Questions tagged [forced-movement]
For questions related to powers or abilities which can move other creatures without their consent.
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Can you shove or reposition an ally?
I'm running the PF2 remaster beginner box adventure Menace Under Otari. In one of the fights, the fighter asked if he could use the reposition action on one of the other PCs, to get them out of melee ...
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Drow Matron Mother Telekinetic Throw
As a lair action, the Drow Matron Mother has:
Telekinetic Throw. The drow targets one creature she can see within 60 feet of her and attempts to expel it from her presence. The target must succeed on ...
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Which ability checks are rolled for a shove attack?
I've been looking at the shoving rules. I'm slightly confused on the 'contested' wording and which skills are rolled. The rules say:
Instead of making an attack roll, you make a Strength (Athletics) ...
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Are creatures caught in a Tsunami spell moved vertically as well?
Joe the Barbarian was at ground level when he was caught in an enemy's Tsunami spell. The wave is as high as the spell allows.
Is Joe automatically moved to the air-water interface at the top of the ...
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Can a Path of the Giant Barbarian's Mighty Impel throw a target into the air and make it fall?
The Path of the Giant Mighty Impel says:
As a bonus action while raging, you can choose one Medium or smaller creature within your reach and move it to an unoccupied space you can see within 30 feet ...
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Does being lifted 10 feet into the air and then dropped count as "moving into or within the area" of Spike Growth?
Let's say that an enemy creature is standing in the center of the area of effect of the Spike Growth spell, which states:
The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and ...
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In 5e, If I am Shoved or pushed, have I moved?
Spurred from another similar question:
The Eldritch Invocation, One with Shadows states (emphasis mine)
When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your
action to become invisible ...
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Turn Undead vs. Champion Challenge
An interesting situation happened last night during our 4th-level party's exploration of Chult, where wandering monsters really don't care about your party level or whether or not they are an ...
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Would a Command spell cause a target to teleport away? [duplicate]
My 9th level Bard character failed his save against a Command to Flee, which states that "The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means." Would that include ...
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How to calculate Friendfetch spell force vs grappled DC?
The rules for Pathfinder 2 say something like "if forced movement would break the grappled condition it has to pass the DC (either athletics for grabber or thievery for rope)".
The ...
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Can this Pact Hag power make the target move?
So in D&D 4e, Monster Manual 3, there's the Pact Hag (p.108).
One of their attacks is the Compelling staff.
The description says this:
"Hit: 1d6 + 5 damage, and the target makes a melee basic ...
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Do spells that push away or pull towards slide along diagonals?
Thorn Whip, for example, states:
you pull the creature up to 10 feet closer to you.
What happens when this pull would run into something and in order to get 'closer' to you it would need to slide ...
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Does forced movement free someone from telekenesis' grip?
I was thinking about a team that was pushing and pulling folks into hazards. I'm wondering if an eldritch blast that pushes the enemy will synergize with a teammate using the telekenesis spell, or if ...
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In the One D&D Character Origins Playtest, does a grapple end if you shove the grappler away from you?
Say Alice grapples Bob. Bob then shoves Alice and pushes them 5 feet away.
Which of the following occurs?
A. The shove pushes the grappler out of range, breaking the grapple.
B. Alice drags Bob with ...
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How do on-hit pushback effects interact with multiattacks?
Do "on-hit" effects which allow you to push a creature backwards get decided immediately when you roll the hit? Or after all attack rolls are made for multiattacks? If you have to decide ...
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