Questions tagged [duration]
For questions about the persistence and/or length of effects.
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Is it possible to avoid ending Time Stop by making attacks from inside an Antimagic Field?
Okay so, the effects of Time Stop:
You briefly stop the flow of time for everyone but yourself. No time passes for other creatures, while you take 1d4 + 1 turns in a row, during which you can use ...
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How long does the temp HP from the Inspiring Leader feat last, and how often can the character with the feat give a speech?
I understand that each individual creature/ally can gain the temporary HP from the Inspiring Leader feat once per short or long rest, but I have some questions:
How long does the temp HP granted by ...
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Gift of Metallic Dragon Protective Wings duration
How long do the protective wings from the feat Gift of the Metallic Dragon last?
The description of the Gift of the Metallic Dragon feat provided in the Fizban's Treasury of Dragons sourcebook states, ...
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How unbalanced would it be to change the duration of the Expeditious Retreat spell to "Concentration, until the end of a long rest"?
I have been playing Baldur's Gate 3, and the rules in the computer game are slightly different than the ones in paper 5e.
One that I found surprisingly OK in the game was that the duration of several ...
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Does this NPC's curse from the Curse of Strahd published adventure remain active even after the NPC dies?
The NPC Ezmerelda d'Avenir from Curse of Strahd (p. 230) has this action (emphasis mine):
In my game, Ezmerelda was dominated and used this curse on a PC to give them fire vulnerability. Shortly ...
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When/How do conditions end when not specified?
Player spells or abilities that cause conditions always have a duration or cure style attached - poison and disease have their own rules, or casting Befuddle to cause the target to be clumsy & ...
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Dispelling Arcane Lock
The duration on Arcane Lock is listed as "until dispelled". If I cast Arcane Lock, then have a long rest and remove Arcane Lock from my list of spells, does it become dispelled?
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Is the blindness caused by Sunbeam/Sunburst permanent?
Is there a difference between the blindness caused by the sunbeam spell and the sunburst spell?
Both spells are worded basically the same:
Sunbeam
For the duration of this spell, you can use a ...
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Are daily preparations optional?
I understand that under most circumstances, one would want to get their daily uses back, but I can imagine at least one where you wouldn't (So there must be more!)
gentle repose level 2 lasts until ...
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Can a Phantom Steed that has ended still move? [duplicate]
My wizard recently picked up the the Phantom Steed spell, and while the spell is extremely useful, we are running into all kinds of questions. The spell conjures a steed with riding horse statistics, ...
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When does the 'duration' of a delayed spell begin?
There are a few options in 5e to delay casting. For example, the Ready action allows one to ready a spell:
When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy,
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Does the Wristpocket spell allow a bead from the Chronurgy wizard's Arcane Abeyance feature to last forever?
Normally, beads from the Chronurgy wizard's Arcane Abeyance feature disappear after an hour (Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 185):
When the duration ends, or if the bead is destroyed, it vanishes ...
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How long does Legendary Resistance last?
I read recently—unfortunately I can't remember where, or I'd link it—that when a creature uses its Legendary Resistance, that resistance lasts a minute. According to this, for example, if I cast ...
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When is an object sufficient for safe Teleport?
Teleport can go wrong even when you are very familiar with the destination, but if you have an associated object, you can arrive at the right destination with 100% certainty.
The spell describes an ...
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Is it overpowered to allow a Paladin in a 3.5e game to use the Pathfinder 1e version of Smite Evil?
Is it overpowered to allow a Paladin in a DnD 3.5 game to use the Pathfinder 1st Edition version of Smite Evil? It lasts the whole combat rather than just the selected attack.
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