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For 5e, ranged weapon attacks are associated with a normal range and a long range distance. For a flying attacker, how does attacking downwards affect that range?
Say a flying PC with a handaxe was ...
An old enough dragon can learn spells that grant flight with improved maneuverability. There are the Wings of Air and Wings of Air, Greater spells (cannot link as they are not OGL). That can get a ...
Icewind Dale is a nasty place, where blizzards frequently turn the frozen wastes into an untraversable nightmare. One of the rules for blizzards included in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden makes ...
The levitate spell targets:
One creature or loose object of your choice that you can see within range \$[\dots]\$ that weighs up to 500 pounds.
If you're airborne from casting levitate on yourself, ...
Would it be possible to create a spoke like (think old cart wheels) structure with a 21 foot radius with a small chamber in the middle for a floating disk, that will hold itself together and is light ...
The feat says that "the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + the ability modifier of the score increased by this feat) or be moved 5 feet toward or away ...
According to the updated info in Tasha's:
As a bonus action while the book is on your person, you can cause the mind to manifest as a Tiny spectral object, hovering in an unoccupied space of your ...
The spell wall of stone allows those that might be trapped by it a chance to escape during the action in which it is 'springing into existence'.
If a creature would be surrounded on all sides by the ...
Are there any specific rules for enemies spotting flying characters? Or does anyone have any house rules they've used which have worked well?
One of my players has an aarakocra ranger, and he ...
First example: A half-dragon astral deva. Astral devas normally have wings, but they're Medium, and the Half-Dragon template states that Medium half-dragons don't have wings. Does the Astral deva lose ...
Assuming there is no magic holding it aloft and it doesn't have the ability to hover, when a flying creature is knocked prone, it falls.
What happens if the creature was flying over a body of water? ...
I'm trying to figure out the rules around flying creatures - particularly those that only have fly speeds and if that means they effectively have 2 actions a round due to a required hover.
Looking at ...
A dragon flies at 4000 feet of altitude and needs to get to ground level as fast as possible.
With a double-move and a fly speed of 200, it can only move 400 feet per round.
But, can it choose to stop ...
In a recent session a character who was under the influence of a Potion of Flying was turned into an ant by a hostile spellcaster. The DM rules that even though the potion's effect persisted and gave ...
I'm planning a combat situation with a dragon and trying to understand what happens if the dragon grabs and attempts to drop players from height.
So far this is how I'm thinking about ruling it:
The ...
So I am a new DM and I am running a campaign in Curse of Strahd. I have a PC that is doing a long range build and has picked the Aarakocra race and I want to build encounters that will threaten him as ...
The new “Mythical Odysseus of Theros” book contains a magic item called the Flying Chariot:
The chariot’s riders and creatures pulling the chariot gain a +1 bonus to their AC.
If this magic ...
Say that for whatever reason, a martial character can't use any projectile (sling, bow, etc.) or thrown (javelin, bloodstorm blade's Throw Anything, etc.) weapons.
The whole region is also covered in ...
I will soon run the Underworld Speculation adventure with my group of players. Two of their characters have flying familiars (an owl and a pseudodragon).
Is there something in the rules that states ...
I’m making an Aarakocra fighter and I was curious about how combat works while flying. My character has dual Morningstars and a longbow; I was wondering if both weapons were functional midair. The ...
The description of the aarakocra includes a section called Sky Wardens containing interesting sentences such as:
They can spend hours in the air, and some go as long as days, locking their wings in ...
I've worded the question in two ways, before and after context, both bolded text below.
Let's say you have some fly speed with average maneuverability. Speed is not important. You have a minimum ...
Imagine there is an Aarakocra PC who has an Adventurer’s Pack for starter equipment. It includes a backpack to store all the character’s stuff.
Also Aarakocra have a fly speed.
How should such ...
In our Curse of Strahd campaign, the group's Paladin has just hit level 5 and is requesting that I, as the DM, would allow him to summon a Giant Owl for his Find Steed spell.
The spell does say "...
There are multiple player races that can fly, including the Aarakocra (comes with a 50' fly speed).
