Questions tagged [helping]
For questions about actions taken in-game by one character to assist another.
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Can you move and help someone with a single action?
I'm not sure how to rule the following situation, and would like some help on the rules. Here is the situation:
Player A is prone and being pulled by a rope (attached to him) towards a pit. Player ...
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What can an Invisible PC do to take the "Help" action and remain invisible?
My wizard ally wants to go invisible and use the "Help" action to help attacks while remaining invisible. My DM ruled that physical interaction with the enemy would constitute an action that breaks ...
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Can you use the Help action to give a 2019 UA Artillerist artificer's turret advantage?
I am playing in a campaign as a level 4 Artillerist artificer from the May 2019 UA. I am thinking of taking Magic Initiate (wizard) as my feat, and learning the find familiar spell with it. I am ...
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I'm the Teamleader (not GM) and one of my Team members is a total jerk
I'm the leader with a total of 4 (included me) man group which 2 of the member agree me as the leader. Even the name of the group is related to my own name.
One of my Members is a reaaaal jerk (...
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In a Sci Fi game, how do I keep the team together when one is "netrunning"? [duplicate]
I have a science fiction campaign where one of the characters is a "netrunning" hacker who's skills are based in a virtual world. The rest of the characters are in the real world. I want them to feel ...
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How does the help action affect lifting capacity?
Let's say there are two PCs, both with 15 Strength. We're using the Variant: Encumbrance rules and there is a body that they want to try carry between them which weights 250 lb.
How would I calculate ...
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Teamwork on matrix actions
I would like to break it down into two closely related sub-questions.
A) On which matrix actions can teamwork be used?
For examlpe: I cannot place a mark for someone else. Am I allowed to help him ...
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Can I keep results with Strife while I'm Compromised if my teammates grant me assistance and take Strife for me?
I'll be directing a game of L5R for the first time and I have some questions about Strife at L5R 5e (the one by Fantasy Flight Games). I might have missed the answers in the core rulebook as I've been ...
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Can multiple characters create an advantage using teamwork?
The rules on invoking aspects state:
You can invoke multiple aspects on a single roll, but you cannot invoke the same aspect multiple times on a single roll.
Does this mean you can only benefit from ...
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Can a Mastermind Rogue use the Master of Tactics feature to grant themselves advantage on an attack using the Help action?
The Mastermind rogue's Master of Tactics feature (SCAG, p. 135; XGtE, p. 46) states:
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the Help action as a bonus action. Additionally, when you use the Help action ...
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What happens to a help action when the character receiving help is incapacitated?
The help action in combat states:
You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains advantage on the next ability check ...
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Can a warlock with the Raven Queen patron have their raven Help against an enemy, then perch on their shoulder to avoid being harmed?
The Raven Queen warlock patron (from Unearthed Arcana: Warlock & Wizard) grants the Sentinel Raven feature at 1st level, part of which says:
While perched on your shoulder, the raven can’t be ...
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Can a Familiar use "help" action to give advantage on ranged attacks? [duplicate]
According to this question, it appears a Familiar can take the Help action and grant advantage to an ally -- but can the same thing be said if I'm trying to hit with a ranged attack, such as eldritch ...
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Can the bard use the ability “jack of all trades” to qualify for the help action?
The rules for the help action only say that the character is capable of helping and list proficiency as an example. My interpretation is that this would work but is jack of all trades enough?
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Are there any Official/UA magic items intended for use in a mass support role?
More precisely, magical items that are capable of assisting allies. The goal is the ability to choose multiple targets in a turn, rather than only one. An example item would be the Banner of the Krig ...
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How does a Mastermind rogue's Master of Tactics feature work when trying to Help an allied spellcaster in combat?
The Mastermind rogue's Master of Tactics feature (SCAG, p. 135; XGtE, p. 46) states:
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the Help action as a bonus action. Additionally, when you use the Help action ...
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Does the spell Unseen Servant count as taking the "Help" action for Artificers or any crafters building or repairing things?
Does the spell Unseen Servant count as taking the "Help" action for Artificers or any crafters building or repairing things?
I understand that Unseen Servant can do basic tasks, but the spell states:
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Are Multiple Party Members Automatically "Helping" with Passive Skills?
Inspired by this question: Can the Help action raise a passive skill?
and to grab the relevant section for Passive Skills
A passive check is a special kind of ability check that doesn’t involve any ...
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Are there rules for casting spells cooperatively?
I am thinking about group of casters casting one spell as a group. Group of mages with same level of power or some powerful sorcerer and his apprentices. This is quite popular trope. However, I am not ...
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Aid Another, Swift Aid and Aid Allies (Order of the Dragon)
Concerning the action Aid Another and the feat Swift Aid:
Does the feat Swift Aid replaces the bonus to +1 or does it increases the bonus of Aid Another to +3?
Can you use Swift Aid as a swift action ...
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Assisting in casting spells
Legends of the Five Rings does offer rules for cooperationL5R 4E Core p.81, mainly they seem aimed at mundane tasks like building a ship or designing a new garden.
However, some spells, like Bonds of ...
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Can the help action trigger a Rogue's sneak attack?
Let's say that I determined the best course of action is using the Help action to give my Rogue buddy an advantage on his attack instead of attacking by myself. Would that attack then gain the sneak ...
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Can the Help action raise a passive skill?
Other threads have (more or less) established that the passive versions of skills (there are only three in RAW) define a baseline result. RAW says that advantage grants a +5 to passive skills. The ...
