Questions tagged [stacking]
For questions about whether multiple effects stack on the same target.
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Can I stack the duration time of Animate Dead?
Animate Dead can reassert control over undead you created. It spells:
The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops
obeying any command you've given it. To maintain control of ...
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Two instances of Haste with one ending? [duplicate]
If a creature has two instances of Haste cast on it, and the first one ends, does the character suffer of lethargy? Relevant rules I can find:
“Combining Magical Effects” (PHB 205).
The effects of ...
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Does the short-rest bonus from the chef feat from TCoE stack with the the short-rest bonus of cook's utensils in XGtE
The chef feat grants, among other benefits, the ability to cook a meal during a short rest
As part of a short rest, you can cook special food,
provided you have ingredients and cook's utensils
on ...
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Cursed Item Drawback Price Reductions: Do They Stack?
The rules for intentionally crafting cursed items in Pathfinder 1e lists the different curse types and how they modify an item's price.
If a cursed item possesses multiple types of curses, for example,...
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Does UA Step of the wind: wings unfurled stack with Aarakocra?
The aarakocra gains a base 50 flight.
Step of the wind: wings unfurled states
When you use your Step of the Wind, you can unfurl spectral draconic wings, gaining a flying speed equal to your walking ...
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Does the same attribute modifier necessarily count as the same source when adjudicating stacking rules?
the SRD says this about stacking:
Stacking
In most cases, modifiers to a given check or roll stack (combine for a cumulative effect) if they come from different sources and have different types (or ...
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If I have the fighter's Extra Attack feature and the warlock's Thirsting Blade eldritch invocation, how many attacks can I make?
I am playing a half-orc fighter level 7 and warlock level 3. When I gain a warlock class level, I will gain an Eldritch Invocation, and I will pick Thirsting Blade.
How many attacks can I make, since ...
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Does the vanguard's Entropy Shield stack with a real physical shield?
Can a Vanguard have both an Entropy Shield and a real physical shield, and do they stack if so?
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How do Giant's Might feature and Enlarge/Reduce spell interact?
Rune Knight's Giant's Might states:
If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing.
(Note: I am linking to the UA because it is freely available and has the ...
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Does the 3rd benefit of the (UA) Fizban's Platinum Shield spell stack with Evasion, so that the character only takes 1/4 damage on a failed Dex save?
The new UA, Unearthed Arcana: Draconic Options, introduces a 6th-level spell called Fizban's platinum shield that can be cast on a creature within 60 feet of the caster, granting them a few benefits. ...
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Do the Fire Elemental's Fire Form trait's and Touch attack's ongoing fire damage stack with each other?
Inspired by the following:
Does the Fire Elementa's Touch attack's ongoing damage stack with itself?
I realized that my own answer to that question hinges on the idea of features having the ...
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Does the Fire Elementa's Touch attack's ongoing damage stack with itself? [duplicate]
If a fire elemental uses the Touch attack:
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until ...
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Does Furious Finish work with both hits of Cleaving Smash?
Cleaving Smash (from Weapon Trick - Two-Handed Weapon):
When you use Cleave, you can add the additional damage from Vital Strike to both your initial and your secondary attacks. If you also have the ...
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Does the Gauntlets of Flaming Fury’s fire damage work on the Armorer Artificer’s Thunder Gauntlets?
Does the extra 1d6 fire damage to “grasped” weapons granted by the Gauntlets of Flaming Fury effect the Thunder Gauntlets from the Armorer Artificer subclass if the Gauntlets of Flaming Fury are the ...
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Do multiple baldric, bane items stack?
Following up on my question about if baldric, bane would grant early access to bane and greater bane for an inquisitor (it does), now I wonder if two such items stack? If you had a baldric, bane and a ...
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Does Molten Silver Strike or Steady hand allow Whirlpool strike to have higher range?
Molten Silver Strike allows to add Solar Wind boosts to Mithral Current attacks and adds +5ft/4init level to their range. Whirlpool strike allows you to attack every enemy in your weapons reach. ...
