Simple RAW 3

[No brains]

Q74: If you shove a friendly creature, could it willingly fail the contest and accept the 5ft movement?

A74 There is a little passage on p237 of the DMG that implies this is possible:

"An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task that he or she has decided to attempt."

Bolded for emphasis, I believe this means that if a character so decides, they do not have to attempt to resist the contest and can let themselves get shoved.

[coredump]

A77:You only add the Modifier if you are proficient with the weapon, so unless you have the Tavern Brawler feat, you don't add the Modifier

This is incorrect.

[Dmdork]

Q84 I take the Ready action and I want to heal Torkek if he takes any damage. tordek moves in to attack the goblins, the goblins attack Tordek and he takes damage. Now I'm 20' away. Can I move AND heal Tordek as a part of the ready action?

[Dmdork]

Q85 rules say you can move through an enemies area (difficult terrain), but is that only if the enemy lets you? What about if I'm really small and it's a big dragon?

[Dmdork]

Q86can you use a bonus action (or one of your two attacks that you may have) to try to escape a grapple?

[nitsua60]

Q86can you use a bonus action (or one of your two attacks that you may have) to try to escape a grapple?

A86: per PHB p.195, escaping a grapple, "a grappled creature can use its action to escape." Not a bonus action, not one of the two attacks that are granted by extra attack (for instance).

[nitsua60]

Q85 rules say you can move through an enemies area (difficult terrain), but is that only if the enemy lets you? What about if I'm really small and it's a big dragon?

A85: Rules say nothing about the enemy's willingness or non-, (PHB p.191), so there's no RAW to say the creature must be willing. Rules do require there be at least two size-categories difference, but say nothing about larger disparities.

In short:

Are you at least two categories different from hostile creature? If yes, move through space as difficult terrain.

[Maxilian]

R77 Can you give a citation on that, please?

The section of the PHB/SRD dealing with damage rolls just says "When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier - the same modifier used for the attack roll - to the damage." with no mention of requiring proficiency to make that happen and the section on Weapon Proficiency says that "Proficiency with a weapon allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with that weapon. If you make an attack roll using a weapon with which you lack proficiency, you do not add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll." Neither mention proficiency affecting the damage roll.

Unless I see a citation that said otherwise, I would rule that you add your strength modifier to the damage roll for an improvised weapon because it fits the damage roll rule I quoted. (It also passes the logic test: it's hard to imagine that getting hit with a chair by a 300 lb. mountain of muscle wouldn't deal more damage than being hit with the same chair by a frail old man who can barely lift it.)

Sorry, i was actually reading it as Proficiency not modifier, that was my bad

[ebbisis]

Q87
Myself and Bernard are Battling an Orc fighter , Bernard's health looks low so I cast the Sanctuary spell on him. Bernard then gives a parting blow before moving out of combat, thus causing an opportunity attack. The Orc fighter then attempts to use his reaction to hit Bernard , however fails the Sanctuary saving throw. Am I now the target for that attack?

[Arkhios]

Q87
Myself and Bernard are Battling an Orc fighter , Bernard's health looks low so I cast the Sanctuary spell on him. Bernard then gives a parting blow before moving out of combat, thus causing an opportunity attack. The Orc fighter then attempts to use his reaction to hit Bernard , however fails the Sanctuary saving throw. Am I now the target for that attack?

A87
Sanctuary, PHB (pg. 273): If the warded creature makes an attack or casts a spell that affects an enemy creature, this spell ends.

[QUARE]

Q88:
How do HAM and Abjurer's Ward interact? Does HAM protect the ward?

Q89:
How does combat work while you are in another creature's space? For example, can a monk climb up a giant and cling on to the back of its neck while smacking it with Flurry of Blows?

[Lord Il Palazzo]

Q88:
How do HAM and Abjurer's Ward interact? Does HAM protect the ward?

A88 Heavy Armor Master affects "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that you take". An Abjurer's Arcane Ward says "Whenever you take damage, the ward takes the damage instead." Since it's the ward taking damage and not you, it isn't "damage that you take" and Heavy Armor Master doesn't affect it.

Q89:
How does combat work while you are in another creature's space? For example, can a monk climb up a giant and cling on to the back of its neck while smacking it with Flurry of Blows?

A89 There's nothing concerning this in the core game, though the DMG has rules for climbing on a larger creature listed as an optional variant. If I recall correctly, the smaller creature makes an Athletics or Acrobatics check opposed by the larger creature's Acrobatics check to move into the larger creature's space and gain advantage on attack rolls against it. Check the DMG for the exact details on it and, of course, make sure your DM is okay with using the variant before you count on having it in your game.

