Questions tagged [saving-throw]
For questions about saving throws, often used in RPGs such as D&D to refer to a set of defensive traits based on a character's own ability to avoid the brunt of damage, resist control, and endure through some force.
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Do you know when you fail a saving throw?
The pathfinder rules say:
A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack. ...
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What spells or other effects cause a creature to make a saving throw to avoid being knocked out?
I saw that a hydra has "advantage on saving throws against being... knocked unconscious" and was curious as to what spells or effects would cause such a thing to happen. The only effect that ...
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Are creatures aware of the effect of Mirror of Life Trapping?
The Mirror of Life Trapping can trap creatures in it.
Any creature other than you that sees its reflection in the activated mirror while within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving ...
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Can the Mirror of Life Trapping force multiple saves?
The Mirror of Life Trapping can trap creatures in it.
Any creature other than you that sees its reflection in the activated mirror while within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving ...
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What happens when a dying abjurer with an Arcane Ward active is attacked?
An abjuration wizard has the Arcane Ward class feature (PHB, p. 115):
Starting at 2nd level, you can weave magic around yourself for protection. When you cast an abjuration spell of 1st level or ...
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What happens when an unconscious creature fails their saving throw against a Banshee's Wail?
A Banshee (MM, p. 23) has the Wail action:
Wail (1/Day). The banshee releases a mournful wail, provided that she isn’t in sunlight. This wail has no effect on constructs and undead. All other ...
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Magic Resistance and Destructive Wrath
Currently hit a debate within our campaign in regards to a bearded devil gaining advantage on a Saving Throw from Magic Resistance when our Tempest Cleric can use their Channel Divinity for ...
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Resistance and saving throws [duplicate]
If i have resistance against a damage type and if i get a success on that damage types saving throw, does the damage halved twice? I checked the players handbooks for this but i couldn't find any ...
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Can a creature use Legendary Resistance to succeed on the saving throw against a Scrying spell?
My players recently decided that they would like to cast the scrying spell on a creature that has the Legendary Resistance trait.
Does the Legendary Resistance trait function outside of combat?
My ...
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How can a low-level rogue reduce a target's Constitution modifier?
I want to play a rogue that relies heavily on poisons and other utility flasks (e.g. alchemist's fire). We're starting out at level 1, and the story arc should take us to roughly level 11.
To make ...
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Does Enhance Ability spell help with saving throws?
Background: I was hoping to use Enhance Ability and its Bear's Endurance option to speed up our travelling a bit. But now I am not sure if it will work, hence this question.
Enhance Ability - Bear's ...
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When do magical items require saving throws?
When do magical items require saving throws?
For example, suppose a fighter with a ring of protection +2 is hit with a fireball. I see three possibilities:
A) The ring needs a save only if it's not ...
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Do ball bearings require more than 1 save when moving across the tiles?
Ball bearings cover a square area that is 10 feet on a side. A creature moving across the covered area must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. But is this for every square they ...
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How does the Heightened Spell metamagic work on the Immolation spell?
I've been looking for an answer on how the sorcerer's Heightened Spell Metamagic option would affect the immolation spell. Would it apply to all the Dex saves of the spell? Or would it only apply to ...
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Is Scry on Familiar an obvious waste of time?
I recently noticed that on top of getting a great level of spell resistance and inheriting their master's excellent base Will save bonus, a Wizard's familiar grants the Scry on Familiar (Sp) ability ...
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Is there any way to give proper disadvantage on saving throws against spell effects to a creature with Magic Resistance?
Many creatures in D&D 5e have a feature called Magic Resistance. One such is the Archmage:
Magic Resistance. The archmage has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
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If 2 creatures in range have the Sanctuary spell cast on them, can you repeatedly switch targets between them until you succeed on the save?
The description of the sanctuary spell states:
You ward a creature within range against attack. Until the spell ends, any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack or a harmful spell ...
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Does the Iron Flask let you Order the Creature Back in Without a Save?
So I have an Iron Flask in my current campaign, and we happened to find out that it contains Tiamat. We released Tiamat to have a conversation, where she threatened to eat me at the end of the hour.
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Can Two Artificers Make a Bag of Holding Bomb?
The artificer class has the Infuse Item class feature, which allows it to make "effectively a prototype" of a permanent Bag of Holding using the Replicate Magic Item Artificer Infusion, ...
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Can the Chronurgy wizard's Chronal Shift feature be used when a creature uses Legendary Resistance to succeed on a saving throw?
The Chronurgy Magic wizard's Chronal Shift feature (Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 184) says:
You can magically exert limited control over the flow of time around a creature. As a reaction, after ...
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Does a character automatically fail one death save when they drop to 0 hit points?
I have a question regarding death saves and whether anyone knows an official source that can determine this.
So according to my DM's interpretation of the RAW, if an attack brings you below zero hit ...
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Are there any monsters with hypnosis-like abilities and what type of saving throw do they force?
I am wondering if any monsters have a hypnosis-like spell or feature, and if so what is the ability used in the saving throw?
What I mean about "hypnosis" is that it falls short of complete ...
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If 3+ characters cast Flesh to Stone on the same target, and the target fails the saving throws against all of them, is it petrified?
The flesh to stone spell states:
A creature restrained by this spell must make another Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If it successfully saves against this spell three ...
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Counterspelling or legendarily resisting a Critical hit spell attack in D&D 5e
I was wondering about something in D&D 5e:
About Counterspell
If my sorcerer casts a spell Rolling 20 against a magic user (normal npc or a boss), can they counterspell it?
Or is this dependent on ...
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Do creatures immune to poison still make saving throws?
