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Bag of Devouring Rules (Strength over Athletics)
Last night one of my players found a Bag of Devouring. Everything was fine and well until we started putting things into it and also got sucked into it. We sat for a good 30 minutes debating the ...
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What power lets you modify game actions? (Power Profiles are weird)
Lightning Disarm has the following text in Power Profiles
Burst Area on Strength for Disarming, Selective - 2 points per rank (maximum rank equal to Strength)
This threw me off because...well, that'...
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RAW, how does Full Power Leaps work when you crash into something before the movement ends?
Relevant Full Power Flaw text for reference (pg. 167 PHB):
You can only leap your maximum distance; you can make shorter leaps only by not using your Leaping effect at all, just the normal jumping ...
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How does the Heightened Spell metamagic work with long, multi-use spells like Eyebite or Telekinesis? [duplicate]
Heightened spell says that when you cast a spell which forces an enemy to roll a saving throw, they do that with disadvantage. What happens with "effect" spells like Telekinesis or Eyebite, ...
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Are you your own enemy?
You don't count as your own ally
The book explicitly states that you are not your own ally, but are you your own enemy? For example, if I activate an Ash Gown while next to an ally, burning my ally ...
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How Balanced is a Homebrew Feat that Modifies Training Time?
I asked a while ago about the methods to decrease training time, and the answer I summarily got was, outside of shenanigans, increasing your intelligence is the only way. I'm not too invested in the ...
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Do I need additional retraining to transfer a feat from one slot to another?
Let's say my Fighter takes Sudden Charge at level 1, and at level 8 I want to learn Sudden Leap and replace Sudden Charge with something else. Can I rearrange which feats are in which level slots, to ...
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How long does the temp HP from the Inspiring Leader feat last, and how often can the character with the feat give a speech?
I understand that each individual creature/ally can gain the temporary HP from the Inspiring Leader feat once per short or long rest, but I have some questions:
How long does the temp HP granted by ...
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Does the card you pull out from the deck of many things come back?
The description of the Deck of many things sound like the card is gone forever, but I have seen people say it comes back from the deck. Which one actually happens?
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Is it possible to create a character that is a mix of dopelganger and facial expressions? [closed]
I want to create a character that can change completely or partially at will. And using his metamorphic powers for a multitude of moments. The character himself is mostly human but can change his ...
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Can an Injection Reservoir apply to Athletics Maneuvers?
The Injection Reservoir Adjustment allows you to inject a poison into the target on a successful attack.
...Immediately after a successful attack with the adjusted weapon, you can inject the target ...
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Can the player and the illusion from the spell Mislead act in parallel?
The description says that you can use your action to make the illusion move or gesture in whatever way you command it. Does this mean that either the player or the illusion does effectively nothing? ...
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Can Weapon Property Runes apply to Athletics maneuvers?
Recent errata has clarified that if you use an athletics maneuver with a weapon, the weapon's traits, such as Agile, can apply. Do property runes apply as well?
For example, a Crushing rune says it ...
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If a Dragonborn is affiliated with a particular dragon race, is it more likely to inherit that race's alignment?
I'm DMing for a homebrew quest with vanilla material, where the party is getting very close to a Dragonborn village. I haven't yet decided which dragon most of the village Dragonborn will be descended ...
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Can Weakness to a trait trigger multiple times in a single hit?
When resisting damage, you apply the resistance to each applicable "instance of damage" (damage type) separately. Does the same also apply to weaknesses? If you attack an enemy who is weak ...
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In Fate, what is the difference between Aspect Permissions and Stunts when it comes towards determining what you can or cant do in a given situation
For example, the supplement "Super-Powered Fate" says an aspect like Invisible Man can be used to justify creating rolling to create a situational aspect called Invisible to justify rolling ...
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Can I use Misty Step during someone else's reaction?
On my turn, can I avoid a melee attack by using misty step when the enemy has readied an action to react to my movement?
