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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Other Things Characters Can Do Characters who can’t harm the dragon (or choose not to) can find plenty of other things to distract them during the dragon’s attack. If a player is having trouble
figuring out what their character can or should do, you can use the Town in Chaos table to introduce an urgent development for the character to deal with. Before the character moves or acts on its turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you have more than one background? No. You can have only one background. It establishes key aspects of your life before you embarked on a life of adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can potions be administered to Unconscious characters? Yes, you can administer a potion to someone else as a Bonus Action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a Barbarian/Fighter (Battle Master) use maneuvers while raging? Nothing in the Barbarian’s Rage feature precludes the use of maneuvers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
What’s an example of an effect that can reduce Exhaustion? The Greater Restoration spell can reduce Exhaustion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a Blinded creature make an Opportunity Attack? An Opportunity Attack is triggered when a creature that you can see leaves your reach. If you can’t see an enemy, you can’t make an Opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you move through the space of a Prone enemy? You can move through the space of an enemy only if that enemy (A) has the Incapacitated condition, (B) is a Tiny creature, or (C) is at least two sizes larger or smaller than you. The Prone condition doesn’t override this.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a Rogue/Monk use Sneak Attack with Unarmed Strikes? The Sneak Attack feature works with a weapon that has the Finesse or Ranged property. An Unarmed Strike isn’t a weapon, so it doesn’t qualify
. In contrast, a Rogue/Monk can use Sneak Attack with a Monk weapon, such as a Shortsword or a Dagger, that has one of Sneak Attack’s required properties.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you get a Critical Hit on an ability check? Ability checks don’t score Critical Hits. Attack rolls do.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Is the intent that only Melee weapon attacks can knock foes Unconscious, or can melee spell attacks as well? If you reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points with a melee attack, you can knock the creature
out. That melee attack isn’t restricted to weapons. Even a melee spell attack can be used to knock a creature out.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a non-Battle Master attempt to disarm someone? The Disarming Attack maneuver is designed for the Battle Master Fighter, but any character can try to disarm a foe. Such an attempt would fall under improvising an action not detailed by the rules and would be up to your DM to adjudicate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a Sphere of Annihilation enter a Leomund’s Tiny Hut? Yes. The sphere destroys the dome.
Equipment
One sheet of Paper can hold about 250 handwritten words.
Equipment
One sheet of Parchment can hold about 250 handwritten words.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This ornate wooden board has the letters of the Common alphabet printed on one side, alongside the words “Yes” and “No” and symbols representing “Weal” and &ldquo
and regains 1 expended charge daily at dawn. While touching the planchette, you can take 1 minute to cast one of the spells on the table below. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven
This musical instrument has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. While you are playing it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge and write a magical message on a
Spells
Player’s Handbook
target are no longer on the same plane.
Until the spell ends, you and the target can instantly share words, images, sounds, and other sensory messages with each other through the link, and the target
You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature with which you are familiar. The creature can be anywhere on the same plane of existence as you. The spell ends if you or the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
While this doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a Short Rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more than six words long, and set a condition under which the doll speaks
each phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll to make it speak. For example, whenever someone picks up the doll, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can damage be reduced to 0 by Resistance or another form of damage reduction? Yes, it is possible to reduce damage to 0 but no lower.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you delay your turn and take it later in the round? No. When it’s your turn, you either do something or you don’t. If you want to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action. (See appendix C of the Player’s Handbook.)
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You send a short message of 25 words or fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the
sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You weave a distracting string of words, causing creatures of your choice that you can see within range to make a Wisdom saving throw. Any creature you or your companions are fighting automatically
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This stoppered flask sloshes when shaken, as if it contains water. The decanter weighs 2 pounds.
You can take a Magic action to remove the stopper and issue one of three command words, whereupon an
amount of fresh water or salt water (your choice) pours out of the flask. The water stops pouring out at the start of your next turn. Choose from the following command words:
Splash. The decanter
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You suggest a course of activity—described in no more than 25 words—to one creature you can see within range that can hear and understand you. The suggestion must sound achievable and not
until you or your allies deal damage to the target. The Charmed target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for the target upon completing it.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
another creature. Then speak the message, which must be 25 words or fewer, though it can be delivered over as long as 10 minutes. Finally, determine the circumstance that will trigger the spell to deliver
that looks like a mouth (for example, the mouth of a statue), the magical mouth appears there, so the words appear to come from the object’s mouth. When you cast this spell, you can have the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
words: “Swift death to you who have wronged me.” The target of your attack becomes your sworn enemy until it dies or until dawn 7 days later. You can have only one such sworn enemy at a time
When you nock an arrow on this bow, it whispers in Elvish, “Swift defeat to my enemies.” When you use this weapon to make a ranged attack, you can utter or sign the following command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
What actions can monsters use to make Opportunity Attack? Are Multiattack and breath weapon actions allowed? When making an Opportunity Attack, a monster can make any single melee attack listed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can an Opportunity Attack be used to make a grapple or a shove? Yes. When you make an Opportunity Attack, one of your options is making an Unarmed Strike. You can still choose to use the Grapple and Shove options of this Unarmed Strike.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
If a creature is Grappled, can it still attack and use its special abilities? The Grappled condition limits movement, not attacks, spellcasting, and the like. That said, many grappling abilities, such as a Giant Octopus’s Tentacles attack, also deliver effects like the Restrained condition.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You suggest a course of activity—described in no more than 25 words—to twelve or fewer creatures you can see within range that can hear and understand you. The suggestion must sound
can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for a target upon completing it.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The duration is longer with a spell slot of level 7 (10 days), 8 (30 days), or 9 (366 days).
Spells
Player’s Handbook
the messenger enters its dreams.
You can make the messenger terrifying to the target. If you do so, the messenger can deliver a message of no more than ten words, and then the target makes a Wisdom
Incapacitated and has a Speed of 0.
If the target is asleep, the messenger appears in the target’s dreams and can converse with the target as long as it remains asleep, through the spell’s duration
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This Spell Scroll bears the words of the Fireball spell, written in a mystical cipher. If Fireball is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast it without Material components. Otherwise
;t lost.
If Fireball is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make a DC 13 ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast the spell. On
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This object appears as a wooden box that measures 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches deep. It weighs 4 pounds and floats. It can be opened to store items inside. This item also has three
command words, each requiring a Magic action to use:
First Command Word. The box unfolds into a Rowboat.
Second Command Word. The box unfolds into a Keelboat.
Third Command Word. The Folding Boat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a creature that burrows grapple a target and drag them into the ground by burrowing? No. A burrowing creature can drag another creature with them only if they have the ability to leave a tunnel
. For example, a Purple Worm has the Tunneler trait, so it can drag a Grappled creature into a tunnel it creates when burrowing. Conversely, an Earth Elemental can’t drag a creature into the ground with it.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This prism has 50 charges. While you are holding it, you can take a Magic action and use one of three command words to cause one of the following effects:
First Command Word. The gem sheds Bright
function of the gem.
Second Command Word. You expend 1 charge and cause the gem to fire a brilliant beam of light at one creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. The creature must succeed on a