[King539]

Q87
Myself and Bernard are Battling an Orc fighter , Bernard's health looks low so I cast the Sanctuary spell on him. Bernard then gives a parting blow before moving out of combat, thus causing an opportunity attack. The Orc fighter then attempts to use his reaction to hit Bernard , however fails the Sanctuary saving throw. Am I now the target for that attack?

A87 clarification.

Bernard made an attack. Therefore, the spell had already ended, and the Orc didn't have to roll the save. Bernard is the target of the attack.

[ProphetSword]

Q84 I take the Ready action and I want to heal Torkek if he takes any damage. tordek moves in to attack the goblins, the goblins attack Tordek and he takes damage. Now I'm 20' away. Can I move AND heal Tordek as a part of the ready action?

A84:
No, you cannot move AND heal. Here is the relevant text (emphasis is mine):

...you choose the action you will take in response to that trigger, or you choose to move up to your speed in response to it.

[Dmdork]

Q90 can I cast a magic missle at someone if theyre invisible? Can I cast fireball if I'm blind, and how would that work for choosing a target/point in space?

[Puh Laden]

Q90 can I cast a magic missle at someone if theyre invisible? Can I cast fireball if I'm blind, and how would that work for choosing a target/point in space?

A90: magic missile specifies that you target a creature you can see. Therefore, if they are invisible you cannot target them even if you know exactly where they are. Fireball does not specify that you pick a point that you can see, therefore even if you are blinded, you can use fireball normally, RAW.

[No brains]

A90 Slightly pedantic, but being invisible does not itself negate magic missile. If you can somehow 'see' an invisible creature, you can still target it with magic missile.

[Rysto]

Q91: If a creature with flying speed is moving through difficult terrain, is their flying speed halved?

[Petrocorus]

Q 92

If you attack a creature who cannot see or is not aware in some other way of the attack, you get advantage to the attack roll. But what if you attack with a spell that requires a save roll instead of an attack roll, notably one which requires a Dexterity save roll like a Fireball, does that creature get a disadvantage to the save roll?

[Puh Laden]

Q 92

If you attack a creature who cannot see or is not aware in some other way of the attack, you get advantage to the attack roll. But what if you attack with a spell that requires a save roll instead of an attack roll, notably one which requires a Dexterity save roll like a Fireball, does that creature get a disadvantage to the save roll?

A92

No. This makes sense too; even if you can't be seen that doesn't mean the fireball is invisible or even silent.

[Fishyninja]

Q93 Fighter's Duelling Fighting Style.
It adds plus 2 to damage rolls. Also as fighters are proficient in all weapons would a Figther with +3 in Str have the following Damage Bonus:

Weapon die:

• +5
• +7

[Arkhios]

Q93 Fighter's Duelling Fighting Style.
It adds plus 2 to damage rolls. Also as fighters are proficient in all weapons would a Figther with +3 in Str have the following Damage Bonus:

Weapon die:

• +5
• +7

Proficiency bonus doesn't apply to damage rolls. A fighter with Str +3 and Dueling Style would deal [weapon die]+5 damage.

[Fishyninja]

Proficiency bonus doesn't apply to damage rolls. A fighter with Str +3 and Dueling Style would deal [weapon die]+5 damage.

Thank you, always get those confused.

[Erys]

Q91: If a creature with flying speed is moving through difficult terrain, is their flying speed halved?

A91: Depends. You are only hampered by difficult terrain you have to move through.

So, if it was a dense, vine-filled jungle and you are flying below the canopy: yes, you move is halved even if flying. Whereas a broken, prairie dog filled grassland that you are able to avoid completely because you are in the air will not hamper a fly speed even a little.

[Dmdork]

Q94 what's Tiamat's divine rank (dmg pg 11)?

[King539]

Q94 what's Tiamat's divine rank (dmg pg 11)?

A94 Lesser deity.

[Dalebert]

Q 95 If an ally leaves my reach, does he provoke an AoO? Can I use Warcaster to cast a helpful spell on him as a reaction? (Cure Wounds, Haste, Freedom of Movement...)

[Arkhios]

Q 95 If an ally leaves my reach, does he provoke an AoO? Can I use Warcaster to cast a helpful spell on him as a reaction? (Cure Wounds, Haste, Shield of Faith...)

Unless your ally is hostile towards you, no.

[Dalebert]

Q 96 That raises my next question. What is the mechanical definition of "hostile".

By the plain language meaning, it seems clear my party member is not hostile to me, but it feels like this opens up an exploit for me to choose not to be hostile and thus not provoke AoO myself. For instance, does a pacifist not provoke AoOs?

[Specter]

Q97 Does the Abjurer's Arcane Ward recharge with abjuration only when it's at zero or at any time it has already taken damage?