Questions tagged [actions]
For questions involving the rules that apply to taking a certain action in a specified system.
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Can a character forego one of their attacks if they have only one?
Warlocks who have Pact Of The Chain feature have an ability that reads as such:
Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one ...
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Are there any game breaking consequences of allowing actions to be used as bonus actions, with limits?
At my table, we are experimenting with a following houserule:
You can use your Action on your turn to take a Bonus Action instead. You cannot take the same Bonus Action twice in your turn, and you ...
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Which ability checks are rolled for a shove attack?
I've been looking at the shoving rules. I'm slightly confused on the 'contested' wording and which skills are rolled. The rules say:
Instead of making an attack roll, you make a Strength (Athletics) ...
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What is the collective name of the four points in the narrative where a roll might be called for?
The Forge author Ron Edwards once said that a game could theoretically ask a player to roll at four different points during the execution of any action.
I think the four steps were:
roll to see if ...
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Is there a way to take away an action in D&D 5e?
I'm trying to make a monster in D&D 5e and I can't find anything on taking away actions. I want to have a monster that can take away a player's action, but I can't find anything on it. I know I ...
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Does an unconscious dying creature with regeneration regain its actions on its following turn?
A matter of order?
While seeming like an easy question, it might actually be a bit more convoluted.
The way I see it, the question comes down to the order of following two aspects:
Regaining actions
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Should GM characters ever roll tests against difficulty dice?
I'm running a superhero campaign in Cortex Prime. During our bank robbery session, one of the robbers managed to escape with the cash and jump in the getaway car, which started to drive off. Our ...
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Does the Devourer target itself with soul rend?
The Devourer monster from Monsters of the Multiverse has an ability called Soul Rend. The abilities does the following:
Soul Rend (Recharge 6). The devourer creates a vortex of life-draining energy ...
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Does surprise prevent both moving and acting?
Note: I am not a native English speaker.
The surprise rules state (emphasis mine):
If you're surprised, you can't move or take an action on your first turn of the combat, and you can't take a ...
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Casting Leveled Action Spell and Bonus Action Scroll in the same turn? [duplicate]
I'd like to cast Spirit Guardians and Sanctuary (Bonus) in the same turn, but I can't. So I bought some Sanctuary scrolls. Can I cast Spirit Guardians and read a Sanctuary (Bonus) Scroll in the same ...
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How long does it take to set up a Hunting Trap? How does it work?
Can you affix the heavy chain to an immobile object when you use your action to set a Hunting Trap (PHB p. 152), or is it just the opening of the teeth that takes an action? The text says:
When you ...
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Ready Action and Bonus Action [closed]
In our weekly game we had a pretty typical question about a ready action, reaction and bonus action.
I was DM and here is how it starte.
The players decided to explore some ruins. As they explored, ...
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Why do I need the Raging Intimidation feat in order to Demoralize while Raging?
While building a Barbarian, I was reviewing the rules for Rage and Intimidation. The Barbarian has a level 1 class feat called Raging Intimidation that states:
While you are raging, your Demoralize ...
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While wearing Illusionist's Bracers, can a Player Hold Action with Booming Blade (for Reaction) and strike on your turn with a Bonus Action?
By RAW can a Rogue High Elf wearing Illusionist's Bracers use Hold Action with Booming Blade to trigger Illusionist's Bracers feature to then use their Bonus Action (on their turn) to cast Booming ...
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Does bestow curse's third option prevent you from using bonus action and reaction?
Bestow curse's third option prevents the target from using its action:
While cursed, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns. If it fails, it wastes its action ...
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