Questions tagged [creature-size]
For questions about the physical proportions and applicable size categories of creature dimensions.
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What are the rules for the size of weapons?
According to Items and Sizes Small and Medium creatures seem to be able to use Small and Medium weapons interchangeably without any penalty, and they can use Large weapons but they gain the Clumsy 1 ...
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Does the Spike Growth spell inflict cumulative damage on Large (and bigger) creatures?
The description of the spike growth spell says:
The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the ...
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Does a large or larger creature, only partially in darkness, see?
If a large or larger creature is partially in darkness (magic or mundane), can it see out of it? Imagine a 4x4 zone of darkness, a large creature who's by half into the darkness, and the same creature ...
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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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Cape of Wasps on large creatures
How does the spell Cape of Wasps work on a large creature? If i get enlarged while it is active what happens?
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Can a Centaur player character carry a Medium-sized creature?
The Centaur race published in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros and Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica books is considered size Medium. However, due to the Equine Build trait, it counts as one size larger ...
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Does the Monstrous Combat Options rule of breath weapons scaling with creature size apply to PC's?
While discussing build options with a fellow party member (an Alchemist), they mentioned a rule granting breath weapons increased area when the user increases size category. After a bit of searching, ...
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Is a grappling Redcap considered a Large creature while under the effect of Enlarge/Reduce?
The Redcap is a Small creature, but it has an ability called Outsize Strength:
While grappling, the redcap is considered to be Medium.
The spell enlarge/reduce, when using the enlarge effect, says:
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Character size and weapons
Can a Goblin use a Greataxe, or two Battleaxes? How much damage does he do with them?
I found a section (CRB p295) about the bulk and price differences of weapons of different sizes, but not about the ...
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Mounted creature vs. the Giant Killer feature from the Hunter ranger?
Does a mounted creature count as "large or larger", if it attacks a Hunter ranger with Giant Killer, but the mounted creature is normally medium without the mount (such as a human on a horse)...
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Does a size large or larger creature killed by Negative Energy Flood rise as a medium sized zombie?
The spell Negative Energy Flood (XGtE pg. 163) states:
A target killed by this damage rises up as a zombie at the start of your next turn.
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Statistics for the zombie are in the Monster ...
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Does this artifact from Descent Into Avernus prove that magic weapons resize?
The accepted answer to Are there any guidelines in place governing the extent to which magic items can resize to different-sized users? only shows that "worn" magic items are supposed to resize to fit ...
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Do "Giant's Stance" and "Improved Natural Attack" stack as a Medium character?
Giant's Stance states the following:
While you are in this stance, you deal damage as if you were one size
larger than normal, to a maximum of Large. This benefit improves your
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What would happen if you cast true polymorph in a creature affected by the Enlarge/Reduce spell?
Partially inspired by this answer, what size of an object could you create with True Polymorph if the target was affected by Enlarge/Reduce? And what size would the object be after Enlarge/Reduce ...
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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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