Questions tagged [sleep]
For questions related to the act of sleeping or the lack of sleep, whether it is magically induced or natural.
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Can I grapple someone's mouth shut if they're 2 inches (50.8 mm) tall and I'm 3.3866 mm tall?
First, I'm going to answer why I'm 3.3866 mm tall to answer the foreseeable questions I'll get from this. I'm in a campaign where the party was shrunk down 30 times, making 5 feet equivalent to 2 ...
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How does the Dream Spell manipulate the target?
One of my players uses the Dream spell regularly as pretty much a visual telephone. He casts it to contact people he wants/ needs to talk to, who are otherwise unavailable due to distance. This has ...
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Are there consistent rules or lore guidelines about what creatures cannot be magically put to sleep?
I've recently become unreasonably annoyed by sleep effects and how the game seems to handle them. There is a story tied to this:
I play a level 11 bard in our bi-weekly 5e game. Our party was recently ...
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What are the effects of magical sleep for a long rest?
I’ve searched for this over and over but haven’t found a definite answer to my questions… It would be awesome if the answer(s) could contain links that support their sayings :)
Say you are put to ...
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Feat that allows sleeping in heavy armor without becoming fatigued?
I was shocked to discover today that Endurance doesn’t do this:
Benefit: […] you may sleep in light or medium armor without becoming fatigued.
Normal: A character without this feat who sleeps in ...
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At what level does the Sleep spell stop being effective?
Answering this homebrew question reminded me of the peculiar nature of the sleep spell -- on level one, it is an absolute beast: common opponents like kobolds or goblins have around half a dozen hp, ...
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Can autognomes be put to sleep by magic?
So far, playable races that don't sleep explicitly also can't be put to sleep by magic:
Warforged Constructed Resilience: "You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep."
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Sleep schedule for goblins
I am looking for sources on goblins' sleep schedule in D&D 5e. Do they sleep at night? Do they sleep whenever? Does the GM resolve this kind of detail?
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How long can my character survive without sleep?
I got into a discussion over Discord this morning about whether the Dream spell could be used to kill someone. The claim was, if I remember correctly, that it would only take 6 days/nights because ...
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What is the difference between "Unconscious" and "Asleep"?
The Sleep spell explicitly causes targets to fall "unconscious" but includes many references to sleep, as well as the line:
"Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren’t ...
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Is flying a broom light activity?
My warlock is currently attempting to flee persecution, and I am making the argument to my DM that, as he has Aspect of the Moon and does not require sleep, he should be able to fly his broom in a ...
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Why are animated things susceptible to sleep? [closed]
Why are animated things susceptible to sleep?
I had an encounter with an animated knife and broom and it is possible to send them to sleep. It seems counterintuitive to me.
Can someone give me an idea ...
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Can a simulacrum (of a humanoid that can take a long rest) take a long rest?
This question is inspired by Dale M's answer to another question. In that answer, Dale M said (bold added):
So if a Simulacrum of a cleric can take a long rest it can change its prepared spells. ...
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If an elf is stable with 0 HP, do they regain all hit points after a long rest of 8 hours or 4?
In my most recent session, the entire party except one character was downed (reduced to 0 HP), but they were all stabilised by the cleric (the only member that was left standing). One of the downed ...
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Requirements for creatures to wake others when put to sleep by magic
What is the intelligence requirements to waking up allies?
I recently ran a D&D 5e game where wolves attacked the party. They were put to sleep using the sleep spell. When the wolves went to wake ...
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