Simple RAW for 5e 4: Smackdown v. RAW

[Samayu]

You can dash multiple times, but second wind is a fighter healing ability.
Did you mean Monk step of the wind? Takes a bonus action.
Or action surge? Which would work.
Haste would also allow a Dash.

Action: Dash
Bonus Action (Step of the Wind, Cunning Action or Expeditious Retreat): Dash
Action Surge: Dash
Haste Action: Dash

C.227
Thanks for the answer. I asked because i thought there used to be a rule that limited you to two moves. And yes, I meant Action Surge not Second Wind. I always make that mistake. It must be because it has "second" in the name.

[Yora]

Q229: What information do you get from detect magic on a shapechanger in an alternate form?

Magic, but no school?

[E’Tallitnics]

Q229: What information do you get from detect magic on a shapechanger in an alternate form?

Magic, but no school?

A229: Usually no. The polymorph effect isn’t stated as being magical. For further reading: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questi...=SearchResults

[Yora]

Q230: Regarding the effects of conditions:

A: Are attack rolls ability checks?
B: Are skill checks ability checks?
C: Are saving throws ability checks?

[Man_Over_Game]

Q230: Regarding the effects of conditions:

A: Are attack rolls ability checks?
B: Are skill checks ability checks?
C: Are saving throws ability checks?

A230

Technically, what you think are Skill Checks are actually Ability Checks with a Skill Proficiency tacked on as a bonus.

If it doesn't use your Hit bonuses (like an Attack does), and it's not a Saving Throw, it's an Ability Check.

[FrancisBean]

Q231.

When playing on a grid, does RAW provide any clear statement of precisely which squares a grappled creature enters when dragged by a grappler?

E.g., I stand side-by-side with an enemy and grapple her. Then I walk forward for my double-cost movement and drag her along. Does she stay side-by-side, does she get dragged into the squares I depart, or is RAW silent on the exact movement pattern? One presumes she must, at minimum, stay adjacent to my character.

[Man_Over_Game]

Q231.

When playing on a grid, does RAW provide any clear statement of precisely which squares a grappled creature enters when dragged by a grappler?

E.g., I stand side-by-side with an enemy and grapple her. Then I walk forward for my double-cost movement and drag her along. Does she stay side-by-side, does she get dragged into the squares I depart, or is RAW silent on the exact movement pattern? One presumes she must, at minimum, stay adjacent to my character.

A231

While most sources don't mention grappling and positioning explicitly, it may help to have this:

PHB p. 191: A creature's space is the area in feet that it effectively controls in combat, not an expression of its physical dimensions. A typical Medium creature isn't 5 feet wide, for example, but it does control a space that wide.

The grid is an abstraction, not showing precisely where everyone is, but where they're allowed to interact. In your example, you are pushing/dragging the creature physically, but you always have your own individual spaces on the grid (unless you're squeezing or Small, or using some other rule that allows you to occupy the same space as another creature).

[Dmdork]

Q232 Wall of Force says you can create a sphere. Can I trap a creature inside a 'bubble'?

[E’Tallitnics]

Q232 Wall of Force says you can create a sphere. Can I trap a creature inside a 'bubble'?

A233: Yes. However it’ll be up to the DM to determine the entire Large creature fits inside the 10' sphere.

Remember that a Large creature controls a 10x10 foot area on the ground, but many can be taller than 10'!

[Dmdork]

Q233 My friend and I both play wizards. I cast a spell, and the drow counters me. Can my wizard friend counter the drow's counter spell?

[Galithar]

Q233 My friend and I both play wizards. I cast a spell, and the drow counters me. Can my wizard friend counter the drow's counter spell?

As long as he meets the requirements.

1. Within the 60 foot range of the spell
2. Can see the Drow casting the counterspell
3. Has a reaction available
4. Has a spell slot available
(I know those last two are super basic, I'm just trying to be thorough)

Also it's worth noting that you yourself can counterspell the counterspell of that Drow yourself so long as you meet the requirements. Reactions may be taken during any turn, including your own, so long as the trigger has been satisfied. There is also no restrictions on casting reaction spells and action spells on your turn.