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Can my sentient weapon aid me?
At 3rd level, the bladebound magus gains a sentient weapon called a black blade. This sentient weapon replaces a familiar.
A magus with this class feature cannot take the familiar magus arcana, and ...
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I want to own a tavern, but will it hurt my D&D adventure [closed]
My character really does want to own a tavern after being inspired to do so by a NPC. The original intent of this campaign was to overthrow the "Magic Council" a group of wizards enacting Magic bans ...
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Can my familiar aid me?
My Sorceress carries her familiar everywhere. Like most familiars, it tends to be a little forgotten until actually useful. A good way to be useful would be to Aid Another. Can my familiar aid me?
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When is the Bodyguard feat used?
The Bodyguard combat feat states:
When an adjacent ally is attacked, you may use an attack of opportunity to attempt the aid another action to improve your ally’s AC. You may not use the aid ...
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Can players always help each other to have two levels of assets guaranteed?
Page 118 of Numenera Discovery states:
Helping: If you use your action to help someone with a task, you ease the task. If you have an inability in a task, your help has no effect. If you use your ...
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Can I offer assistance while compromised?
I'll be directing a game of L5R for the first time and I have some questions about Strife at L5R 5e (the one by Fantasy Flight Games). I might have missed the answers in the core rulebook as I've been ...
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Dimensional Savant + Wild Flanking, do I damage myself?
It's been established that you do count as your own ally for Teamwork Feats when using Dimensional Savant to flank with yourself, but how far does this extend into Wild Flanking, a Betrayal Feat?
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Can I Specify who the Help Action helps? [duplicate]
Let's say my party is attacking a dragon. I'm a Mastermind rogue who can use Master of Tactics to use the Help action as a bonus action if I'm within 30' of the dragon. Can I specify who in my party I'...
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Does Order of the Dragon's Aid grant expanded uses of Aid Another?
Does the Order of the Dragon ability Aid Allies allow you to grant a different bonus than would normally be allowed by the Aid Another rules?
At 2nd level, whenever an order of the dragon cavalier ...
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When a familiar delivers a Touch spell, who should be Helped? [duplicate]
Picture this situation. Myself and a friend are a pair of casters, both with familiars. My friend's familiar has just gotten in position next to an enemy we're fighting, and I know he intends to use ...
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What type of action is the Help action?
In combat, one team mate may 'Help' another willing ally:
Help
You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains ...
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Is there anything preventing a familiar from Readying a Help action?
Suppose the following situation: I want a familiar to give me advantage on melee attacks via the help action. However, I do not want to be yet another adventurer with an owl familiar doing fly-by ...
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Does help from other players stack?
Players can help each other if they're trained in the skill - doing so provides an asset to the player being helped. Does multiple skilled players helping stack?
Say three characters are trained in ...
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Does Tandem Tactician allow helping two specific allies?
The recently released UA includes the feat Tandem Tactition which reads:
Your presence in a scrap tends to elevate your comrades. You gain the following benefits:
You can use the Help action as a ...
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Can any ally benefit from the help action during a combat turn? [duplicate]
Party members Alex, Bart, and Caroline are in combat with a Drow, in that turn order (A, B, C, D).
Alex uses the help action on the Drow, being within 5ft. If Bart chooses not to attack on her turn,...
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Can multiple summoned creatures Help multiple allies gain Advantage through one verbal command? [duplicate]
If a player's character summons N creatures, say for example 10 Giant Centipedes using Giant Insect, and immediately uses his free action to verbally command them en masse to use their Help Action to &...
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Rules for learning new skills in D&D [duplicate]
Are there any rlues for learning new skills and abilities?
I wonder if a character can teach his skills other party members.
Let me present some examples:
Let's say I am playing as wizard and I want ...
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What does #AT mean in d&d? [duplicate]
Farmer; AC 7; Level 0; hp 6; #AT 1; D 2-8;
XP 16
i am a new player and cannot understand what these mean. Can someone explain to me?
I am trying to play The Temple of Elemental evil
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Is there a limit to how many allies can use the help action, to help you in combat?
I have three attacks this round. Let's assume I have access to many tiny free thinking minions who obey my command, but don't require an action to do so on my part.
Can each minion use the ready ...
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Rogulock: Pact Of Chain and Sneak Attack [duplicate]
I am building a rogue-warlock multiclass in 5e DnD and I have a question. I am using Pact of the Chain and I chose an imp familiar. If I remember correctly, an imp can cast Invisiblity infinitly. And ...
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What test should be applied for someone that was hit by a boulder and is now hanging off a cliff? [closed]
In my campaign I have a mountain with steep switchbacks where the party has boulders thrown at them from the top. I have them rolling reflex to get out of the way. However, if one is hit I want them ...
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How to Sneak Attack with a Familiar with Aid Another action when master and Familiar go at different Initiative order?
How to Sneak Attack Rogue with a Familiar: how do you use Aid Another action when the Familiar goes on its own Initiative, and you and it go at different Initiative order?
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Eidolons and Teamwork Feats
I'm building a mounted summoner (eidolon is mount) and I'm looking to maximize mounted combat. One way of doing this is with teamwork feats. However, the effectiveness of such a strategy hinges on the ...
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Cooperative Magic Question
I've been thinking on Cooperative Magic in order to get that cinematic feeling of the frontliners defending the casters in clutch situations and big scale magic retinues on a battlefield. It could ...
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