Questions tagged [attack]
For questions about attacks. An attack is generally defined as an action to cause damage or some other debilitation, though specific RPGs may define the term more specifically.
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Can creatures attack during their jumping movement?
Can creatures, such as player characters, attack while in the air without a flying speed? For example, could a PC jump straight up in order to attack a monster, which would otherwise be out of their ...
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What area can a fathomless warlock's tentacle attack?
Are we to think of the tentacle as a coiled up spiritual weapon with reach which covers a 10 ft radius around a point, or is it like a 10 ft line, which can attack anything within 10 ft of this 10 ft ...
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Does the damage from Hexblade's Curse apply to attacks from summons?
The description for Hexblade's Curse states the following:
You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.
Say that a Hexblade Warlock uses this ...
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Does any published monster have a "toss creature" attack or similar?
I was inspired by this question, where the answers propose improvised weapon and unarmed strike rules to ajudicate the effect of a monster picking up and tossing a (in this case unconscious) creature ...
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How to reduce multiattack penalty for bombs?
Is there some way to reduce or avoid the multi-attack penalty when throwing weapons?
So far the only thing I found is the Dual Thrower feat which is completely useless because it requires you to ...
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Is the Dragonborn's Breath Weapon from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons an attack?
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons presents an alternative version for dragonborns. One of the features that have been changed is the Breath Weapon:
Breath Weapon. When you take the Attack action on your ...
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Can a Dragonborn from Fizban use a Breath Weapon and a net attack as one Attack action?
Because the Breath Weapon is not an "attack", maybe I can attack with a net on the same turn?
When you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to attack with a net, you can make only one ...
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Hiding in combat in complete cover [duplicate]
We had a situation: Rogue broke line of sight to enemies by running around the corner in complete cover a round ago.
Next round, the enemies move closer, two engage melee fighters and two stop in the ...
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Does using Mind Control require two attack rolls?
Using Mind Control requires that the user touches the target and that the target be of a certain level or lower. An unwilling target can, in general, try to resist an unwanted effect.
Against an ...
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Can NPC scouts make a bonus action shortsword attack? [duplicate]
In the game I'm playing, the DM gave each member of the party control over an NPC in combat, in addition to our own characters. My NPC is a scout, so she can use her action to make 2 melee attacks ...
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If a special melee attack is successful, does it "hit"? [duplicate]
I have a Fighter PC, second level as of last night, who I would like to become a Battlemaster at third. One of the Maneuvers I am considering is Grappling Strike, which says:
Immediately after you ...
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Shifters: which natural weapon is the primary one?
Building a shifter character. Razorclaw, so they start with two claw attacks, both primary. Later, they take levels in Weretouched Master (wolverine) and get a bite attack as well. Is the bite also a ...
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What are the ways one can avoid using STR or DEX as an attack modifier?
For context, I am aiming to create a melee fighter, but would like to avoid using Strength and Dexterity as my attack modifier. I know that there are a few ways each with their limitations, but when I ...
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How to handle prepared actions when you are expecting to see an enemy but you haven't yet?
In my last session my group and I have encountered this situation:
We found a trap that would trigger two hostile creatures to enter our room through a portal each. We knew that because there was a ...
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What is an attack for Shield Block?
The Shield Block reaction has this trigger:
While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack.
Is it something with the "attack" trait, or is it just plain ...
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