“When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature”
So does this interrupt that attack, which means the Sentinel feat reaction happens first, or does the attacker get to do his damage first then the Sentinel reaction happen? Definately could be impactful if the person using the feat kills said creature on the reaction attack.
The PHB says this: “When you take a reaction, you can't take another one until the start of your next turn. If the reaction interrupts another creature's turn, that creature can continue its turn right after the reaction.”
Interrupting the creature’s turn doesn’t necessarily mean it goes before the attack, or does it? Looking for more of RAW (Rules as written) answers if there is some clarification
According to the sage advice compendium it is after:
Sentinel
Does the attack granted by the third benefit of the Sentinel feat take place before or after the triggering attack? The bonus attack takes place after the triggering attack. Here’s why: the feat doesn’t specify the bonus attack’s timing, and when a reaction has no timing specified, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes (DMG, 252). In contrast, an opportunity attack specifically takes place before its trigger finishes—that is, right before the target creature leaves your reach (PH, 195).
Shield says "including against the triggering attack," which implies that its a bit of an exception. The spell spell specifically triggers "when you are hit by an attack," which then retroactively changes your AC to be higher and forces a recalculation.
You will note that Absorb Elements also has similar wording to Shield about it also affecting the triggering damage.
Reactions normally occur after but there are these exceptions which will have specific wording to indicate their exception-ness... (>.> I can't be arsed to find the better wording).
Absorb elements also says that it stores some of the incoming energy, which implies, again, that it affects the triggering damage. Natural language over highly technical language is a rule of 5th edition. And in both spell cases, we see wording that says the spells affects the triggering attack / damage. There is no such wording in the Sentinel feat that would imply it affects the triggering attack; therefore, it gets resolved.
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Here is part of what the feat gives you:
So does this interrupt that attack, which means the Sentinel feat reaction happens first, or does the attacker get to do his damage first then the Sentinel reaction happen? Definately could be impactful if the person using the feat kills said creature on the reaction attack.
The PHB says this: “When you take a reaction, you can't take another one until the start of your next turn. If the reaction interrupts another creature's turn, that creature can continue its turn right after the reaction.”
Interrupting the creature’s turn doesn’t necessarily mean it goes before the attack, or does it? Looking for more of RAW (Rules as written) answers if there is some clarification
It does not interrupt the attack but it's DM's call.
https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/518800199553015808
Mearls disagrees a bit but he's not the official rules guy so yeah pretty much DM choice.
https://twitter.com/Ariamythe/status/518793423839825921
Exactly the answer I was looking for. Guess your search skills are better than mine
Thank you!
Those links doesnt work for me.
According to the sage advice compendium it is after:
Subclass: Dwarven Defender - Dragonborn Paragon
Feats: Artificer Apprentice
Monsters: Sheep - Spellbreaker Warforged Titan
Magic Items: Whipier - Ring of Secret Storage - Collar of the Guardian
Monster template: Skeletal Creature
The shield spell which has a casting time of 1 Reaction Action, seems to disagree with the timing in the DMG.
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Shield says "including against the triggering attack," which implies that its a bit of an exception. The spell spell specifically triggers "when you are hit by an attack," which then retroactively changes your AC to be higher and forces a recalculation.
You will note that Absorb Elements also has similar wording to Shield about it also affecting the triggering damage.
Reactions normally occur after but there are these exceptions which will have specific wording to indicate their exception-ness... (>.> I can't be arsed to find the better wording).
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Absorb elements also says that it stores some of the incoming energy, which implies, again, that it affects the triggering damage. Natural language over highly technical language is a rule of 5th edition. And in both spell cases, we see wording that says the spells affects the triggering attack / damage. There is no such wording in the Sentinel feat that would imply it affects the triggering attack; therefore, it gets resolved.