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Is Gloom Stalker overpowered?
Hey a bit late to the party, but i notices there is one side to umbral sight which has not been discussed here in your scenario.
Umbral sight says:
While in darkness, you are invisible to any ...
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Is the Hunter ranger's Volley feature considered a single attack or multiple attacks?
It depends on with which rules it is interacting
The Volley feature is an Action that produces a single attack
My apologies for being pedantic here, but it is actually relevant to this question and ...
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If you have resistance and cast Absorb Elements, do you take less damage?
No, your damage is only halved once
If you are confused what a spell does, it is often a good idea to look at the full text. Absorb Elements (except the "At higher levels" part) says in the ...
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If you have resistance and cast Absorb Elements, do you take less damage?
Narratively your interpretation makes sense, but the rules say no
In the fiction I can see how you are gathering some of the energy of the spell into your weapon, and then taking the remaining damage ...
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If you have resistance and cast Absorb Elements, do you take less damage?
When you have multiple sources of resistance to a particular damage, only one counts.
This is confirmed by the rules about Damage Resistance and Vulnerability
Multiple instances of resistance or ...
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How do half movement and flat movement penalties interact?
RAW, the DM decides each case by fiat
Unlike for damage, where there is a rules procedure for determining the order of application of multiplicative and additive effects, there is no such procedure ...
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Does a Bag of Holding look full?
A Bag of Holding would likely appear at most to be half-full, and should be able to fit into a chest.
A Bag of Holding is described as always weighing 15 pounds, and being 2 feet by 4 feet (easily ...
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How to transport armies across Faerûn?
You left out Transport Via Plants (6th) to make a portal or gateway for a round. And strangely you included a self-only short-range movement spell, Tree Stride (5th). It lets the caster spend 5ft of ...
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How to use Firbolg's Speech of Beast and Leaf in game
It is useful with beasts or special plants
The ability says:
They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return.
And there are no ...
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Ending of a curse effect, when the creature that caused the curse dies
"The curse lasts until ended with a greater restoration spell, a remove curse spell, or similar magic"
The ability does not demand that Ezmeralda is alive for the curse to work. This also is ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
21-41 eagles (CR0)
and 20-40 legacy1 swarms of rot grubs (CR 1/2)
We start with 21 eagles (Size Small, Fly speed 60') and 20 swarms of rot grubs (Size Tiny, 5' climb). We could use hawks instead of ...
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As a dungeon master, how can I manage a blind encounter?
Visibility does not stop you from taking actions
As Kerrick's answer states, being in a fog cloud creates a heavily obscured area, and creatures in such an area are effectively blinded while they ...
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How to transport armies across Faerûn?
A well of many worlds can do it if you want
The well of many worlds is a magic item that says
It unfolds into a circular sheet 6 feet in diameter.
You can use an action to unfold and place the well ...
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Are images part of the rules?
Not rules unless stated, but always official content
Great question. The only instance of an image in the rules being the only authoratative source of information is the rules for Creature Size and ...
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As a dungeon master, how can I manage a blind encounter?
I have run into this situation before when fighting in darkness or using the ever-smoking bottle. I love these kinds of encounters since they create such a different situation for the players to ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
62 CR 1/4 Goblins
Goblins are my fav minion, so let's see how well they fare. The goblins will employ standard gobbo tactics; attack at night, hide, spread out, and run as soon as they get spotted.
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How to transport armies across Faerûn?
Who needs magic?
You say they'd need to sail to Elturel then march the (quite considerable) distance from there to the Well of Dragons. But the River Chionthar (that flows past Elturel down to Balder'...
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Is skill retraining a legal option in 5th edition D&D?
It is possible using Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
Although the answers above were correct at the time they were posted, they no longer are. Since Tasha's Cauldron of Everything was released in 2020 ...
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As a dungeon master, how can I manage a blind encounter?
If a player and a monster are both within the area of effect of the Fog cloud spell, they both use the rules for heavily obscured, which means each effectively suffers from the blinded condition when ...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
Monsters don't know D&D's combat mechanics.
This includes necromancers. A cowardly necromancer isn't going to be a combat tactician. They will have orders of magnitude less simulated combat ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
1 trillion awakened shrubs (CR 0)
Awakened shrubs are indistinguishable from normal shrubs when not moving.
The Dragon cannot fly forever. It sees no enemies. When it lands, it is attacked by shrubs ...
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Does dropping prone or standing when you are within an enemy's range or reach generate a reaction?
Strictly adhering to the rules: yes, it can generate a reaction.
In general, if the enemy you're facing used their Action to Ready an action (e.g., cast Hold person) choosing as a trigger "as ...
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Does dropping prone or standing when you are within an enemy's range or reach generate a reaction?
No, only moving out of reach causes opportunity attacks
The PHB says about opportunity attacks (p. 195):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile
creature that you can see moves out of your ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
Less than 170 Aarakocra Simulacra (CR 1/8)
These creatures are from Storm King's Thunder (See How many simulacra can Sansuri's Simulacrum create? - apparently unlimited, given enough material ...
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Why does Sacred Flame specify that the target gets no benefit from cover?
