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Combat lethality
Trail of Cthulhu is Gumshoe!
Trail of Cthulhu uses the Gumshoe engine, and indeed, if properly built, it is not instantly lethal by virtue of the engine - not the game itself. That was a deliberate ...
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How Is Damage Determined For Sunlight Hypersensitivity?
There is clearly not a uniform rule in place
If there was a relation to CR or hit points, the damage wouldn't be the same for the Vampire and Vampire Spawn. Many numbers in the monster stats are ...
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How can I make combat more tactically interesting for me as a DM?
There are already many excellent answers, but I didn't see a couple of resources I regularly use, so I will point them out.
The monsters know what they're doing.
https://www.themonstersknow.com/
This ...
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Is the Dragonborn's Breath Weapon from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons an attack?
Even if this AoE was considered attack when used this way (which it's not: no attack roll, and see other answers), note that Redirect Attack still wouldn't apply.
When a creature the goblin can see ...
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Is the Dragonborn's Breath Weapon from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons an attack?
It’s not an attack
If there's ever any question whether something you're doing counts as an attack, the rule is simple: if you're making an attack roll, you're making an attack.
This is the general ...
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Is the Dragonborn's Breath Weapon from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons an attack?
It is not an attack
There are two ways in which something could be called an attack.
The following section from the Basic Rules states:
If there's ever any question whether something you're doing ...
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