The Level 3 Deflect Attacks class feature (pg 102 2024 PHB) states attack rolls and it’s damage that includes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage can take a reaction to reduce the attack’s total damage against you.
My question if a monk takes a magical slashing attack, would they be able to use “Deflect Attacks”? In other words can a monk use this feature from “magical” vs “non-magical” slashing, etc?
Yes. The only restriction is that the attack include one of those damage types.
Conceptually, those types indicate there's a physical component to the attack that the monk can deflect. A magic sword is still a physical sword, so you can kick it out of line. (Ignoring that magic weapons usually do force damage in 5e24.)
(Mechanically, there's no clean way to specify "a physical attack", so those types are the best proxy we have.)
jl8e is correct, and I'll add that in the 2024 rules there really isn't a distinction being made between "magical" and "non-magical" damage of any type anymore. While you can point to some effects that deal these damage types as being magical effects, and others as being non-magical, there aren't any rules that cause magical and non-magical damage of a given type to actually behave differently anymore.
The Level 3 Deflect Attacks class feature (pg 102 2024 PHB) states attack rolls and it’s damage that includes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage can take a reaction to reduce the attack’s total damage against you.
My question if a monk takes a magical slashing attack, would they be able to use “Deflect Attacks”? In other words can a monk use this feature from “magical” vs “non-magical” slashing, etc?
By magic, do you mean only Force Damage? Then no it cannot be deflected at 3rd level, but can at 13the level. Otherwise if you mean like a magical sword, then yes it can be deflected.
The Level 3 Deflect Attacks class feature (pg 102 2024 PHB) states attack rolls and it’s damage that includes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage can take a reaction to reduce the attack’s total damage against you.
My question if a monk takes a magical slashing attack, would they be able to use “Deflect Attacks”? In other words can a monk use this feature from “magical” vs “non-magical” slashing, etc?
By magic, do you mean only Force Damage? Then no it cannot be deflected at 3rd level, but can at 13the level. Otherwise if you mean like a magical sword, then yes it can be deflected.
I think they probably meant magical slashing damage, not force damage.
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The Level 3 Deflect Attacks class feature (pg 102 2024 PHB) states attack rolls and it’s damage that includes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage can take a reaction to reduce the attack’s total damage against you.
My question if a monk takes a magical slashing attack, would they be able to use “Deflect Attacks”? In other words can a monk use this feature from “magical” vs “non-magical” slashing, etc?
Yes. The only restriction is that the attack include one of those damage types.
Conceptually, those types indicate there's a physical component to the attack that the monk can deflect. A magic sword is still a physical sword, so you can kick it out of line. (Ignoring that magic weapons usually do force damage in 5e24.)
(Mechanically, there's no clean way to specify "a physical attack", so those types are the best proxy we have.)
jl8e is correct, and I'll add that in the 2024 rules there really isn't a distinction being made between "magical" and "non-magical" damage of any type anymore. While you can point to some effects that deal these damage types as being magical effects, and others as being non-magical, there aren't any rules that cause magical and non-magical damage of a given type to actually behave differently anymore.
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By magic, do you mean only Force Damage? Then no it cannot be deflected at 3rd level, but can at 13the level. Otherwise if you mean like a magical sword, then yes it can be deflected.
I think they probably meant magical slashing damage, not force damage.
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