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The advantage/disadvantage mechanic is a mechanic in 5th edition D&D that replaces most numerical bonuses and penalties with rolling twice and taking the higher or lower value.
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Does rolling a 1 with Advantage cancel out the higher roll?
No, a Crit Fail doesn't automatically overrule Advantage.
The Advantage and Disadvantage section of the PHB clearly states:
Use the higher of the two rolls if you have advantage... (pg.173)
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Can I get Advantage on attacks or spells by using the Time Stop spell?
Spells do exactly what they say and nothing more, anything beyond that is left up to the DM to decide.
Time Stop doesn't say it gives you advantage or other creatures disadvantage, therefore the spell …
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Hypnotic Pattern - Advantage Rolls and Group Attacks
No attacks are made with advantage.
Hypnotic Pattern states:
On a failed save, the creature becomes charmed for the duration. While charmed by this spell, the creature is incapacitated and has a spee …
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Does Enhance Ability spell help with saving throws?
Enhance Ability only works on ability checks. Ability checks are not saving throws. Enhance Ability does not help with saving throws.
Enhance Ability enhances, well, abilities...
Bear's Endurance: Ad …
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Instantaneous multi-hit spell and advantages
Let's break this down.
First we'll look at the rules for Advantage/Disadvantage:
Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a savi …
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Can you be given a disadvantage on a saving throw if you are surprised?
When you're surprised you:
can't move or take an action on your first turn of the combat, and you can't take a reaction until that turn ends.
Surprise, PHB, pg.189
That's all the rules say happ …
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How does dim light affect passive perception?
PHB, page 175:
Passive Checks
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Here's how to determine a character's total for a passive check:
10 + all modifiers that normally apply to the check.
If the character has advantage on the check, ad …
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