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Large creature movement around corners
I'm trying to properly account for the movement of a large creature in D&D 5e, playing on a square grid. The creature needs to move through a double-wide doorway and then move to its right, ...
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Potential effects of non-standard creature size in combat (purple worm)
My players are about to finish G3 (Hall of the Fire Giant King) and start D1 (Descent into the Depths of the Earth) - note that I am converting these 1e modules to 5e.
I am rolling the wandering ...
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Can a player begin and end its movement inside a swarm's space and not incur an opportunity attack?
Dirk, Hermes, Necryx, Jomil and Sing Lore- avert your eyes, or incur the wrath of Spuggroth the Humbled and Aflame!
I'm designing an encounter where the party is trying to confront some foes in the ...
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Can Large characters squeeze through a 5ft corridor between Walls of Fire?
The rules for Squeezing on page 192 of the PHB state:
Squeezing into Smaller Spaces
A creature can squeeze through a space that is large enough for a
creature one size smaller than it. Thus, a Large ...
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What minimal space can a creature go through when squeezing?
A sneaky thief wants to infiltrate a building through its chimney. Can she do that? PHB p. 193 "Creature size" says a creature "squeezes" when going through a small space:
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Does the optional Overrun rule override the creature size requirements on moving through a hostile creature's space?
The standard rule on moving through other creatures' spaces state that in order to move through a hostile creature's space, a creature must be two sizes larger or smaller than the one whose space they ...
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Can a Large creature move past a Small and a Medium creature simultaneously?
A halfling and a human are blocking a group of winter wolves (size Large) on a 10-foot-wide ledge. Can the wolf move past the blockers by squeezing or overrunning:
Can the wolves just squeeze through ...
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How many squares can a creature larger than Medium with a speed of 30 feet move on a 5-foot square grid map?
A Large creature on a 5-foot square grid map occupies a 2-by-2 square space. If the creature can move up to 30 feet, and each square on the grid is 5 feet by 5 feet, does the creature move up to 6 ...
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Can a Huge (or larger) creature move through the Watery Sphere spell?
The watery sphere spell description says:
On a successful save, a creature is ejected from that space to the nearest unoccupied space of the creature’s choice outside the sphere. A Huge or larger ...
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How does the Small Folk Hobbit virtue work?
In the Adventures in Middle Earth Player's Guide, there's a Hobbit Virtue called Small Folk (p. 109) that reads:
You have learnt how to gain an advantage in a fight from being smaller
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Given that a Small creature cannot pass through a space occupied by a Tiny creature, but a Medium creature can, will this strategy work?
Based on this question:
Given a space occupied by a Tiny enemy, is a Small creature unable to move through it even though a Medium creature could?
Could I summon, say, 8 Sprites and have them ...
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Given a space occupied by a Tiny enemy, is a Small creature unable to move through it even though a Medium creature could?
PHB p. 191 states:
[Y]ou can move through a hostile creature's space only if the creature is at least two sizes larger or smaller than you.
Consider a tiny enemy, such as a crawling claw, MM p. 44,...
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Can a creature choose to squeeze into a space when not forced to do so?
In Pathfinder (not 2, and other systems for comparison would be interesting for comparison but are not the question)...
Assuming you are large or larger, and expect a square you occupy to later be ...
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What size doors can a Giant Ape squeeze its body through?
This question keeps coming up in our groups over and over without a satisfactory conclusion (and frankly quite a few hurt feelings on the part of upset polymorphed players, and the rules lawyers ...
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Can you fly over a Medium enemy creature in a 10ft tall corridor?
Let’s say you, a Medium character, are in a 5ft wide, 10ft tall corridor, and that a Medium enemy creature stands in your way. You wish to go behind the enemy creature using your fly speed (either ...
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