Can you cast a reaction spell on your turn? You sure can!
Here’s a common way for it to happen: Cornelius the wizard is casting fireball on his turn, and his foe casts counterspell on him. Cornelius also has counterspell prepared, so he uses his reaction to cast it and break his foe’s counterspell before it can stop fireball.

Edit: Fixed quote tags

[helric]

Can an oathbow be a kensei weapon? One of the oathbow properties on roll20's list is "heavy", so im not sure. But is the oathbow considered a longbow or no? also, which adventures in AL can i find an oathbow?

[Myth27]

Q234 do you lose non-concentration spell (like see invisibility) when you go to 0 hp?

[E’Tallitnics]

Q234 do you lose non-concentration spell (like see invisibility) when you go to 0 hp?

A234: No you do not. If you did the spell description would say so.

[Man_Over_Game]

Q234 do you lose non-concentration spell (like see invisibility) when you go to 0 hp?

A234

No.


Concentration ends if you are "Being Incapacitated or killed. You lose concentration on a spell if you are Incapacitated or if you die", but there is no rule that states that a duration spell ends because its target or caster falls unconscious or dies.

[FrancisBean]

A231

Q231.

When playing on a grid, does RAW provide any clear statement of precisely which squares a grappled creature enters when dragged by a grappler?

E.g., I stand side-by-side with an enemy and grapple her. Then I walk forward for my double-cost movement and drag her along. Does she stay side-by-side, does she get dragged into the squares I depart, or is RAW silent on the exact movement pattern? One presumes she must, at minimum, stay adjacent to my character.

While most sources don't mention grappling and positioning explicitly, it may help to have this:

PHB p. 191: A creature's space is the area in feet that it effectively controls in combat, not an expression of its physical dimensions. A typical Medium creature isn't 5 feet wide, for example, but it does control a space that wide.

This did not address my question, which is about location rather than dimension. I'm thinking of things like cliff edges, or Spike Growth, etc. Is there anything else? I'm guessing that the answer to my question is "no?"

[Man_Over_Game]

This did not address my question, which is about location rather than dimension. I'm thinking of things like cliff edges, or Spike Growth, etc. Is there anything else? I'm guessing that the answer to my question is "no?"

The locations on the grid are that you both always have your own space. If you push him back one square, and you want to stay grappled, you have to move into his previously inhabited square at the same time. Never, at any time (unless there's some kind of exception, like a Swarm or something) should you be occupying the same square/space as your target.

[Galithar]

This did not address my question, which is about location rather than dimension. I'm thinking of things like cliff edges, or Spike Growth, etc. Is there anything else? I'm guessing that the answer to my question is "no?"

That is all the relevant RAW information that I am away of. Beyond that the answer is "Ask your DM"

[Torpin]

q235a
does song of rest give an extra dice on every hit die a person uses or only the first
q235b
do i get to see the dice when using cutting words

[BloodSnake'sCha]

Q 236

Can a Paladin with a focus a shield Emblem can cast spell even with a weapon in the other hand?

Errata nov 2018

Spellcasting
Material (M) (p. 203). The final para-
graph now reads, “A spellcaster must
have a hand free to access a spell’s ma-
terial components—or to hold a spell-
casting focus—but it can be the same
hand that he or she uses to perform
somatic components.”

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Emblem
Holy symbol, common
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Weight:
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Cost:
5 gp
A holy symbol is a representation of a god or pantheon. A cleric or paladin can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus, as described in the Spellcasting section. To use the symbol in this way, the caster must hold it in hand, wear it visibly, or bear it on a shield.

[BloodSnake'sCha]

q235a
does song of rest give an extra dice on every hit die a person uses or only the first
q235b
do i get to see the dice when using cutting words

A 235a
They get one dice per short rest they used for hit dice healing, not per dice.

Song of Rest
Beginning at 2nd level, you can use soothing music or oration to help revitalize your wounded allies during a short rest. If you or any friendly creatures who can hear your performance regain hit points at the end of the short rest by spending one or more Hit Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points.