Are there any official rules on how the flight of these races is affected by difficult weather ...
The Fly spell states:
You touch a willing creature. The target gains a flying speed of 60 feet for the duration. When the spell ends, the target falls if it is still aloft, unless it can stop the ...
I am aware of the following related question, which establishes that you can change to a fly speed at least when you teleport yourself into the air, but there are other times where I am unsure what ...
Swords of The Coast lists the flying ability for the Winged Tiefling. One player in a group I DM created a "Tiefling (Infernal) Warlock (Undying)" which he has been very specific and detailed about ...
Can a character jump vertically (with range 3 + strength modifier) to reach a flying enemy?
Or, is it impossible to combine a vertical jump with an attack?
Say a 14th-level Totem Barbarian chose the Eagle totem for the level 14 Totemic Attunement feature, and had the Persistent Rage barbarian feature.
Would they fall after flying 80 feet, assuming they ...
The description of the earth tremor spell says:
You cause a tremor in the ground within range. Each creature other than you in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a ...
One of my players is a scourge aasimar. I see absolutely no indication anywhere that he can fly but he created the character thinking he could, indeed, fly. At this point, he's level one and hasn't ...
I recently had a problem come up in a session that I wanted to see if there was more information on. One of my players is playing a Light Domain cleric; its 1st-level Warding Flare feature says, in ...
Can a summoned air elemental fly while carrying a spellcaster, in effect providing a short term copy of the Fly spell?
A Halfling male druid has a base weight of 30 pounds, and a modifier of (2d4 x 1)...
Suppose I'm playing a character that has a flying speed (such as a Variant (Winged) Tiefling or an Aarakocra) and get critically hit. The DM rolls on the Lingering Injuries table and after rolling a 3 ...
I wanted to know if there was a way to play a flightless Aarakocra in D&D 5e (maybe one without wings because of a curse, but not a Kenku).
I don't want to play Kenku because they can't really ...
The Broom of Flying's description includes the following:
[...] you stand astride it and speak its command word. It then hovers beneath you and can be ridden in the air. It has a flying speed of 50 ...
I am currently a DM who has a player wanting to play as an Aarakocra. I don't want this Aarakokra to be able to fly right from the start and I had come up with a way to have her wings be damaged in a ...
The end of the Fly action states:
If you’re airborne at the end of your turn and didn’t use a Fly action this round, you fall.
However, it also requires you to have a fly speed. While this makes ...
As the title suggests, I'm wondering if a PC race (for example, the Variant Tiefling with the winged option) would have the ability to hover in regards to the Prone condition.
The Basic Rules state
...
Our DM is allowing me to make an aboleth my familiar. We had met this aboleth earlier in our game and changed its alignment from lawful evil to chaotic good. My question is if I make it my familiar, ...
I want to start a Tomb of Annihilation campaign in 5e. I will be the DM.
There's a part in the module where the PCs can fly.
ToA doesn't seem to cover the rules concerning navigation in this ...
Is a normal-sized rug (i.e. Medium or Small) with the Animate Objects spell cast on it able to carry a person and fly?
If so, how many people can it carry?
Can a bigger rug carry more people?
Can a ...
If an enemy is knocked prone and then grappled by an aarakocra or a PC with the fly spell effect, does the prone effect of the target continue into the flight?
I can't think of a way that the ...
The final sentence of the Haste spell reads:
When the spell ends, the target can't move or take Actions until after its next turn, as a wave of lethargy sweeps over it. (PBH p. 250)
If a creature ...
This is a compound question and could probably use being broken up in to separate questions:
A monster is flying along at a speed of 120 ft with a
maneuverability of average in order to maintain ...
A player with a Dragonborn PC recently requested that he be allowed to grow wings and gain a fly speed in our game. I didn't really like any of the alternate Dragonborn options that allow flight, so ...
The fly spell says that you have 60 feet of fly movement.
Is there a "default height" for flying?
Can you fly 5 feet off the ground? 10? 20?
In your first turn can you fly 60 feet into the sky?
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