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Clarification on semantics around melee attacks
The game uses various ways of describing a physical melee attack:
Melee Weapon Attack
melee attack with/using a weapon
attack with/using a melee weapon, or attack with/using a weapon (without the ...
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Can a creature chose different targets for each attack on a turn using information about the outcome of previous attacks? [duplicate]
A 4th-level ranger with a light melee weapon each hand and the Two Weapon Fighting fighting style can make 2 attacks in a turn (1 with the Attack action for the first hand, 1 as a bonus action for the ...
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Can a teammate trigger more thunder damage from my Booming Blade?
Booming Blade's rule text says:
At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit
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Duration: 1 round
At first I cast Booming Blade and it ...
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When a melee fighting character wants to stun a monster, and the monster wants to be killed, can they instead take a fatal blow?
Mainly what was asked above. I know that a melee attack can stun an opponent by reducing them to 0 HP instead of killing them, but can a monster somehow lay down in such a way that the blow is fatal?
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Does a Leomund's Tiny Hut prevent physical melee attacks from outside vs targets inside?
The wording of Leomund's Tiny Hut of course says:
Creatures and objects within the dome when you cast this spell can move through it freely. All other creatures and objects are barred from passing ...
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Does Armor of Agathys work for melee spell attacks like Spiritual Weapon?
Armor of Agathys (PHB 215) states:
If a creature hits you with a melee attack while you have these hit points, the creature takes 5 cold damage.
Since it doesn't specify that it has to be a weapon ...
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How does grappling interact with the Armor of Agathys spell?
The description of the Armor of Agathys spell says (PHB 215, emphasis mine):
A protective magical force surrounds you, manifesting as a spectral frost that covers you and your gear. You gain 5 ...
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When is a reasonable level range for Gurt's Greataxe to be offered to a player?
As suggested in the title, I ran into Gurt's Greataxe. I was looking up magic items in my free time since I was curious, and I thought why not search for magic items related to greataxes, since my ...
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Does a Melee spell attack count as a Weapon attack?
I'm relatively new to D&D and I've been thinking through on some builds when I thought about something I strangely hadn't thought of for a while; Ranger, specifically Horizon walker, Planar ...
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What is the maximum amount of melee weapon attacks a character can make reliably every turn?
Partially inspired by (but distinct from) this question: What is the maximum number of attacks a single character can make themselves during their turn?
I have a character concept for a character ...
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Can you use a reach weapon to make the bonus-action attack granted by the Charger feat?
The Charger feat (PHB, p. 165) says:
When you use your action to Dash, you can use a bonus action to make one melee weapon attack or to shove a creature.
If you move at least 10 feet in a straight ...
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Does a "melee spell attack" use my spellcasting ability, or my Strength? [duplicate]
The spell "Flame Blade" makes a fire sword that you can perform a melee spell attack with. As a druid with higher Wisdom, I would rather have it be based on that than my Strength, but I'm not sure if ...
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Can a monster with reach make an attack against a character in the space behind another character?
A monster has a 10-foot reach attack, and it has two characters within that reach, one within 5 feet and the second within 10 feet.
Can that monster make a melee attack against the 2nd character?
Is ...
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Are there any issues with creating creatures that can make multi-target melee attacks?
The Issue
Looking through plus-sized creatures in the 5e Monster Manual, I am unable to find any monsters that can target more than one creature with a single melee attack. I would think that a ...
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Can I make a melee attack with a ranged weapon?
Are there any rules that preclude this action?
I know weapons with the Ammunition property are treated as improvised weapons per this line and this question:
If you use a weapon that has the ...
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