stay in place)
A creature making use of climbing movement, on a suitable surface, when interrupting its movement during climbing, can it act freely by remaining in the place where it is? Is it necessary to spend an ...
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If a character falls off a flying mount (e.g. a pegasus), can the mount fly down to catch them before they hit the ground?
Say a paladin is riding on a pegasus mount from the find greater steed spell (XGtE, p. 156). The pegasus is flying 100 feet in the air, but something or someone knocks the paladin off.
Can the Pegasus ...
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Can a flying character choose to fall, and then use a reaction to stop falling before hitting the ground?
As a flying character there are a few scenarios that I'd like to know are valid/RAW, invalid, or up to the DM.
Assume in these scenarios that all characters fall at 1000ft/round (this is not up for ...
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Is a fly-by of a ship possible in the astral sea with enough INT
The way ships work in the astral sea is they have an air bubble with a gravity plane. In the astral sea you move with INT. If I enter the air bubble with enough speed, could I feasibly carpet bomb the ...
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Do you take fall damage while inside Otiluke's Resilient Sphere?
If a creature inside Otiluke's Resilient Sphere falls do they still take fall damage?
(As an aside I'm assuming that the sphere can and will fall because it does in fact have weight per this Q&A)
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When are the monk's Slow Fall feature and similar features applied if I use the optional rule for falling onto another creature? [duplicate]
The monk's Slow Fall feature description states:
Beginning at 4th level, you can use your reaction when you fall to
reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times
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Using the optional rule on falling onto a creature, is the fall damage divided between creatures before or after damage resistance/reduction?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 170) offers the following optional rule on falling onto a creature:
If a creature falls into the space of a second creature and neither of them is Tiny, the second ...
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How long do you fall at the end of your turn?
Related to this question: How far do you fall per turn?
My friend wants to use the barbarians eagle ability to fly up so high that he would not hit the ground before the end of his turn. Now, Mike ...
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How do I make sure that I'm falling alongside someone who unintentionally falls during combat?
Reflecting on the old and new (due to new rules in Xanathar's...) answers here about the distance someone falls, I'm trying to brainstorm how to make sure I fall alongside someone else during combat ...
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Does a barbarian's danger sense work for saves against falling?
I need some clarification on what the limits of the 'danger sense' feature of the barbarian class are. My group recently ran into a scenario where they were participating in a race while riding giant ...
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What happens when a creature falls on another creature?
If I successfully teleport a creature 4 square above another creature, and it falls, what happens? Is damage done to one or both?
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Will a dragon fall if it drops prone in flight?
If a dragon decides to drop prone while flying, will it fall?
To meet the minimum character requirements, here are the rules for Prone and Flying Movement:
Combatants often find themselves lying on ...
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Could a Simic Hybrid Echo Knight stay aloft as long as desired?
So I was reading over the Simic Hybrid's possible adaptations and noticed Manta Glide:
You have ray-like fins that you can use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and aren'...
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Does the Simic Hybrid's Manta Glide let them glide after a high jump to double their movement and avoid opportunity attacks?
The Simic Hybrid's Manta Glide feature (GGR p. 20) does the following:
You have ray-like fins that you can use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and aren't incapacitated,...
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How does the simic hybrid's Manta Glide racial trait work during combat?
Consider a Simic Hybrid with the Manta Glide trait:
You have ray-like fins that you can use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and aren't incapacitated, you can ...
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How might the weight of a falling object affect the damage it causes?
Fall damage is 1d6 per 10 feet. What adjustments if any should I make for objects falling on a player character? (e.g. a bear)
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If a Gelatinous Cube takes up the entire space of a pit trap, what happens when a creature falls in but succeeds on the saving throw against Engulf?
A player character falls into a 10-foot × 10-foot concealed pit trap, which is 20 feet deep. At the bottom of this pit is a gelatinous cube, which occupies all of the bottom 10 × 10 × 10 (width × ...
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Can a flying creature avoid falling damage by flying just before impact?
Say a creature with a flight speed starts their turn 500 feet above the ground. They then stop flying and plummet towards the ground. 5 feet before impact they use 5 feet of their flight movement to ...
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Descending with a Fly Spell
A wizard flies very high over the battlefield using his Fly spell. But he wants to quickly descend and join the fight.
Does he have to descend at 60'/round?
Or during the ten-minute duration, can he ...
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Jumping from a height
Are there any rules (or JC tweets) about how jumping from a height works?
I know about the rules for, e.g. long Jump, but those assume that the thing I'm jumping to is on the same level as me.
Suppose ...
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Can a character with wings stop another character's fall?
If say, an Aasimar and human fall off a cliff and the Aasimar uses Radiant Soul, could they then attempt to at least slow the human's fall?
I was thinking that they would fall at half the speed, and ...
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Would a winged Aasimar fall if it could not flap its wings?
I have a player who has an Aasimar character. My player argues that the book does not state the Aasimar has to flap its wings, and instead can hover because the wings don't use concentration. This ...
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How does Simic Hybrid's Manta Glide work?
Simic Hybrid's Manta Glide (GGR p. 20) states the following:
You have ray-like fins that you can use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and aren't incapacitated, you can ...
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Can Death Ward save you from death due to damage from falling?
I am curious about ways of using Death Ward and wondered what happens if you cast Death Ward on yourself and then throw yourself off a great height.
For example, would it be possible to cast Death ...
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Can I use the Conjure Animals spell to drop cows on targets in order to deal damage to the targets?
Can cows that I conjure using the conjure animals spell fall onto targets, thereby dealing damage?
The feys summoned by conjure animals take the shape of a beast (a cow, in this case). But since the ...
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If a creature is dropped on a monster, how much damage does each of them take?
If a character who was under the effect of a growth potion (double their height and eight times their weight) and weighed 2,400 lbs. was able to use Dimension Door to teleport 400 feet or more into ...
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