Questions tagged [unconscious]
For questions about being unconscious. Unconscious characters are unable to move or act, often at the mercy of another entity.
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What happens to an Artillerist artificer's Eldritch Cannon if the Artillerist falls unconscious?
What happens to an Artillerist artificer's Eldritch Cannon if the Artillerist falls unconscious?
The Eldritch Cannon is a magical object created by an Artillerist artificer (E:RftlW p. 59, TCoE p. 17; ...
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Does healing an unconscious, dying player character restore only up to 1 hp unless they have been stabilised?
I was told by a previous DM that if you heal a player who is unconscious and rolling for death saves each turn, that regardless off how much hit points the heal would heal them for, they are only ...
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Does Leveling Up Heal Unconscious Characters? [duplicate]
A character in my group ran into a funny situation where his character fell unconscious but the other characters eliminated monsters, which caused them to level up. When a character levels up, they ...
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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 to an abjurer's Arcane Ward when they fail the saving throw against a Banshee's Wail?
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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Does Disguise Self end if the caster falls unconscious?
In one of my groups, I play a squishy sorcerer focused on deception, including having a number of false identities. Last week, we were infiltrating an enemy’s base and my sorcerer used disguise self ...
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Do the effects of a Potion of Speed or Potion of Heroism disappear if the character becomes unconscious?
If a player is under the effect of a potion of speed:
When you drink this potion, you gain the effect of the haste spell for 1 minute (no concentration required). The potion’s yellow fluid is ...
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Does HP fall to 0 if a creature is knocked unconscious from failing a save? If not, how does the unconscious condition end?
I was looking at the Prismatic Beetle Swarm from Tome of Beasts. The description of its Glittering Carapace trait says, in part:
In bright light, a creature within 30 feet that looks at the prismatic ...
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Is there a way to knock a creature out from a distance?
Per the below rules, it looks like that a PC can only knock a creature out with a melee attack:
Sometimes an attacker wants to incapacitate a foe, rather than deal a killing blow. When an attacker ...
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What effects can render a creature unconscious (but not also dead) to where magical healing won't awaken it?
Being a DM here. Trying to set up a plot that involves a high-rank NPC being unconscious after a big fight so that he missed some important event (and only just awoke before PC arrives).
However, it ...
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How to determine the reason for unconsciousness
Can visual inspection tell the reason a creature is unconscious? Is there a difference between a creature that is sleeping normally, sleeping magically, or unconscious due to dropping to 0 HP? Does a ...
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What happens when a party member uses a healing spell on an unconscious PC who has spell resistance?
The Spell Resistance (Ex) ability reads, in part:
The possessor does not have to do anything special to use spell resistance. The creature need not even be aware of the threat for its spell ...
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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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Is the Oath of the Ancients Paladin's Elder Champion feature intended to still work while unconscious?
The Paladin's Oath of the Ancients Level 20 Elder Champion feature states:
Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
At the start of each of ...
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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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When you are knocked unconscious while Net Running, do you drop out of your subgrid?
A runner took (physical) damage from a Hellbolt and failed their stun save--now they're unconscious.
Do they drop out of their subgrid, or are they still jacked in?
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Can I teleport unconcious allies with Thunder Step? [duplicate]
Say my ally is making death saving throws, can I still teleport him with Thunder Step? Provided that he is the same size or smaller, within 5 feet of me and there is space for him where I teleport to.
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What do I do while throwing death saving throws? [closed]
A big problem I've seen with the D&D 5E system,is that throwing death throws are not fun, not engaging, and very boring.
I am playing the cleric in a party with no other healers. I get knocked ...
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Are there consequences to being reduced to 0 HP multiple times in combat?
I was running a game a few weeks ago. In short, during combat the thief and the warlock were both knocked unconscious. Each were brought back by the cleric with healing word and cure wounds. New ...
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Can an Unconscious PC hear you?
Some spells and abilities specify that the target must be able to hear you. Is an unconscious PC (0 HP) considered a valid target?
Unconscious
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An unconscious creature is incapacitated (see the ...
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Does an savethrow-type attack cause critical damage for an unconscious creature? [duplicate]
The unconscious state description says
Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature.
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Can a Creature at 0 HP Take Damage?
Inspired by this question (and a comment underneath it), I thought we should have a solid answer on the site for this question:
Can a character at 0 HP take damage?
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Does paralysis last through unconsciousness?
My cleric was paralyzed by a yeti, then one shot critted to unconsciousness. If my comrade heals me, am I still under paralysis and required to make a Con saving throw? Or does the paralysis shake off ...
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Can you delay action while unconscious?
Suppose my character in PF1 is unconscious and dying, and the party cleric's turn is not until after mine in the initiative round. I would like to avoid wasting a turn by delaying until after the ...
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How does the Sending spell interact with sleeping targets?
A wizard casts Sending on a target creature who happens to be sleeping at the time.
You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature ...
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Can an unconscious creature hold their breath? [duplicate]
Does an unconscious creature or PC automatically hold their breath as pertaining to suffocation?
As pertaining to this question:
Is the act of suffocating itself considered to be taking damage?
A ...
