So my character is a druid, which in my latest session i wild shaped into a Dire Wolf, and me and my party got into a combat with a flying swords, and my question is this: can a flying sword be knocked prone by the Bite attack or not?
It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
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It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
I don’t think it would be any different than knocking a person prone and keeping them down while they have a hold of them in its jaws. It may seem a bit weird but you are right, it works raw.
Since flying swords can be knocked prone, but hover when flying, I would describe the dire wolf biting it and shaking it in the air, leaving the flying swords unable to move until it recover balance (stand).
It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
Being prone really just means you're on the ground, so I guess the wolf grabs it with its mouth and forces it to the ground and then maybe holds it down with its forepaws?
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It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
Being prone really just means you're on the ground, so I guess the wolf grabs it with its mouth and forces it to the ground and then maybe holds it down with its forepaws?
It's not really just means that, it also affect how you can move while prone as well, and since flying swords has speed 0, it's therefore unable to crawl nor move unless it stand up and fly, so while the dire wolf doesn't grapple it, it leaves it unable to fly away until it first stand up. In the meantime since it hover when flying, it means the attack doesn't make it fall to the ground, hovering in the air in an awkward position instead, held aloft by magic.
Here are the relevant rules:
Prone: A prone creature's only movement option is to crawl, unless it stands up and thereby ends the condition. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls. An attack roll against the creature has advantage if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature. Otherwise, the attack roll has disadvantage.
Fly: A monster that has a flying speed can use all or part of its movement to fly. Some monsters have the ability to hover, which makes them hard to knock out of the air (as explained in the rules on flying in the Player’s Handbook). Such a monster stops hovering when it dies.
Flying Movement: Flying creatures enjoy many benefits of mobility, but they must also deal with the danger of falling. If a flying creature is knocked prone, has its speed reduced to 0, or is otherwise deprived of the ability to move, the creature falls, unless it has the ability to hover or it is being held aloft by magic, such as by the fly spell.
Speed: All creatures have a walking speed, simply called the monster’s speed. Creatures that have no form of ground-based locomotion have a walking speed of 0 feet.
Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling: Each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain) when you’re climbing, swimming, or crawling..
It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
Being prone really just means you're on the ground, so I guess the wolf grabs it with its mouth and forces it to the ground and then maybe holds it down with its forepaws?
I'd probably just describe the wolf as biting the sword and pulling it down to the ground. The sword then can't recover and fly up until its own turn comes around. I'd avoid the suggestion that the wolf is holding it down since they only knock it prone, there is no suggestion that the sword would be grappled or restrained which might be implied by the wolf holding it down. I think the dire wolf just knocks it out of the air with its attack and it takes some time for the sword to recover.
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So my character is a druid, which in my latest session i wild shaped into a Dire Wolf, and me and my party got into a combat with a flying swords, and my question is this: can a flying sword be knocked prone by the Bite attack or not?
It looks like flying swords do not have immunity to the prone condition, so the bite of a dire wolf would indeed be able to knock it prone. I'm not exactly sure how to describe a wolf biting a sword prone, but that's how it works Rules as Written.
Look at what you've done. You spoiled it. You have nobody to blame but yourself. Go sit and think about your actions.
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I don’t think it would be any different than knocking a person prone and keeping them down while they have a hold of them in its jaws. It may seem a bit weird but you are right, it works raw.
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Since flying swords can be knocked prone, but hover when flying, I would describe the dire wolf biting it and shaking it in the air, leaving the flying swords unable to move until it recover balance (stand).
Being prone really just means you're on the ground, so I guess the wolf grabs it with its mouth and forces it to the ground and then maybe holds it down with its forepaws?
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It's not really just means that, it also affect how you can move while prone as well, and since flying swords has speed 0, it's therefore unable to crawl nor move unless it stand up and fly, so while the dire wolf doesn't grapple it, it leaves it unable to fly away until it first stand up. In the meantime since it hover when flying, it means the attack doesn't make it fall to the ground, hovering in the air in an awkward position instead, held aloft by magic.
Here are the relevant rules:
I'd probably just describe the wolf as biting the sword and pulling it down to the ground. The sword then can't recover and fly up until its own turn comes around. I'd avoid the suggestion that the wolf is holding it down since they only knock it prone, there is no suggestion that the sword would be grappled or restrained which might be implied by the wolf holding it down. I think the dire wolf just knocks it out of the air with its attack and it takes some time for the sword to recover.