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Tagged with ability-scores magic-items
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Do the "set ability score to 19" magic items function while using Wild Shape?
If you, a druid who is attuned to an Amulet of Health, Gauntlets of Ogre Power, or Headband of Intellect, uses Wild Shape, choosing to wear the piece of equipment, do you gain the benefit of the ...
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How exactly do ability score adjusting magic items and ability score improvements interact? [duplicate]
Obviously the tomes and manuals are clear-cut in how they function, but when it comes to magic items that "overwrite" or "replace" an ability score with a value, such as gauntlets ...
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What effect does a potion of giant strength have upon a monster?
An adventure module I own indicates that as soon as a fight breaks out, the villian's quasit minion will drink a potion of hill giant strength.
Looking at the quasit stat block, I am assuming its claw(...
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Does an Antimagic Field suppress the ability score increases granted by the Manual or Tome magic items?
There are several "manual"/"tome" magic items that permanently increase a character's ability score and the maximum value for that score by 2: the Manual of Bodily Health, the ...
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What is the rarity of a magic item which permanently increases an ability score up to at most 13?
In the DMG there are items like the Tome of Leadership and Influence that gives a permanent +2 to charisma and charisma maximum (and other similar Tomes and Manuals for other abilities), but they all ...
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In D&D 3.5, what happens when you plop a headband of intellect on an animal?
Prompted by a discussion in comments here
The animal type states:
Intelligence score of 1 or 2 (no creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher can be an animal).
A headband of intellect adds ...
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How to calculate HP if an item increases constitution
I am sorry if this question seems obvious, I just cannot find the answer anywhere.
HP increase every level with the hit dice roll and the constitution bonus is added every level. What happens when the ...
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Can a shield guardian be commanded to obey commands from the whole party?
This doesn't necessarily apply just to shield guardians, because it could go the same way with other minions.
If you have the ability to command something, a shield guardian in my particular case, can ...
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How do Modifier-Based Features and Modifier-Setting Items Interact?
For a feature that is limited by your ability score modifier, how does usage count change if your ability score changes midday?
The specific scenario in question is Flash of Genius on our negative ...
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How can I reasonably prevent Manual of Bodily Health abuse? [closed]
I'm running D&D 5e. My players have recently come into possession of a Manual of Bodily Health. The very first thing they thought of was how to abuse it. They are planning on reading it and then ...
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Considerations for assigning Constitution buff within the party
We've recently acquired the manual of bodily health, which grants a permanent +2 to Constitution score.
What are the optimisation considerations (e.g. increased HP, better at maintaining concentration)...
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How to guarantee a successful DC 20 CON save to maximise benefit from the Bag of Beans Item "explosive egg"? [closed]
Planting one of the 3d4 beans from within the magic item Bag of Beans gives this result about 10% of the time:
A nest of 1d4 + 3 eggs springs up. Any creature that eats an egg must make a DC 20 ...
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Can a tamed owl cast spells from Ring of spell storing? [duplicate]
In a campaign I'm currently in, I want to give my owl that I tamed (the DM allows taming wild animals) a ring of spell storing so it can cast spells. However, before I do so, I wanted to ask:
Is there ...
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Are there any magical items that would have an adverse effect if you had a negative Con?
I was just reviewing my Q&A about the effect of a negative Constitution modifier, and that is limited to the effects on the PC stats and abilities (specifically HP, fatigue, etc).
I remembered ...
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How do an ability-setting item and a +1 feat interact?
I'm playing a Half-Elf Lore Bard at level 5, with CON score of 14 after racial bonus.
Yesterday evening, a great oracle gave my character an Amulet of Health, which does the following:
Your ...
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