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What hidden class abilities are there in D&D 5e?
Rangers are good in a chase
In the optional rules for a Chase (DMG 253), a quarry that has moved out of sight of the pursuers is permitted a contested Dexterity (Stealth) vs. Wisdom (Perception) check ...
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Can a paladin decide who is considered "friendly", and thus gets the benefit of their aura(s)?
There is no official rule, nor was there ever meant to be one
It is, frankly, incorrect to analyze every time Wizards of the Coast used the word “friendly” in the text in an attempt to determine what “...
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Does an opportunity attack allow a monk to use their unarmed bonus attack if they still have it and it’s still their turn?
Oportunity attacks are reactions, not normal actions, so this won't work
You can only use Martial Arts with the Attack action:
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon ...
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What hidden class abilities are there in D&D 5e?
Spell Scrolls
Spell Scrolls have a failure chance when inscribing spells from them into a Wizard Spell Book.
This rule is only mentioned in the Dungeon Master's Guide under Spell Scroll, rather than ...
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Can a Hexblade warlock use their Accursed Specter feature as a pseudo-Speak with Dead spell?
Per rules as written, the specter knows nothing of their previous life.
The relevant part of the description of the Accursed Specter feature tells us that:
When you slay a humanoid, you can cause its ...
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Can a Battle Smith artificer enter a Steel Defender for protection?
The feature description tells you how it works.
The Steel Defender feature description and statblock tells you how the steel defender works, and it says nothing about wearing the steel defender as a ...
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What happens when a Circle of Stars druid hits 0 HP while in Starry Form?
You become Unconscious, or Dead, exactly as if you weren't in Starry Form
Starry Form comes with no hit points of its own, unlike normal Wild Shape. The rules for it specifically state you "...
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Do you get the benefits of Oversized Weapons with Path of Giant?
The class feature description has everything you need to know.
The feature description for Giant Stature is complete - you don’t have to look elsewhere to learn its effects:
While raging, you gain ...
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Does the Path of the Giant barbarian's Elemental Cleaver damage increase by 1d6 each attack?
You add 1d6 to each attack that hits
Attacks rolls are explained on p. 195 of the PHB (emphasis mine):
When you make an attack, your attack roll determines whether the attack hits or misses. To make ...
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Does a Fireball whose damage type was changed via Awakened Spellbook still ignite flammable objects?
Awakened Spellbook only changes the damage type.
Awakened Spellbook changes a spell’s damage type, and this is the only effect of the spell that is changed. So a non-fire damage fireball still sets ...
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Does Shadow Step work in concert with Find Familiar?
Yes, this works
Find familiar says
Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar's eyes
So you are seeing through your familiars eyes, and you can shadow step to any space in dim ...
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Can I spend additional ki points to make additional attacks with my Flurry of Blows bonus action?
You can make one flurry with two strikes
Flurry of Blows is not limited by a number per turn, but by coupling it to taking the Attack action on your turn, and by your available bonus actions:
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Are thrown Magic Stones thrown weapons for the purposes of Thrown Weapon Fighting Style?
Rules as Written
With the rules as written, I'd say no. It is a ranged spell attack, not a thrown weapon attack. Especially since even if someone else throws the stone, they use your ability score ...
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How to reduce the size of the Ancient Companion from the UA Mage of Lorehold subclass?
Do it the other way round
Shortly before the end of your long rest, cast enlarge on a Small freestanding statue. It will be a Medium freestanding statue for the duration (concentration, 1 minute). End ...
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In Baldur's Gate 3, the Oath of the Ancients paladin has the Healing Radiance ability; do they have a corresponding ability in D&D 5e?
It is invented for Baldur's Gate 3
There is no ability called Healing Radiance in published 5e D&D - I certainly don't remember reading about it, and a text search on D&D Beyond should turn up ...
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Can an Eidetic Spellcaster benefit from the Geometer feature that allows one page per spell in the spellbook?
Maybe
Unfortunately, Complete Arcane does not give us enough information here.
Your spells do “require only a single page”
Officially, eidetic spellcaster doesn’t say anything about how many “pages” a ...
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Would an Armorer artificer have to use their action to doff their Arcane Armor if told to do so via the Command spell?
The DM interprets how non-standard commands are carried out
"Doff" is not one of the standard actions of command, and how other single-word commands work always will have to be interpreted ...
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Epic Holy Strike and its applicability to Unarmed Strikes
The use of the term "wielding" in connection with weapons does not exclude unarmed strikes.
Of course, from a "language-logic-point-of-view" something that you wield should be ...
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If I'm Wild Shaped or Polymorphed and reduced to 0 hit points, can I use Strength Before Death as a reaction to take an extra turn?
Yes if you're Wild Shaped, No if you're Polymorphed
The nature of this question strictly comes down to whether you have access to your class features while transformed.
The Wild Shape feature says the ...
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Does Turn the Unholy work on fallen Celestials?
As written, Turn Unholy does not work on Radiant Idol.
As you quoted in the question body, Turn Unholy is effective on fiends and undeads:
Each fiend or undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet ...
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Does Wizard Empowered Evocation Feature Work with Magic Items?
Yes you can.
Let's look at the requirements for using Empowered Evocation (emphasis mine):
Beginning at 10th level, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of any wizard evocation ...
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Can a Battle Smith artificer enter a Steel Defender for protection?
Unlikely
The Artificer Battle Smith's Steel Defender feature says:
You determine the creature's appearance and whether it has two legs or four;...
At first glance, this might appear to offer you ...
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Looking for RAW features or items that allow a PC to modify the outcome of a d4+1 that also isn't damage
There is no such feature
Checking all the published rules expansions and settings, as of this writing I believe there is no published spell, feature or item that would allow to reroll any die, outside ...
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Does a Rod of the Pact Keeper add its bonus to a Pact of the Blade Hexblade's pact weapon?
No it does not
The Rod says
While holding this rod, you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your warlock spells.
Weapon attacks are not warlock spells. The rod's ...
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Can Bards learn Oath of the Open Sea Spells via Magical Secrets? If so, does it require the GM's discretion?
Maybe
If the DM allows druids, rangers and sorcerers to learn these spells, they are effectively added to the spell list of those classes similar to the"Additional [class] Spells" optional ...
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If I'm Wild Shaped or Polymorphed and reduced to 0 hit points, can I use Strength Before Death as a reaction to take an extra turn?
You most probably can if you were wildshaped
This answer differs depending on if you are polymorphed, or if you are wildshaped. If you are polymorphed, you don't get to keep your class features, you ...
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What happens when a level 14 bard uses Nimbus of Pathos on a wild shape Druid currently in wild shape?
The druid reverts to their normal form and stops dying
When Nimbus of Pathos ends, you fall to 0 hit points in your creature form, and are dying. That means you would have to make a death saving throw ...
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If a player character is polymorphed, how does that interact with their companions, steel defender, summoned creatures, etc.?
Creating or summoning creatures is a class feature...
Polymorph says:
The target's game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast...The creature ...
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If a multiclassed Sorcerer/Wizard both knows and prepares Magic Missile, does it count as both a Sorcerer spell and a Wizard spell?
A spell is a Wizard spell or a Sorcerer spell, not both
This does not work, RAW. While your spell slots are shared between classes, any given spell is cast via one class or the other, not both. The ...
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When a Beast Master Ranger is incapacitated, who controls the primal companion?
The players usually control their characters and use of class features, but this is not their character
the PHB says on page 5:
The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards ...
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