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 is the difference between "Unconscious" and "Asleep"?
The Sleep spell explicitly causes targets to fall "unconscious" but includes many references to sleep, as well as the line:
"Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren’t ...
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What trigger would I specify for the Contingency spell to use a contingent False Life spell to avoid being knocked unconscious by damage?
So, in our current game, the PCs are getting pwned by a couple of bad guys. We ended last session in the middle of combat and will pick up next session.
My wizard is already pretty seriously hurt and ...
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When a character regains consciousness mid-fight after their initiative passed, do they get a turn?
I have a problem understanding regaining consciousness. From what I know, a creature that loses its consciousness during the battle needs to have its HP to be raised above 0 once again. But what if ...
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If someone is knocked unconscious by a Mind Flayer's tentacles and grappled, then healed, do they still make a saving throw against being stunned?
This seems to be a fairly unusual situation and I have not been able to find a ruling.
The description of the Mind Flayer's Tentacles attack states, in part:
[...] If the target is Medium or smaller, ...
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What is the impact of moving a fallen PC in the initiative order?
If you receive more damage than your current hitpoints, you are Knocked Out. Among other things, "You immediately move your initiative position to directly before the turn in which you were ...
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Healed while knocked out [duplicate]
Tonight at my party's session, I was being attacked by an army of angry island gladiators and I was knocked out - dropped to 0 HP with a non-lethal attack.
I have Devotee's Censer with me and I ...
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Unconsciousness ending naturally over time?
In D&D 5E, if a player character, an NPC, or a group of player characters and/or NPCs become unconscious or go critical and then get stabilized, or if an enemy/enemies was/were knocked out instead ...
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Can a conscious, stabilized PC do anything if they are still at 0 hit points after being stabilized with "Spare the Dying"?
Pretty self explanatory: A character has been shot to zero hit points and falls unconscious. A Cleric uses spare the dying on them and stabilizes them before they have a chance to make any death ...
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If a Death's Head of Bhaal takes damage while it's asleep, can it use its Unstoppable reaction to reduce that damage to 0?
This came up in a recent session. The Death's Head of Bhaal (BG:DiA, p. 233) has a reaction called Unstoppable that allows it to reduce the damage from an attack to 0 (3 times per day).
If a Death's ...
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Can the Grave Domain Cleric's "Sentinel at deaths door" cancel the autocrit from hitting an unconscious person?
The Grave Domain Cleric's Sentinel at Death's Door class feature has the following wording:
At 6th level, you gain the ability to impede death’s progress. As a reaction when you or an ally that you ...
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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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How do the stunned and unconscious conditions from an Illithid's Mind Blast interact?
Below is the Mind Flayer's Mind Blast feature:
Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4) psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. A ...
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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?
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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?
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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? [duplicate]
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? Are ...
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Is there a way to knock someone unconscious with a spell or ranged attack? [duplicate]
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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.
and
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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 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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