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For questions about attacks. An attack is generally defined as an action to cause damage or some other debilitation, though specific RPGs may define the term more specifically.

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If an enemy monster charms one PC and tells them to attack a second PC, and then the second ...

C (the succubus) can't directly attack A (the eladrin), but C's previous command to B still stands The charmed condition on its own is pretty limited in what it does: A charmed creature can't attack … If the succubus commands a charmed target to attack an ally, the charmed target follows that order. The succubus (C) can Charm B, and then (assuming B fails the save) command B to attack A. …
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When using a grid for combat, do corners grant cover?

target has cover against an attack or other effect on a grid, choose a corner of the attacker’s space or the point of origin of an area of effect. … If three or four of those lines are blocked but the attack can still reach the target (such as when the target is behind an arrow slit), the target has three-quarters cover. …
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Using a ranged weapon with the Ammunition property for a melee attack

Thus, it seems to be a natural conclusion to me that the weapon is not treated as having those properties for the purpose of that attack. … When used as an improvised weapon (i.e. during the actual attack, not during some other time on the turn), it functions as an improvised weapon. …
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Can a human fighter use an action to attack with a greataxe and then a bonus action to do an...

The only bonus-action attack they can do is through Two-Weapon Fighting, which any class can use: When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you're holding in one hand, … If you’d like to attack with a weapon and punch someone on the same turn, you can do so easily with the Extra Attack feature. And that combo is even easier for you if you’re a monk. …
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Can the Shield Master feat's bonus-action shove be used to make an improvised weapon attack?

No, you can't use the bonus-action shove to attack in any other way. … The Attack action lets you make an attack (or, with the Extra Attack class feature, multiple attacks) using your action. …
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Do spells/abilities that do extra damage on a weapon attack apply to the damage of Steel Win...

You might be able to apply any features that are triggered by "an attack" or "a melee attack", but none that are triggered by "a weapon attack". … The "spell attack" and "weapon attack" categories are mutually exclusive. …
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Can a barbarian keep raging if she shoves an enemy on her turn?

If you're able to make multiple attacks with the Attack action, this attack replaces one of them. … If you're able to make multiple attacks with the Attack action, this attack replaces one of them. …
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Can I make a melee attack with a ranged weapon?

Ranged weapon, melee attack If you use a weapon in a way contrary to its design (melee attack w/ a ranged weapon), see "Improvised Weapons" (PH, 147). DM's call. Improvised dagger then? … weapon, so the attack would follow the rules for improvised weapons. …
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Can I attack an object that is being worn or carried by a creature during combat?

talk about targeting an object, is it implied that it's an unattended object, or it possible to target someone's armor/shield directly with an attack in an attempt to damage/break it? … Negating worn armor for the low cost of one weapon attack seems incredibly powerful. You'll be happy to know that few things in the game do this. …
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Does the Gloom Stalker ranger's Dread Ambusher feature grant a separate attack?

additional attack twice that round: once for each Attack action. … If you're able to make that additional attack on the Attack action, and you hit, you do 1d8 extra damage with that attack. If the additional attack misses, you don't do the extra damage. Simple. …
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Can you use a bonus action between the separate attacks of a spell?

If you cast eldritch blast and your first beam reduces the target to 0 HP, you can use a bonus action to move your hex to another target before you make the attack for your second beam. … Rules designer Jeremy Crawford reiterated this fact in an unofficial tweet from May 2018 (after some people were confused by an earlier tweet meant to indicate that bonus actions dependent on the Attack
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Does the Slow spell limit the number of Eldritch Blast beams?

Can a ranger move between the attack rolls of the Whirlwind Attack feature? No. Whirlwind Attack is unusual, in that it’s a single attack with multiple attack rolls. … In most other instances, an attack has one attack roll. …
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Does Kensei's Shot affect Spell attacks?

by Improve Pact Weapon applies to the weapon's attack rolls, not to a spell's attack rolls. … a spellcasting focus, doesn't count as attacking with that weapon, unless the spell explicitly says you attack with it. [...] …
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What action is used to throw a Javelin of Lightning?

The attack portion of the javelin of lightning follows the normal rules for an attack with a javelin, and it can be done as part of the Attack action. … In short, it's a single attack within the Attack action, and follows the corresponding rules. …
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Can monks move between their Attack action and bonus-action unarmed strike?

Moving Between Attacks If you take an action that includes more than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even further by moving between those attacks. … For example, a fighter who can make two attacks with the Extra Attack feature and who has a speed of 25 feet could move 10 feet, make an attack, move 15 feet, and then attack again. …
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