Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Given you can hold concentration in the middle of combat, often even after being struck, I don’t think the mental focus element is that out there. And there’s people who get serious about meditation who can hold a pose for way longer.
So are you suggesting someone casting a ritual spell should have to roll for concentration?
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
RAW, anytime you cast a spell for longer than one action it uses your Concentration slot.
Concentration is just poorly named. They could have called it anything. The only relevant things are (1) you only have one 'slot' for doing it, and (2) if you take damage, you need to make a check to keep the thing in the slot, (3) if anything ends it, you lose whatever you were using the slot for.
So you can concentrate through a short rest. You can concentrate while solving a math puzzle or playing chess. It doesn't interfere at all with your ability to 'concentrate' on something in the natural language sense (like deciphering a code). Only things which explicitly use your concentration slot are exclusive with each other.
Yes, and it also gives all the things which end concentration. Anything not listed does not end concentration.
Disruptive Tune.
That said, that is a case of specific (the spell) beating general (the list), but you still should always be careful assuming that what is provided in one location is the exhaustive, definitive list.
Well, yes, specific still beats general - i don't feel like that actually needs to be stated. but sure, amending to anything not listed breaks concentration unless it specifically says it breaks concentration.
Yeah I think even being jostled or adverse weather risks your concentration. Seems odd to think you could go 8hrs without anything even remotely distracting happening.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Given that hex can be concentrated on for up to 24 hours if cast with a 5th level spell slot, D&D's idea of 'concentration' is considerably more generous than yours.
Nope. The rules don't say that, so they can't.
2014 included a note that a DM might decide circumstances like a wave breaking on the ship deck you're standing on could call for a DC 10 roll, but that was dropped in 2024. Bit more than just being jostled or adverse weather.
Sleet storm, oddly, can cause concentration loss. It's the only effect I can think of that specifically breaks concentration, rather than as a side effect of damage or incapacitate.
IDK why people question me about basic rules 101 stuff. Like, just check your local player's handbook entries:
Getting a little water on you can break your concentrations. DMs are free to have all sorts of things require a concentration check. It would really behoove people to speak from experience instead of answer for how to DM when they don't know how to.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
You mean the rule that The_Ace_of_Rogues both pointed out and noted no longer exists?
In addition to the rule no longer existing, refering to 'a wave crashing over you while you're on a storm-tossed ship' as 'getting a little water on you' is a hilarious understatement...
Earthquake could be another one.
As esampson pointed out earlier, the (admittedly very new) spell Disruptive Tune also does this.
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