Sage Advice Compendium Update 1/30/2019

[André Soares]

friends, do what you prefer, but at my table a player who played so long to be able to cast disintegrate is able to turn to ash anything she brings to 0 hp, half-orc or not. especially when she is a high-level spellcaster and the target a low-level half-orc. the other way around will have no justification at all in fiction and would ruin the suspension of disbelief.

You are for sure entitled to your own rulling in your table. What is being said here is that that is not how that interaction was design to happen. But if that's the way you an your group find the most enjoyment, more power to you!

 

[dave2008]

Sorry but that's not how it works. there is no leftover damage with the half-orc, youreceive all the damage and than it goes back to 1. Leftover damage is not a general rule, its an exeption that is applied to wild shape.

I know and I even explained that (or at least I thought I did) in the last sentence.

 

[Stalker0]

The cloud of daggers ruling. The way I read that, it implies that I can position the cube in the corner of the square, effectively allowing it to cover 4 squares...which is a pretty tremendous power boost

 

[DQDesign]

What is being said here is that that is not how that interaction was design to happen.

Well, that design is in contrast with some decades of dnd material, setting lore and novels.

In my opinion the sage played a little too much Magic and fell in love with the concepts of 'stack' and 'triggered ability'.

 

[André Soares]

I know and I even explained that (or at least I thought I did) in the last sentence.

COMPLETELY missed that sentence hahah sorry XD

 

[Stalker0]

friends, do what you prefer, but at my table a player who played so long to be able to cast disintegrate is able to turn to ash anything she brings to 0 hp, half-orc or not. especially when she is a high-level spellcaster and the target a low-level half-orc. the other way around will have no justification at all in fiction and would ruin the suspension of disbelief.

Just make sure to do it with charm and elves too. Or paladins and fear spells.

There are several ways low level characters can be immune to high level spells.

 

[André Soares]

Well, that design is in contrast with some decades of dnd material, setting lore and novels.

In my opinion the sage played a little too much Magic and fell in love with the concepts of 'stack' and 'triggered ability'.

Well, a new edition does not have to hold its vallue to the decades of dnd material, or it would be really hard to actualy change anything...

 

[DQDesign]

Just make sure to do it with charm and elves too. Or paladins and fear spells.

none of those abilities imply immunity to utterly physical destruction by high level spellcasters.

 

[epithet]

It depends on your definition of "take an attack action" is. You can move between the attacks granted by an attack action because it's explicitly stated that you can. Others would rule that you can't "interrupt" an attack action with anything else.

Suffice to say I think this ruling is overly-finicky in addition to a contradiction to previous sage advice tweets. I know how I rule even if it is technically a house rule, do what makes sense for you.

It's not a house rule. Your interpretation, or ruling at your table, is simply applying the published rules appropriately to the circumstances of your game. Jeremy's interpretation of the published rule is no more valid than yours in general, and much less valid than yours in your game and at your table.

If you were to change the rule (as I do) to eliminate the need to take the Attack action to trigger the bonus action, that would be a house rule.

 

[Azzy]

none of those abilities imply immunity to utterly physical destruction by high level spellcasters.

Be like Elsa... Let it go.