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Is it possible to become 4x Proficient in a skill? [duplicate]
With the ranger’s Deft Explorer trait, you add your proficiency bonus twice in one of your stats that you already have in a stat. If I were to gain expertise in the stat first, and then gain that ...
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Can unarmed strikes be used with Dread Ambusher?
I’m currently playing an unarmed monk. The build is to run as many attacks as I can without going too far into multi-classing fighter (I’ll go two levels in to pick up action surge). I’m considering ...
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When a Beast Master Ranger is incapacitated, who controls the primal companion?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything's Primal Companion description says:
If you are incapacitated, the beast can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Since it's a magically summoned primal ...
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Does the Animal Companion from the Beastmaster Ranger subclass get additional Hit Dice as the ranger gains levels?
We're using the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition players handbook only. The Ranger's Companion section (PHB p. 93) seems, for the most part, to be pretty clear. The part about hit points states:
It's ...
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"Each of your turns" Gathered swarm clarification
I'm trying to figure out if I can do the reaction polearm master and use gathered swarm if I hit
I'm just honestly confused by the "each of your turns" part of gathered swarm.
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Is the DC of the Swarmkeeper ranger's Gathered Swarm feature affected by a Moon Sickle?
In the Swarmkeeper ranger's 3rd-level feature Gathered Swarm, one of the possible effects after you hit a creature with an attack on your turn is:
The attack’s target must succeed on a Strength ...
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Can a Gloom Stalker Ranger (potentially) make an attack roll five times in one turn via the Attack action?
As the DM, a player at my table is playing a Gloom Stalker Ranger, at level 11. This player was able to make an attack on their first turn of combat while utilising two-weapon fighting, per the PHB ...
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Does the Monster Slayer Ranger's Hunter's Sense feature reveal conditional resistances and those from traits?
The Monster Slayer Ranger's Hunter's Sense ability gives insight into immunities, resistances and vulnerabilities. The important bit saying this:
"At 3rd level, you gain the ability to peer at ...
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How do I deal with an Umbral Sight Ranger's enormous advantages in Curse of Strahd? [closed]
I'm playing the module Curse of Strahd. The Tabaxi Ranger with the Umbral Sight ability causes a lot of problems.
Fights take place in dark rooms or at night. Almost all undead have darkvision, but ...
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Can the Hunter subclass use their Volley feature with a melee weapon?
The Ranger subclass in D&D 5e, Hunter, has an 11th-level feature called Multiattack which allows them to pick Volley or Whirlwind.
Volley.
You can use your action to make a ranged attack against ...
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Does the ranger feature Land's Stride negate the movement debuff from the centaur's Equine Build trait?
The second part of the centaur's Equine Build racial trait says (MP:MotM, p. 9):
In addition, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When ...
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Does a ranger with the Land's Stride feature ignore damage from the Spike Growth spell?
I was running a combat for a ranger character, and the player claimed Land's Stride allowed them to not take the 2d4 damage per 5 feet of movement from the Spike Growth spell. Is this accurate?
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Timing of Foe Slayer and Favored Foe (Tasha’s)
Favored Foe is used on hit, and works with Foe Slayer. Does the Ranger need to hit normally first, (without using Foe Slayer), and then on future attacks they can use Foe Slayer? Or, can the Ranger ...
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Can Hunter's Horde Breaker be used for two attacks against the same (huge) target?
The Horde Breaker Ranger feature's descriptions clearly says:
you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is in within 5 feet of the original target
If you ...
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Beastmaster. Timing of the fight. Command, attack action of the beast and bonus action
I am generally wondering if the beastmaster can use his bonus action before his companion attacks but after the action command is given. (PHB p93)
Why do I want to know this?
There is the feat "...
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