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Does the Keenness of the Stone Giant feat's Stone Throw receive the ability mod to damage?
Pretty straightforward question-- the Keenness of the Stone Giant grants the ability "Stone Throw":
Stone Throw. As a bonus action, you can take a rock and make a magical attack with it. ...
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Clarification Needed: Mechanics of 'Girallon's Blessing' Claw Attacks and Damage Calculation
Regarding the spell "Girallon's Blessing" from the Spell Compendium, I'm seeking clarification on how the attacks and damage are resolved.
Suppose my character has a Strength modifier of +3, ...
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Is the splash part of the Strike?
Cry of Destruction says:
Each creature and unattended object in the area takes 1d8 sonic damage. If you already dealt damage to an enemy this turn with a Strike or spell, increase the damage dice ...
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How to calculate attack and damage modifiers for level 1 barbarian with bite attack and great axe?
I'm making a level 1 Half-Orc Unchained Barbarian, with an 18 STR and power attack. I took the tusked racial trait, giving him a 1d4 bite attack to go along with a 1d12 great axe.
How would I ...
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Are there situations where high-damage single attacks are better than multiple attacks that add up to more damage overall?
In 3.5e/PF/other games, there are significant numbers of abilities that reduce damage by a flat value (DR 5/magic etc). In 5E, very few abilities/monsters seem to have flat damage reducers, instead ...
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If an effect allows you to roll an additional damage die on a critical hit, can you choose the die? [duplicate]
Let’s say I am playing a Half-Orc Ranger. The Ranger, we’ll call him Bob, fights with a dagger. Bob is fighting a monster and has cast hunters mark on the monster. Bob rolls to hit, and gets a natural ...
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Are damage dice from features such as Sneak Attack considered part of "the attack's damage" for the purposes of features such as the Piercer feat?
This question stems from looking at the rules on Critical Hits:
When you score a critical hit, you get to roll extra dice for the attack’s damage against the target. Roll all of the attack’s damage ...
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Can a character choose to do minimal damage when attacking a target under "Fiendish Charm" in order to allow a saving throw to end the charm?
Playing D&D 5e, but this Fiendish Charm was located in the DMsGuild adventure "The House of the Midnight Violet".
My party will soon be fighting a Fiend who has the "Fiendish Charm&...
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How do the Spirit Shroud and Green-Flame Blade spells interact?
The description of the spirit shroud spell says (emphasis mine):
any attack you make deals 1d8 extra damage when you hit a creature within 10 feet of you.
The description of the green-flame blade ...
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Does Scorching Weapons stack with Elementalist Shifter?
Scorching Weapons is a feat that adds 1 fire damage to your held metallic weapons. This damage explicitly does not stack with certain other fire damage (emphasis mine):
Scorching Weapons
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Does a barbarian need to damage a target to keep Rage from ending, or just attack the target (whether or not it hits)?
I’m playing DND 5e, the rage ability states that the effect ends early if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then.
Does this mean ...
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What Counts as a Damage Modifier?
I was posting a homebrew/houserule here for critique (found here: Two-Weapon Fighting Mechanic Alterations ) and a point of confusion that came up was what exactly 5e counted as a damage modifier. The ...
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How many times do you roll damage for Scorching Ray?
The rules for damage rolls say:
If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them.
So for the spell magic missile, it seems quite ...
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As a Hexblade warlock, does a Finesse weapon use CHA as a damage modifier?
So the description of a Finesse weapon is that when you make an attack roll and a damage roll, you use either Strength or Dexterity, and it must be the same stat for both rolls. However, Hex Warrior ...
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What is the weapon attack damage of a tentacle rod?
The tentacle rod's description includes the following (emphasis added):
Made by the drow, this rod is a magic weapon that ends in three rubbery tentacles. While holding the rod, you can use an action ...
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