Questions tagged [creature-size]
For questions about the physical proportions and applicable size categories of creature dimensions.
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Are Goliaths able to wield large-sized weapons?
With the new Elemental Evil Player's Companion released awhile ago, Goliaths were added to 5e. I'm unfamiliar with 3.5 and previous editions, but I know that they were included and wielding large ...
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What happens when you end up sharing an enemy (or friend's) space due to a size change?
The rules are clear about "willingly" ending a move in an occupied square:
"Whether a creature is a friend or an enemy, you can’t willingly end your move in its space."
But they aren't as clear when ...
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Does an Enlarge/Reduce spell on a druid affect the beast form if the druid Wild-Shapes?
If a druid (multiclassed into sorcerer) casts Enlarge on himself so that he becomes a Large humanoid (approximately twelve feet tall), and he then Wild Shapes in a brown bear, is the brown bear form ...
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What, approximately, is the size of a Tiny creature?
I was wondering what the actual size was of a Tiny creature. Could they fit under doors, through keyholes, or is that too small?
For example: could I use an imp familiar to scout an area, by making ...
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Does the radius of the Spirit Guardians spell depend on the size of the caster?
The spirit guardians spell description states:
You call forth spirits to protect you. They flit around you to a distance of 15 feet for the duration.
Certain other spells like antilife shell state:
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What are the height (and weight) size ranges for each size category of creature?
Changelings have the ability to change their height and weight, but not so much they change a size category:
[...] You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes. [...
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Can Medium creatures squeeze into smaller spaces?
Here are the rules for "squeezing" from the SRD (the PHB text is identical; emphasis mine):
A creature can squeeze through a space that is large enough for a creature one size smaller than it. Thus,...
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Does creature size affect weapon damage?
I have no idea whether or not this is true in D&D 5e; it was in 3.5 and Pathfinder, but it is not mentioned in the 5e Player's Handbook. For example, in 3.5 and Pathfinder, a halfling's longsword ...
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Do creatures with inappropriately sized reach weapons threaten different areas?
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Basic Question: Does a grig (MM 235) wielding a Tiny longspear (PH 116, 119) (2 gp 5 sp; 0.9 lbs.) threaten no squares, adjacent squares, or squares 10 ft. away?
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Is there a lower limit to the size of creature a druid can wild shape into?
In the last few sessions, our druid has been using the tactic of transforming into a spider or other bugs and scouting out entire floors of dungeons by slipping under doors and remaining unseen.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing a player to play a large creature?
We're playing 4e Thunderspire Labyrinth and we've decided to let the tank play a large (2x2) Minotaur.
He has all of the stats from the Minotaur player character in the Players Handbook 3, but he's a ...
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How to handle a Tiny Player Character in 5e?
Are there any official rules for tiny characters in 5e?
I have a player who is wanting to play a Sprite character. I have found what seems to be a balanced race build here, but I can't find any ...
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Is there anything that cancels out Small creatures' disadvantage to attack when using Heavy weapons?
A party member in a D&D 5e game I'm in is playing a halfling paladin. It occurred to me (for whatever reason) to ask what weapon they were wielding, and they said their main weapon was a maul, and ...
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Does the Bugbears "Sneaky" trait always apply? Fitting into small places when larger than medium
We are playing a homebrew campaign based on the 5e core rulebooks, only allowing monster races (Monsters of the Multiverse). One of my players chose to play a bugbear rune knight.
The bugbear states: &...
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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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