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Can a bard grant bardic inspiration to an unconscious creature?
The recipient of bardic inspiration must be able to hear the bard.
...choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who
can hear you.
An unconscious creature is "unaware of its ...
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Can you end your turn in the same space as an unconscious or dead creature?
The rules state:
Whether a creature is a friend or an enemy, you can’t willingly end your move in its space.
What happens if that creature has either been knocked unconscious or has been killed? ...
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Is there a way to knock someone unconscious with a spell or ranged attack? [duplicate]
RAW:
When an attacker reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack, the attacker can knock the creature out. The attacker can make this choice the instant the damage is dealt. The ...
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Can unconscious characters be unwilling?
Some spells like enlarge/reduce and polymorph specify that only an unwilling creature makes a saving throw:
If the target is unwilling, it can make a Constitution saving throw.
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Does your character possess a magic aura as a wizard while you are incapacitated? [duplicate]
My character was incapacitated (0 HP, passed my death saving throws). My party went on head to the next room without me after failing to revive me. Little did they know the next room was the boss room ...
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Casting “Seeming” on unconscious creatures [closed]
So, in a campaign I just joined, my character is secretly going to be trying to kidnap one of the other PC's much later in the game, to use as a sacrifice for a pact of demons. She's role-playing to ...
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How does the Healing Spirit spell work when healing unconscious characters?
When a character is knocked unconscious (and about to begin making death saving throws) in a square covered by healing spirit, how does their next turn work?
Healing spirit will spare them from ...
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How to handle initiative for a sleeping creature?
Imagine a rogue PC sneaks into a room where a goblin -- who ought to be standing watch -- is instead taking a nap. The PC's stealth roll is enormously high (as befits a rogue), such that the goblin ...
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If I am hit after I am reduced to 0 HP during this duel in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, do I take 1 or 2 death save failures?
We're playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen. During the brutal first episode, there is a duel that can take place (p. 12; spoilers in the link).
When the player loses the duel, the other participant...
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Does the Catnap spell affect people that are already unconscious?
Does the Catnap spell affect people that are already unconscious?
An example:
The trusty fighter fights and takes damage, and is reduced to 0 hitpoints. The wizard kills the bad guy(s), and ...
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Does a petrified creature stay conscious (and mentally sane)?
The next dungeon my party visits will contain some strange statues. Most of them are just Stone Golems, which will attack them. But near the end of the dungeon, the party will discover that one of the ...
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How to resolve Burning Hands with a Dying Ally
Playing the D&D 5e starter set, the rogue had been knocked prone by the wolves in the Goblin Cave and had two wolves within melee range over her 0hp body.
I ruled that, as she was prone, the ...
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Is the Spirit Troll unable to be knocked out unless it doesn't regenerate?
So I've seen some rules referencing that whenever a creature drops to 0 HP it is either knocked unconscious (and starts making death saving throws, unless it's already stable) or it dies outright.
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What happens to bardic inspiration if either the bard or the recipient of the inspiration dies/goes unconscious?
In D&D 5e, a bard can give Bardic Inspiration - a d6-d12, depending on the level of the bard - which can be used by the recipient to add to a single ability check, attack roll, or saving throw ...
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What balance issues would arise from a house rule imposing a saving throw versus exhaustion after a PC falls unconscious?
In my last campaign, some combat encounters got pretty ridiculous, mainly due to some player characters falling unconscious and getting back up every turn. I remember one combat encounter in ...
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What happens when a PC drops to 0 HP outside of combat?
All similar questions I've found are concerned with what happens if combat ends while there is an unconscious PC, but I can't find any rules regarding what happens if someone drops to 0 HP while the ...
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Is there anything I should be wary of introducing this rule for unconsciousness into my games?
3.5 is pretty lethal, and I always felt it was a little weird that a sorcerer was unconscious for the same amount of time before dying as a barbarian. So I've been tinkering with the following house ...
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If you fail a Pseudodragon's save by 5 or more, are you also Poisoned?
The Pseudodragon's Sting attack says:
the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour.
It's worth noting that no additional save is permitted.
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What kind of check/action is looting from unconscious creatures?
My ally and I are in combat, he is unconscious and (per an agreement made before passing out) wants me to pick up his most valuable things (a pearl, some gold, ink, his spellbook and a spell scroll). ...
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Can an AoE spell crit an unconscious creature?
To give an example, if a PC was knocked unconscious and someone was to throw a fireball at them, they would automatically fail the Dex Saving throw and take full damage.
If the spell caster was ...
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Do spellcasters lose spells if they fall unconscious?
Do spellcasters lose spells if they fall unconscious?
By "lose" I mean lose the spells they have in their heads - their memorized spells, or prepared spells. Not looking at concentration, but the ...
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How to determine when opponents attack unconscious player characters?
As a GM, how can I tell what monsters will keep attacking unconscious PCs?
I am especially wondering what happens if a party all become unconscious during combat (that is, their HP all got reduced to ...
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Can a Goodberry not be administered to an unconscious creature?
Potion of Healing (DMG, page 187):
You regain hit points when you drink this potion.
Potions (DMG, page 139): Drinking or administering a potion to another character requires an action.
As ...