A 235b
You can see the roll, not if it is a hit or the end result (before modifiers).

Cutting Words
Also at 3rd level, you learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the creature’s roll. You can choose to use this feature after the creature makes its roll, but before the DM determines whether the attack roll or ability check succeeds or fails, or before the creature deals its damage. The creature is immune if it can’t hear you or if it’s immune to being charmed.

[LtPowers]

A 236

Yes, but only if the spell requires a trivial-cost material component. The specific rule about paladins and clerics being able to integrate holy symbols into their shields overrides the general rule about spellcasting foci needing to be handled. But if the spell does not require a material component (or it requires a pricey component), then the paladin or cleric must have a hand free to perform the somatic component (or manipulate the pricey material component).


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[thatoneotherguy]

Q237

If you have control of a monster with class spell casting through a permanent feature, can you have the monster change its prepared spells?

For example, if a necromancer wizard uses control undead to control a mummy lord (lvl 10 cleric casting), could he have the mummy change out harm for true seeing after a long rest on the basis that clerics have access to their whole spell list?

[PhoenixPhyre]

Q237

If you have control of a monster with class spell casting through a permanent feature, can you have the monster change its prepared spells?

For example, if a necromancer wizard uses control undead to control a mummy lord (lvl 10 cleric casting), could he have the mummy change out harm for true seeing after a long rest on the basis that clerics have access to their whole spell list?

A 237 Not without DM's approval (and selection of spells). Monsters, while they cast "as" a <spell-caster> of the indicated level, are not a spell-caster of the indicated level. Thus, they don't have the class features that allow changes in spell selection unless the DM says otherwise.

[Dmdork]

A233 Quote Originally Posted by Sage Advice
Can you cast a reaction spell on your turn? You sure can!
Here’s a common way for it to happen: Cornelius the wizard is casting fireball on his turn, and his foe casts counterspell on him. Cornelius also has counterspell prepared, so he uses his reaction to cast it and break his foe’s counterspell before it can stop fireball.

Isn't Cornelius casting two spells on his turn? I thought you couldn't do that....

[Dmdork]

Q238 can you cast two spells on your turn, if you are a fighter/wizard (action surge)?

[Dalebert]

A238 Yes. Just don't cast a bonus action spell or the answer gets more complicated.

[Erfar]

Q239 Ritual casting:
Can warlok with Book of Ancient Secrets scribe their own ritual spells?
Can celestial soul sorcerer scribe cleric rituals as sorcerer rituals?
If i'm fighter4 that MC in wizard 1 lvl deep, can I scribe 3th lvl spells in book?

[No brains]

Q239 Ritual casting:
Can warlok with Book of Ancient Secrets scribe their own ritual spells?
Can celestial soul sorcerer scribe cleric rituals as sorcerer rituals?
If i'm fighter4 that MC in wizard 1 lvl deep, can I scribe 3th lvl spells in book?

A239 (b): For your second point, sorcerers do not get the Ritual Casting benefit, so normally they cannot use their cleric or sorcerer spells as rituals.

If they have the Ritual Caster feat, then the answer gets complicated. RAW doesn't seem to support scribing ritual spells you know from non-written sources. By RAW, you would have to craft a scroll of a ritual spell and then copy it into your ritual book, if the DM permits that. You would first need to consult the table on page 133 of XGtE to make the scroll, then take 2 hours per level of the spell and spend 50gp per level to scribe it into your ritual book. It could take weeks and thousands of gold.

A Divine Soul Sorcerer with the Ritual Caster [Sorcerer] feat could scribe any cleric spells they have learned that they find in their ritual book because those spells are sorcerer spells for them. If they have not learned the spell, it is not a sorcerer spell for them and they cannot scribe it. If they had the Ritual Caster [Cleric] feat, then they could scribe any cleric spells they found into their ritual book.

Divine Magic can be a weird feature.

[Samayu]

Q.240
I forget, does RAW state whether multiple magic missiles from the same casting on the same target causes multiple concentration saves?

I assume the answer is no, and that people just argue ad infinitum, but I wanted to be sure.