The issue I've seen no one bring up is
(a) you don't roll attack to see if you make the AC threshold)
(b) it hits automatically unless the targets resists it by rolling the saving throw, so an AC ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
228 CR 1/2 Scouts (none die)
Scouts are a CR 1/2 from the core rules. They attack the with a longbow at +4 to hit, 1d8+2 piercing (6.5 average), range 150/600 feet. They can shoot the dragon before he ...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
At the very least, we can observe that such adventure design would be inconsistent with the game’s fundamental philosophy as described in the introduction of the Dungeon Master’s Guide:
your goal isn’...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
No, he is not "supposed to", but it is possible
This is pretty explicitly stated, on p. 153 of the Adventure
The “Lord of Lance Rock” is Oreioth (see chapter 7),
wild-eyed Tethyrian human ...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
I doubt the author of the encounter considered the possibility of him upcasting Magic Missile to do maximum damage and cause a single insta-kill with little or no chance of defense on round 1 (I agree ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
At most 2500 CR 1/8 Harengon Brigands
The Harengon Brigand has a sling attack with range 30/120 that does +5/1d4+3 damage.
If it attacks with disadvantage, then it hits on a 17-20, so a 4% chance to ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
One CR2 Young Fire Giant
The Young Fire Giant from Tales from the Yawning Portal has a javelin attack with range 30/120, and is immune to fire.
In combat, the red dragon uses its fire breath on the ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
Here is an obvious answer (just catch up to the dragon) to set a baseline.
323 CR 2s
A flerd (a portmanteau of flock and herd as suggested by TimothyAWiseman in the comments) of Pegasuses can close ...
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How to describe & roleplay past torture, prejudice and gender discrimination without upsetting fellow players too much?
Social Contract is Everything
Know your audience. If you're starting a game with new players, or are introducing themes you haven't discussed with your players yet, that needs to happen. When we talk ...
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Which is More Positively Effective, Math-Wise: Modifier Bonuses, or Expertise?
Stacking wins by numbers, but you can do both
My main recommendation is to not focus to myopically on maximizing skill rolls. You also can mix-and-match and benefit from both expertise and stacking ...
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Which is More Positively Effective, Math-Wise: Modifier Bonuses, or Expertise?
Expertise beats all but the most specific cheesy combos over time. Yes, the Peace Domain + Guidance (out of combat) gives you bonuses similar to what proficiency gives at mid-high levels (or turns ...
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Faerzress and other teleportation spells
Most likely not
The Teleport spell you quoted states:
Generally, you appear in the closest similar place, but since the spell has no range limit, you could conceivably wind up anywhere on the plane.
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How many commoners would it take to defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in a straight battle?
Tens of thousands
While I agree with Nobody's conclusion that, restricted to the constraints proposed, this is not a fight between an 'ancient red dragon' and 'commoners' in any meaningful sense. ...
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Does the lightning damage clause of Lightning Lure check the target's distance before or after the creature would fall?
Timing is not relevant here
The damage is if the target is within 5ft, it doesn't say ends it's turn within 5ft. As long as it gets within 5ft at any point the damage triggers.
There are optional ...
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Does the lightning damage clause of Lightning Lure check the target's distance before or after the creature would fall?
Use the Simultaneous Effects rules from Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Because the falling and the check for lightning damage would happen simultaneously, they should be covered by the rules for ...
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End of long rest vs finishing long rest
They mean the same thing
"At the end of a long rest" is used in the PHB exactly one time, in the rules for Resting (p. 186) under long rest. All the other references to the time when ...
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End of long rest vs finishing long rest
A long rest has not ended until at least 8 Hours have passed.
The rules for long rests state:
A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps for ...
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Does exhaustion affect a creature after it is polymorphed?
Probably less of a RAW answer here: exhaustion should end
Polymorph changes you into a beast, an average one at that. This means you are no longer you.
I agree with other answers in that I don't see ...
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Why does Sacred Flame specify that the target gets no benefit from cover?
Cover can extend above a creature. Such as in the case of wall of force or force cage. Ignoring cover means sacred flame can extend through such objects.
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Why does Sacred Flame specify that the target gets no benefit from cover?
Partial cover grants a bonus to Dexterity saving throws, which Sacred Flames ignores.
An often forgotten section of the rules (emphasis mine):
Half Cover
A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC ...
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Does Polymorph Remove Exhaustion?
Exhaustion persists through polymorph
Poymorph does replace the creature's game statistics:
The target's game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the chosen ...
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Is a creature with Blindsight affected by illusions?
It depends on the illusion
Blindsight says:
A monster with blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight, within a specific radius.
Creatures without eyes, such as grimlocks and ...
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How many commoners would it take to defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in a straight battle?
The constraints are too artificial to help "establish a baseline"
As Thomas points out the dragon has a higher movement rate, and on an infinite plane can always stay a distance from the ...
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How many commoners would it take to defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in a straight battle?
The dragon can kite indefinitely.
The ancient red dragon has a 40 foot walking speed, and using the Wing Attack Legendary Action lets it move another 40 feet each round. So it gets 80 feet of movement ...
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Does a Morkoth's Spell Reflection work against area-of-effect spells like Fireball?
This is a simple "if then" sequence.
IF the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell
TRUE, DEX saving throw
(Does not say the morkoth has to be the original target, just that ...
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Why does Sacred Flame specify that the target gets no benefit from cover?
Although 5e does not have a clear-cut distinction between flavor text and mechanics, "descends on a creature" sounds more like flavor text than mechanics, since "descends" does not ...
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