At 11th level, monks gain immunity to poison. The Poison Healer feat lets you restore hit points when you "succeed on a Fortitude save against a poison". Can monks chug poison to heal themselves, or ...
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Does a “suicidal command” by a succubus trigger two saving throws?
If a Succubus charms a humanoid with the Charm action, and then commands the humanoid to do something suicidal, the target gets to roll a saving throw. Succeeding means they do not perform the ...
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Would Swimming be a Dex or Str Saving Throw
Im making a small challenge for my party on the way to a Dwarven camp. While travelling they encounter a 20ft wide river that they must cross. I'm just gonna improvise the whole thing to give them ...
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Do Bane/Bless apply to death saving throws?
Possibly related.
The text of Bane reads:
Whenever a target [...] makes an attack roll or saving throw before the spell ends, the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from the ...
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Forcing a saving throw to be made with disadvantage [closed]
I know there is already a similar question, but it doesn't really give me an answer. Is there such a thing as a feat or an item that causes enemies to make saving throws like wisdom or general saving ...
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Does a creature targeted by the Charm Person spell “know it was charmed” if it succeeded on the saving throw?
The Charm Person spell description says:
When the spell ends, the creature knows it was charmed by you.
There is an ambiguity here — does this happen only if the target failed on the saving throw, ...
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How long does the benefit of a successful saving throw against a poison last?
In D&D 5e, does a successful saving throw against poison confer immunity (or at least reduced damage, depending on the poison) from that poison for life, for that combat, or only for that hit? Do ...
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If I were to cast a spell limiting reactions (shocking grasp), does that mean the target can't make a saving throw?
The shocking grasp cantrip states that the target can not take reactions until the start of its next turn. Therefore, the target should not be able to cast spells like absorb elements and shield.
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Does a Spectator need to make an attack roll to determine whether it hits a target with its Eye Rays?
The spectator is a D&D monster that can shoot rays out from its eyes with varying effects. The creature it targets has to succeed on a DC 13 saving throw (the ability of the save depends on the ...
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Can the hat of disguise be used repeatedly against the same creature for new effective disguises?
I'm trying to get a better understanding of the workings of the hat of disguise (Dungeons Master's Guide 258) (1,800 gp; 0 lbs.).
If a creature that interacts with the illusory disguise created by ...
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Do you have disadvantage on Con saves against poison while sleeping?
NPCs are going to poison the party while they sleep, do the players have disadvantage on their saves?
The situation
I just started a campaign with a group where I was once a player. Their lvl 5 ...
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Does the 3rd part of Shield Master continue working against multiple, same-source effects?
If you use the 3rd part of the Shield Master Feat;
If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no ...
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Is there a name for a single saving throw with multiple DCs (i.e. whose effect is determined based on the highest DC met)?
Is there a name for a single saving throw with multiple DCs (i.e. whose effect is determined based on the highest DC met)?
For example, say a character is placed in a supernaturally hot environment, ...
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Can you choose to automatically succeed on a saving throw you make because of a spell you cast?
Can you choose to automatically succeed on a saving throw you make because of a spell you cast?
For instance, if I am trying to intimidate someone by casting earthquake centered on myself, do I also ...
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How are swarms considered in terms of number of creatures?
There is, in Adventurers League Dnd, a monster statblock with the following ability :
At the start of his turn, every living creature within 100 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving ...
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Can a fighter use Indomitable multiple times on the same save?
Our fighter, Fred, is a high level fighter with multiple uses of the Indomitable feature:
Beginning at 9th level, you can reroll a saving throw that you fail.
If you do so, you must use the new ...
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Are attack rolls or saving throws more consistent or predictable?
In D&D 5e, spellcasters often have to choose between spells which can affect a target on a successful melee attack. The fire bolt cantrip (1d10 to 4d10 damage depending on character level), for ...
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For Ring of Shooting Stars, can Ball Lightning affect a creature when you move it into their space?
The Ring of Shooting Stars has the following feature (emphasis mine):
Ball Lightning.
You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more ...
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Is there a way to have Shadow Hand save DCs based on Charisma?
I am playing a Spellthief/Rogue and just picked up the Martial Study feat to gain access to Shadow Hand maneuvers. Shadow Hand is a Swordsage-exclusive school and its maneuvers key off Wisdom for ...
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How does Saving Throw progression work on Prestige Classes?
I'll try to portray this as best as possible.
I have a Wizard 3 and Master Specialist 1.
As a Wizard I have the following saves: +1, +1, +3
As Master Specialist on 1st level I get: 0, 0, +2
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Can the target of the Dissonant Whispers spell choose to use its reaction to move if it succeeds on the save?
The description of the dissonant whispers spell says (PHB, p. 234):
On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and doesn't have to move away.
Does this mean that the target can ...
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What happens when an unconscious but stabilised character is hit?
At the end of this answer to a different question ("If you succeed on all of your death saving throws, what happens?"), the answer states that:
If an unconscious character is attacked, the attacker ...
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If you succeed on all of your death saving throws, what happens?
I have been DMing for my group for maybe a month or two, and we ruled that upon stabilizing your character with death saving rolls, you recover one HP and are unconscious.
Is this right? Should you ...
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Does being under the effect of more than one Sanctuary spell require more than one saving throw?
The description of the sanctuary spell says (PHB, p. 272):
You ward a creature within range against attack. Until the spell ends, any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack or a ...
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How to increase monk's chance to land a Stunning Strike?
My monk is a multi-class character (Monk 9/Paladin 8) in a homebrew 5e campaign and clearly does not have too many ki points as level 17 character. I also find it inconsiderate and boring when burning ...
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How does damage work when entering a Wall of Fire?
When casting Wall of Fire, "each creature within its area
must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 5d8 fire damage, ar half as much damage
on a successful save."
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