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Does the racial trait from Innistrad Provincial Origin, Stensia and the feat Tough stack?
The Player's Handbook feat Tough:
Your hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to twice your level when you gain this feat. Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your hit point maximum ...
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Propulsion Armor Infusion and Thunder Gauntlets
Do the effects of the Thunder Gauntlets from the Armorer Artificer subclass stack with the effects of the Propulsion Armor gauntlets from the Propulsion Armor Infusion considering that they’re the ...
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Can I use two feats affecting unarmed strike at the same time?
Is there anything preventing a character from using, for example, Stunning Fist on the same attack as he uses Befuddling Strike, Perfect Strike (with a Ki Focus weapon), Scorpion Style, or similar ...
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Command spell cast twice (PF2e)
Inspired by this question, and by the fact that it almost happened in a recent session.
What happens if a target fails against two different Command spells that give different commands (say, approach ...
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Command spell cast twice before someone's turn happen
What would happen if the command spell were cast twice on the same person before their turn happened? Which command would the person obey?
For example, if the person had first the command "...
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What happens if polymorph ends while under disguise self? [duplicate]
Premise: I am under the effects of disguise self to look like a human and I am in fact, an elf. I then cast polymorph on myself to turn into a T-rex and then take enough damage to make me lose ...
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If a spell has an instantaneous duration, but an effect that lingers, can that effect be stacked?
I've seen this popping up for quite a few specific spells in the past, so lets get a general clarification down.
Overlapping effects says:
The effects of different spells add together while the ...
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Does plant growth's 8 hour effect stack? [duplicate]
If you cast Plant Growth for its 8-hour version to
[...] enrich the land. All plants in a half-mile radius centered on a point within range become enriched for 1 year. The plants yield twice the ...
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How does Investiture of Stone interact with Meld into Stone?
While this is primarily a druid spell combination, the Arcana Cleric, Divine Soul Sorcerer, and Genie Warlock subclasses all have access to both spells as well.
The 3rd-level spell Meld into Stone ...
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Do the Penalties from the Power Attack and Stunning Assault Feats stack?
The Power Attack feat allows you to choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls.
The Stunning Assault feat, which ...
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How do the Warding Bond and Sanctuary spells interact?
So I (war cleric) and my friend (paladin) want to use warding bond. It says:
[...] While the target is within 60 feet of you, it gains a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws, and it has resistance to all ...
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Can a Chwinga Grant a Given Person More Than one Charm?
So, within the Chwinga statblock, which can be found in Tomb of Annihilation and Icewind Dale: Rime of the Icemaiden, this ability appears:
Magical Gift (1/Day). The chwinga targets a humanoid it can ...
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Does the reach increase of the Eldritch Claw tattoo stack with Fangs of the Fire Snake?
The Eldritch Claw tattoo released in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything includes the Eldritch Maul ability which grants the following benefit:
For the duration, each of your melee attacks with a weapon ...
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Does the Mind Sliver cantrip's effect on saving throws stack with the Bane spell?
The cantrip mind sliver from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 108) has a secondary effect that subtracts 1d4 from the target's next saving throw:
[...] subtract 1d4 from the next saving throw it ...
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Can I repeatedly Awaken something in order to give it a variety of languages?
So, the Awaken spell must be cast on a beast or plant with int of 3 or less. For beasts, it has the following permanent effect: "The target gains an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ...
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What happens if a Sibriex targets the same creature with Warp Creature repeatedly?
The Sibriex monster, found in page 137 of Mordekainen's Tome of Foes has an ability called "Warp Creature". For convenience, here's the entire text of it: (emphasis mine)
The sibriex ...
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Do resistances from class and Ancestry stack?
The Kobold ancestry can lead to you gaining a resistance vs. fire while the dragon disciple archetype dedication can do the same. If you have both do these stack or does only one of them count?
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Do identical bonuses from random properties of different Artifacts stack?
