My character is a warlock that can cast suggestion and I was wondering if I could tell an npc to "follow me until I stop, then close your eyes and stay as still as you can" and while they are standing with eyes closed can I ready an action until I'm sure the target wont move and stab them in the brain.
And will I get another turn straight away (provided that doesn't kill them straight away)?
How will the attack work? do I auto hit or do I get advantage or is it a normal roll?
1. You cast suggestion to make them stand with eyes closed for a period of time.
2. You declare your attack.
3. DM would call for Initiative.
4. Target would be considered Surprised.
5. Regardless of whether you go first or second in initiative, you get to act before them, due to surprise.
6. You can attack with advantage - there's no called shots for "brain", you just get normal attack with advantage.
7. If they survive it will be their turn and Suggestion would have ended from the damage.
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I would recommend not cheesing this tactic. Remember that anything you can do, your enemies can do.
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It is possible the DM will let this be an auto-kill outside of combat, but that’s entirely their call. 5e has little to no particular caveats for out of combat “killing blows”, and I know a lot of DM’s prefer to default to standard combat rules. I wouldn’t expect them to allow this in combat period, though, unless they’re playing extremely loose with the “must sound reasonable” caveat of the spell.
Awesome thank you for your answer! I am probably going to try this tactic or variants of it during our campaign as it is a base flaw that he has, but definitely not trying to cheese anything. just wanted to know from my characters point of view what would be the most efficient way to deal with these obstacles.
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My character is a warlock that can cast suggestion and I was wondering if I could tell an npc to "follow me until I stop, then close your eyes and stay as still as you can" and while they are standing with eyes closed can I ready an action until I'm sure the target wont move and stab them in the brain.
And will I get another turn straight away (provided that doesn't kill them straight away)?
How will the attack work? do I auto hit or do I get advantage or is it a normal roll?
1. You cast suggestion to make them stand with eyes closed for a period of time.
2. You declare your attack.
3. DM would call for Initiative.
4. Target would be considered Surprised.
5. Regardless of whether you go first or second in initiative, you get to act before them, due to surprise.
6. You can attack with advantage - there's no called shots for "brain", you just get normal attack with advantage.
7. If they survive it will be their turn and Suggestion would have ended from the damage.
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I would recommend not cheesing this tactic. Remember that anything you can do, your enemies can do.
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It is possible the DM will let this be an auto-kill outside of combat, but that’s entirely their call. 5e has little to no particular caveats for out of combat “killing blows”, and I know a lot of DM’s prefer to default to standard combat rules. I wouldn’t expect them to allow this in combat period, though, unless they’re playing extremely loose with the “must sound reasonable” caveat of the spell.
As mentioned, 5e doesn't really support called shots or assassination type instant kills.
IRL the strongest knight dies if stabbed in the heart by a hidden dagger, in 5e it does less than 5% their max HP.
DMs can get creative if this comes up, but Cyb3rM1nd's answer is RAW.
Awesome thank you for your answer! I am probably going to try this tactic or variants of it during our campaign as it is a base flaw that he has, but definitely not trying to cheese anything. just wanted to know from my characters point of view what would be the most efficient way to deal with these obstacles.