I'm just trying to find the rules for small creatures but can't seem top find them. I know that small creatures can't use two handed weapons but i am unsure about what else they can or cannot do. Like, can two small creatures fit into the same square? Do small creatures need to use a longsword with two hands? How does a heavy crossbow effect a small creature? Things like this.
I'm just trying to find the rules for small creatures but can't seem top find them. I know that small creatures can't use two handed weapons but i am unsure about what else they can or cannot do. Like, can two small creatures fit into the same square? Do small creatures need to use a longsword with two hands? How does a heavy crossbow effect a small creature? Things like this.
Small creatures absolutely can use Two-Handed weapons! The restriction you are thinking of is with weapons that have the Heavy property. Even then, the property only imposes disadvantage on attack rolls for small/tiny creatures trying to wield it. Most 2H weapons will have both properties, but not all. The Greatclub is one that a size small creature can absolutely use with no issues.
Here's a list of all the possible weapon properties, and what they do.
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
I saw a build by Lauren Urban for a kobold barbarian wielding a greatsword... sure the kobold had disadvantage, but that would be counteracted by pack tactics (or reckless attack)
I can't find the actual ruling in the sourcebooks, and when I look online I only find the 4e rules which state that a small creature cannot properly use heavy weapons and if the weapon has versatile you NEED to use the weapon as if you were wielding it with 2 hands. So a gnome can't one hand a longsword.
Characters of most races are Medium, a size category including creatures that are roughly 4 to 8 feet tall. Members of a few races are Small (between 2 and 4 feet tall), which means that certain rules of the game affect them differently. The most important of these rules is that Small characters have trouble wielding heavy weapons, as explained in chapter 5.
Heavy. Creatures that are Small or Tiny have disadvantage on attack rolls with heavy weapons. A heavy weapon's size and bulk make it too large for a Small or Tiny creature to use effectively.
Size and Strength. Larger creatures can bear more weight, whereas Tiny creatures can carry less. For each size category above Medium, double the creature's carrying capacity and the amount it can push, drag, or lift. For a Tiny creature, halve these weights.
You can move through a nonhostile creature's space. In contrast, you can move through a hostile creature's space only if the creature is at least two sizes larger or smaller than you. Remember that another creature's space is difficult terrain for you.
A monster can be Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge, or Gargantuan. The Size Categories table shows how much space a creature of a particular size controls in combat. See the Player’s Handbook for more information on creature size and space.
A creature’s size determines how much space it occupies on squares or hexes, as shown in the Creature Size and Space table. If the miniature you use for a monster takes up an amount of space different from what’s on the table, that’s fine, but treat the monster as its official size for all other rules. For example, you might use a miniature that has a Large base to represent a Huge giant. That giant takes up less space on the battlefield than its size suggests, but it is still Huge for the purposes of rules like grappling.
To answer the OP directly, small creatures occupy one square, and no, two of them can not be in the same square at the same time (one can move through the others square, but they can't both be standing there).
I'd just add a bit about a couple edge cases. Halflings, specifically, can move through the square of any creature one size larger than they are (so even medium-sized, hostile creatures) This is one of those specific beats general cases, where only halflings can, not all small creatures.
Also small creatures can use medium sized creatures as mounts.
I can't find the actual ruling in the sourcebooks, and when I look online I only find the 4e rules which state that a small creature cannot properly use heavy weapons and if the weapon has versatile you NEED to use the weapon as if you were wielding it with 2 hands. So a gnome can't one hand a longsword.
4e is not 5e. They are, essentially, two completely different game systems. You'll only confuse yourself with incorrect/inapplicable rules by looking at 4e for answers to 5e questions.
All of the basic rules for 5e are available for free right here on DDB, and CC has included links to pertinent sections.
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You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
Small and medium are really similar in 5e. Other than heavy weapons, I think the only notable difference is the minimum size for mounts, maximum size for grapple, and size range for moving through hostile creature's spaces all go down 1. Everything else is the same.
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I'm just trying to find the rules for small creatures but can't seem top find them.
I know that small creatures can't use two handed weapons but i am unsure about what else they can or cannot do. Like, can two small creatures fit into the same square? Do small creatures need to use a longsword with two hands? How does a heavy crossbow effect a small creature? Things like this.
Small creatures absolutely can use Two-Handed weapons! The restriction you are thinking of is with weapons that have the Heavy property. Even then, the property only imposes disadvantage on attack rolls for small/tiny creatures trying to wield it. Most 2H weapons will have both properties, but not all. The Greatclub is one that a size small creature can absolutely use with no issues.
Here's a list of all the possible weapon properties, and what they do.
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
I saw a build by Lauren Urban for a kobold barbarian wielding a greatsword... sure the kobold had disadvantage, but that would be counteracted by pack tactics (or reckless attack)
I can't find the actual ruling in the sourcebooks, and when I look online I only find the 4e rules which state that a small creature cannot properly use heavy weapons and if the weapon has versatile you NEED to use the weapon as if you were wielding it with 2 hands. So a gnome can't one hand a longsword.
There are several different sections, each of which hold one piece of the puzzle:
Player's Handbook, Chapter 2, Racial Traits:
Player's Handbook, Chapter 5, Weapon Properties:
Player's Handbook, Chapter 7, Strength- Carrying Capacity:
Player's Handbook, Chapter 9, Movement and Position:
Player's Handbook, Chapter 9, Grappling (and shoving too, just below it):
Player's Handbook, Chapter 9, Mounted Combat:
Monster Manual, Introduction, Statistics:
Dungeon Master's Guide, Chapter 8, Using Miniatures:
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I'm going to make this way harder than it needs to be.
ChickenChamp covered most everything, I think.
To answer the OP directly, small creatures occupy one square, and no, two of them can not be in the same square at the same time (one can move through the others square, but they can't both be standing there).
I'd just add a bit about a couple edge cases. Halflings, specifically, can move through the square of any creature one size larger than they are (so even medium-sized, hostile creatures) This is one of those specific beats general cases, where only halflings can, not all small creatures.
Also small creatures can use medium sized creatures as mounts.
4e is not 5e. They are, essentially, two completely different game systems. You'll only confuse yourself with incorrect/inapplicable rules by looking at 4e for answers to 5e questions.
All of the basic rules for 5e are available for free right here on DDB, and CC has included links to pertinent sections.
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
Small and medium are really similar in 5e. Other than heavy weapons, I think the only notable difference is the minimum size for mounts, maximum size for grapple, and size range for moving through hostile creature's spaces all go down 1. Everything else is the same.