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D&D 5e: Does the same spell prepared for different levels count as multiple prepared spells or the same prepared single spell?
I couldn't find an answer to this in the player's handbook that explains whether the same spell prepared at different levels implies that multiple spells are prepared:
For example, if a level 4 cleric ...
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How to make a device to randomly choose one of three possibilities, with caveat that sometimes one of them is not available?
I don't like rerolls. I feel they break the speed of the game.
Imagine, for example, that we have a monster with three attacks: claws, tail and bite. Each round it uses random attack chosen from the ...
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Do Japan's "Kami" have a divine rank?
Do Japan's "Kami" have a divine rank?
Japanese Shintoism is a type of animism, and it seems that Kami exists in rice fields, toilets, and even grains of rice. Will all of them have divine ...
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'Canonical' Precedents for Blink (Short-Range Teleportation)
I'm interested in giving a character a rapid-use short-range tactical teleportation ability (inspired by such things as WarCraft Shadowstep and Dishonoured Blink). Obviously a there are different ways ...
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How does a player piggy-backing another player work in combat?
One of my PCs (a halfling) has recently taken to riding on the back of another one of my PCs (a dwarf). I allowed this, as I didn't think it had any problems and it allowed the group to go faster - ...
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Composite longbow adjusted for +1 STR bonus
Are Composite longbow adjusted with +1 STR Bonus considered masterwork and if so do they give the +1 To hit that masterwork weapons usually haves ?
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Does Weaken Trait: Summon immediately reduce the PL of those already Summoned?
Context. So you're sustaining/continuing your Summon and a wizard decides he wants to send a message because he thinks your Size 6 Animated Object: Mecha (via "Limited to Available Objects" ...
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Does a Weapon Siphon with Bottled Sunlight deal both Fire AND Vitality damage?
Weapon Siphon adds 1d4 of an alchemical bomb's damage type to a weapon, but what happens when the bomb deals two damage types?
The bomb must be one that deals energy damage, such as an acid flask, ...
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Are Echo Knights excluded from text that specifies “creature” [duplicate]
I understand that the majority of the posts on the internet classify the Echo Knight as an object and not a creature, including this post.
However, does that preclude the Echo Knight from being ...
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How would one go about excavating a god's arrow buried into desert sand 40 ft deep?
This is my first DND campaign and I'm one of the players. Our truly fabulous DM has created a majestic homebrew of a campaign and world. We're at one point in the story where we found an old ...
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How does the Corrosive Form (black pudding) damage work?
The corrosive form trait of black pudding (MM page 241) is as follows:
Corrosive Form. A creature that touches the pudding or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 4 (1 d8) acid ...
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Awakened forest/valley/piece of land. Was there any official monster like that?
The question is about DnD, any version.
Was there any official monster ever published that had a description of being an awakened piece of land in general (with whatever the land had on it) and could ...
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Why does the Decaying rune add less damage than other runes?
The 8th level Decaying rune deals 1d4 Void damage, even to constructs:
When you hit with the weapon, add 1d4 void damage [...] Unlike normal void damage, the void damage from a decaying rune damages ...
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Does damage that "can't be reduced" bypass temporary hit points?
As per title. The temporary hit points description says:
Some spells and special abilities confer temporary hit points to a creature. Temporary hit points aren't actual hit points; they are a buffer ...
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Does Reaction: When Touched effects trigger when you hit a Close Attack?
Was looking at Power Profiles and found some interesting information on the Fire Power: Flame Aura (pg. 69, nice)... Attacks with Reaction: When Touched don't need a Attack Check since they're already ...
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Can a weapon with a Shifting Rune transform into a tool (i.e. an Improvised Weapon)
For example, could I turn a 1-handed Shifting weapon into a Crowbar, or a lockpick, or a shovel?
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Piercer Feat with Sneak Attack and Critical [duplicate]
So my rogue/ranger is facing a problem with a crit atm.
