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Is there a way to resist spells or abilities with an AOE coming from my teammates, or exclude certain beings from the effect?
It depends on the AoE spell/ability, as well as your allies. Have you considered earmuffs?
No catch-alls, but magic might help.
Unfortunately, there is no catch-all that can help you avoid every ...
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Is there a way to resist spells or abilities with an AOE coming from my teammates, or exclude certain beings from the effect?
Deafen yourself.
A deafened creature can’t hear and automatically fails any ability check that requires hearing.
This is the rules text for the Deafened Condition. The important part here is that ...
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Is there a way to resist spells or abilities with an AOE coming from my teammates, or exclude certain beings from the effect?
They'll learn
Or, they should, anyway.
Even with new players, you can expect that characters (and their players) will learn fairly quickly how to work with each other.
Sure, something like Turn the ...
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Path of the Giant Elemental Cleaver - throwing weapon interaction with other rules
You are making a ranged attack [with a weapon]
As the Sage Advice Compendium explains, a "ranged weapon attack" is a ranged attack, with a weapon. If the rules meant an attack with a ranged ...
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How does the Push Weapon Mastery property interact with the Psi Warrior Fighter's Telekinetic Thrust?
You can do them in either order, because neither of them are predicated on the enemy being in any particular location, nor do they have tight timing restrictions: "If you hit a creature with this ...
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How does the Push Weapon Mastery property interact with the Psi Warrior Fighter's Telekinetic Thrust?
In your case Telekinetic thrust opens up with
When you deal damage to a target with your Psionic Strike, you can
force the target to make a Strength saving throw
With the weapons mastery Push option
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