Some Artifacts have Major/Minor Beneficial/Detrimental Properties, rolled from the appropriate table.
If I were to have two different attuned Artifacts, both with, say, the Minor Beneficial Property ...
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Multiple Giant Spider web [duplicate]
When fighting against multiple of the Giant Spider creature and more than one manage to web you, do you need to break free from each web separately, or does just one successful escape check break you ...
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Can the frightened condition stack if it's caused by the same source?
Say Faendal the Fallen Aasimar Paladin uses his Necrotic Shroud racial ability (Charisma saving throw, an affected creature can repeat the saving throw on subsequent turns to end the effect), and a ...
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Does Action Surge reset the Gloom Stalkers Dread Ambusher Attack?
If a level 2+ Fighter uses an Action surge would they be able to reset the Dread Ambushers free attack when taking an "attack Action" on their first turn of combat?
Dread Ambusher (emphasis ...
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Dnd 5e Green flame blade and Flames of Phlegethos stacking [duplicate]
I’m playing an eldritch knight, and I’m looking to optimize the damage of green flame blade. The feature “flames of Phlegethos” states that “When you roll fire damage for a spell you cast, you can ...
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Do different versions of the same feat stack? [duplicate]
The reason I ask this is because there are several different versions of the Spell Sniper feat, and all of them double range for ranged spells with attack rolls. Most feats that are like this specify ...
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Can Will save modifier from Elan “Resistance” stack with Will save modifier from “Empty Mind” psionic talent?
Can an Elan use their Resistance (su) and Empty Mind in the same round to gain a total of +6 on a Will save?
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Can the modifiers from psionic talents stack?
If you choose the Access Psionic Talent feat, you choose 5 psionic talents (which are 0-level psionic powers), then if you have enough power points to spend, you can activate "Precognition, ...
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Can you stack dodge modifiers?
You can choose the Combat expertise feat and the Dodge feat. Both of them grant dodge modifiers to Armor Class. Are their Armor Class modifiers stacked?
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Can I cast Aid again to “heal” creatures already under the effect of the Aid spell that have been reduced to 0 HP?
Suppose I have cast Aid on 3 of my allies, and those allies have all dropped to 0 hit points and fallen unconscious. I would like to get all of them back on their feet as quickly as possible. Can I ...
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Do the effects of spells that change attitude stack?
Do the effects of spells that change the target's attitude stack?
For example, if I use charm person on someone, then use telempathic projection, would that set their attitude to helpful?
If it was ...
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Can Magical Lineage reduce a spell's level multiple times?
Oh wise brains of the internet, I implore thee
Magical Lineage states "Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the ...
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Can multiple castings of the Reverse Gravity spell be used to lift the same target(s) several hundred feet?
My players came up with an interesting idea using the reverse gravity spell recently. At the time, I let them do it because it made sense and I like to keep things flowing - but I'm wondering whether ...
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Thas the effect of Spirit Shield of the Path of the Ancestral Guardian can happens after the effcts of Ancestral Protectors? [duplicate]
this question is something that has been in my head for some time. is says that with Ancestral Protectors of some one gets hit they half the damage, so can you use Spirit Shield after the effect of ...
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Do Illusionist's Bracers actually allow you to cast two minor illusions?
The description of the illusionist's bracers states (GGR, p. 178; emphasis mine):
A powerful illusionist of House Dimir originally developed these
bracers, which enabled her to create multiple minor ...
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Do the pushing effects of the Battle Master fighter's Pushing Attack maneuver and the Swords bard's Mobile Flourish stack on the same attack?
Do the pushing effects of the Battle Master fighter's Pushing Attack maneuver and the College of Swords bard's Mobile Flourish stack on the same attack?
Assuming the target fails the Strength save ...
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Are the spells Leomund's Tiny Hut and Tiny Hut considered the same spell for the purposes of combining magical effects?
The Player's Handbook contains the spell Leomund's tiny hut (on p. 255), and the Systems Reference Document contains a version of this spell called tiny hut1. The descriptions of these spells are ...