When you score a critical hit that deals piercing damage to a creature, you can roll one additional damage die when determining the extra ...
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5E Multiclassing vs Subclasses [closed]
It appears that subclasses are a form of specialization for a particular class in 5e. A way to get a multiclass-like spin on the character class without fully multiclassing.
However, if multiclassing ...
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Character creation focused TTRPG [closed]
Are there TTRPGs such as "The quiet year", "The ground itself" and "Microscope" but with a focus on giving a history and depth to a character instead of a place? I ...
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Is this homebrew "Retuning String" monster balanced?
I created a homebrew stat block for a creature and I would like to know if this creation is balanced (for a generic party). In a previous question I asked, some users have given useful suggestions, so ...
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How would a Garou missing an arm affect its stats?
This question is about 20th Anniversary edition if it helps.
Whether from losing it in battle, or a metis born with one arm - I was hoping to ask if there’s anything explicit anywhere on how this ...
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Can I boost my Terminator armour "Force Field" roll with a Fate point?
The Terminator armour in Deathwatch has a special ability that works similar to a force field (Deathwatch Core Rule Book p. 164):
[...] the Crux Terminatus on every Terminator’s shoulder plate serves ...
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Can you launch a pellet created with Dust of Dryness to smash it at range?
Can I launch a Dust of Dryness pellet to Smash it at range?
The text for Dust of Dryness reads (DMG 166):
This small packet contains 1d6 + 4 pinches of dust. You can use an action to sprinkle a pinch ...
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What would the DC to intimidate the universe be? [closed]
I'm a level 1 fairy barbarian, and I, along with my party, killed an enemy that turned out to be a ghost, meaning they couldn't pass on to the afterlife. I asked to intimidate the universe into ...
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Psychic Blades from Illusionary Fog
If attacking from an illusionary fog created by Silent Image using the Soulknife's Psychic Blades would that reveal the fog to be an illusion to onlookers?
Physical objects like an arrow or dagger ...
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When a process takes longer than a round, at what point is a skill check made?
The party wizard is about to copy a high-level scroll into her spellbook. She has a +10 on Arcana, and a good chance of making the DC16 roll, despite it being a sixth-level scroll:
A wizard spell on ...
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What are all effects written in the book that can directly influence characters without a resistance check?
So one of my players for the PL 8 game I run has Immunity 200: All Resistible Effects (condensed version of Immunity to effects resisted by Toughness, Fortitude, Will, Parry, and Dodge). Normally this ...
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What do I do if my players are acting in a way that is meta-gaming and are refusing to accept my decision?
The Situation
I have a party of 5 players all sleeping in a barn on an abandoned farm at night. This is near the beginning of the campaign and each player likes having little secrets about each other....
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For Paladin's Ranged Reprisal, if you have multiple weapons, which Reach applies?
Paladin's Ranged Reprisal says:
You can use Retributive Strike with a ranged weapon. In addition, if the foe that triggered your reaction is within 5 feet of your reach but not in your reach, as part ...
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Determining the CR of a monster with a 50% chance of absorbing damage
I hope this question respects the site standards. I think that my question is quite specific and not too vague or opinion based. If not, I apologize in advance. I am creating an homebrew monster and I ...
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Is Resistance to a trait applied once per hit, or once per damage type?
Warding Statuette gives "Resistance against ranged weapon attacks", rather than resistance to a damage type. If I take damage from a ranged weapon attack that deals multiple types of damage, ...
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Which maps from Planescape: Turn of Fortune's Wheel would be most beneficial to have printed out in 1" grid scale?
I will be DMing a Planescape: Turn of Fortune's Wheel campaign soon. Maps in the book are small, and it would be hard to use them for tactical fights and puzzles. The party I will be DMing for likes ...
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Can I make attacks non-lethal?
Sometimes my party is being incredibly stupid, and it makes me want to punch them in game for being stupid. An example of this is trying to use a party member as a live test subject for a mushroom ...