We have a wizard in our party that uses, Tasha’s Caustic Brew (which for a reminder, each creature in a 5ft w x 30ft l and fails a Dex saving throw takes 2d4 acid damage at the start of their turn(s)). The creature takes 2d4 acid damage ( or more depending on level) at the beginning of their turn and can use an action to scrape off the acid. My question is when would a creature reasonably scrape off the acid? For example, would an Ogre think to do this? Would a Cultist surrounded by heroes fighting for his life and wants to cast that big spell take an action to wipe off the acid? Would a creature with 30 or more HP wipe off the acid or strike at a hero to try to cut them down first?
Any creature that can work out that the sticky stuff on them is hurting them, might decide to scrape off the sticky stuff.
It depends how the 2d4 (or more) damage is going to affect them - somebody with 50 hp might decide that it is only a sting, a low-level cultist with 10 hp might decide that is burning them to their core.
It's not that far fetched. My arm hurts like hell, there is a weird liquid stuck on it, let me see if removing the liquid helps". Most people remove the hand form the stove if they burn themselves...
The ideal solution is almost always 'beat on the spellcaster', as damage might break his concentration and being dropped to zero definitely will, but I assume the countermeasure is obvious so anyone with nothing better to do with their action will do so.
That seems like an odd spell to require concentration, but since it does if I had enough HP to risk I would hit the attacker rather than spend an action to scrape it off.
Pain is a pretty primal thing, so you don't have to be a genius to identify a source of pain and try to get rid of it. If the the target is literally an animal they might not realize said source immediately, or they might not have the articulation to actively remove it quickly (hard to do with four legs I suppose), but they could realistically, eventually work it out.
You would need to rinse it off with some inert liquid such as water or milk.
There should normally be enough options in the PC's immediate environment to find a narrative reason. Maybe they use their shirt tail, or some leaves or grass, or a door frame. Certainly there's nothing wrong with having the player narrate their choice, but I wouldn't impose serious consequences unless your game is very ticky-tacky about that stuff generally or they do something immensely reckless (e.g., and I hate to say it, pouring water on the acid - if a player insisted on doing that and their character didn't know better, I'd probably make them save or take damage). On the flip side, I'd let them do something cool, like use a nearby rope in order to simultaneously scrape the acid and weaken the rope.
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We have a wizard in our party that uses, Tasha’s Caustic Brew (which for a reminder, each creature in a 5ft w x 30ft l and fails a Dex saving throw takes 2d4 acid damage at the start of their turn(s)). The creature takes 2d4 acid damage ( or more depending on level) at the beginning of their turn and can use an action to scrape off the acid. My question is when would a creature reasonably scrape off the acid? For example, would an Ogre think to do this? Would a Cultist surrounded by heroes fighting for his life and wants to cast that big spell take an action to wipe off the acid? Would a creature with 30 or more HP wipe off the acid or strike at a hero to try to cut them down first?
How do you play this?
Any creature that can work out that the sticky stuff on them is hurting them, might decide to scrape off the sticky stuff.
It depends how the 2d4 (or more) damage is going to affect them - somebody with 50 hp might decide that it is only a sting, a low-level cultist with 10 hp might decide that is burning them to their core.
It's not that far fetched. My arm hurts like hell, there is a weird liquid stuck on it, let me see if removing the liquid helps". Most people remove the hand form the stove if they burn themselves...
The ideal solution is almost always 'beat on the spellcaster', as damage might break his concentration and being dropped to zero definitely will, but I assume the countermeasure is obvious so anyone with nothing better to do with their action will do so.
That seems like an odd spell to require concentration, but since it does if I had enough HP to risk I would hit the attacker rather than spend an action to scrape it off.
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Pain is a pretty primal thing, so you don't have to be a genius to identify a source of pain and try to get rid of it. If the the target is literally an animal they might not realize said source immediately, or they might not have the articulation to actively remove it quickly (hard to do with four legs I suppose), but they could realistically, eventually work it out.
How would you wipe off the acid?
With your hand? That would spread acid damage to your hand.
To me wiping the acid would just spread it around.
You would need to rinse it off with some inert liquid such as water or milk.
There should normally be enough options in the PC's immediate environment to find a narrative reason. Maybe they use their shirt tail, or some leaves or grass, or a door frame. Certainly there's nothing wrong with having the player narrate their choice, but I wouldn't impose serious consequences unless your game is very ticky-tacky about that stuff generally or they do something immensely reckless (e.g., and I hate to say it, pouring water on the acid - if a player insisted on doing that and their character didn't know better, I'd probably make them save or take damage). On the flip side, I'd let them do something cool, like use a nearby rope in order to simultaneously scrape the acid and weaken the rope.