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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 7201072" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>Sure, but killing the dragon or grappling the mummy lord with disadvantage could very likely turn a possible task into an improbable one. Anyways, let's look at your examples of what you can do if you're frightened.</p><p></p><p>1) Switch to a bow: if you use a melee weapon, you could drop it and then use your free interact with an object action to equip the bow. Without even getting into your Dexterity relative to your Strength, your damage is reduced from 6-6.5 plus bonuses to 4.5. That's not huge by itself, but it has an impact (arguably it's equivalent to reducing your Strength by 4 points). Then there's the disadvantage on your attacks, which further reduces your effectiveness (I believe the math treats this as something like -4.5 to hit). </p><p></p><p>2) Casting Spells: if you can cast spells, wouldn't you be doing that anyways? Yes, a spellcaster almost might not care about being frightened. I guess a Cleric might be annoyed at possibly not being able to Cure Wounds if they'd have to move closer to the source of their fear to do so, and be forced to use Healing Word, for a loss of about 2 points of healing per spell level (2.5 average on a d4 to 4.5 average on a d8).</p><p></p><p>3) Defend the Back Line: this is a dragon we're talking about. It not only has reach and flight, but a breath weapon. If it wants to damage the back line, it probably can.</p><p></p><p>Frightened may not be the worst thing that can happen to you, but it can be very bad, based on the situation. Let's say you're trying to cross a bridge to reach an important objective, when a dragon flies up and frightens you. Due to it's position, you would have to move closer to it to cross the bridge, now you might not be able to.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this is all dependent on how your DM runs his game. You could close your eyes so you can't see the dragon and not be frightened at all! So close your eyes, run forward blindly, then open them again before your turn ends, blind, no I can see just fine!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 7201072, member: 6877472"] Sure, but killing the dragon or grappling the mummy lord with disadvantage could very likely turn a possible task into an improbable one. Anyways, let's look at your examples of what you can do if you're frightened. 1) Switch to a bow: if you use a melee weapon, you could drop it and then use your free interact with an object action to equip the bow. Without even getting into your Dexterity relative to your Strength, your damage is reduced from 6-6.5 plus bonuses to 4.5. That's not huge by itself, but it has an impact (arguably it's equivalent to reducing your Strength by 4 points). Then there's the disadvantage on your attacks, which further reduces your effectiveness (I believe the math treats this as something like -4.5 to hit). 2) Casting Spells: if you can cast spells, wouldn't you be doing that anyways? Yes, a spellcaster almost might not care about being frightened. I guess a Cleric might be annoyed at possibly not being able to Cure Wounds if they'd have to move closer to the source of their fear to do so, and be forced to use Healing Word, for a loss of about 2 points of healing per spell level (2.5 average on a d4 to 4.5 average on a d8). 3) Defend the Back Line: this is a dragon we're talking about. It not only has reach and flight, but a breath weapon. If it wants to damage the back line, it probably can. Frightened may not be the worst thing that can happen to you, but it can be very bad, based on the situation. Let's say you're trying to cross a bridge to reach an important objective, when a dragon flies up and frightens you. Due to it's position, you would have to move closer to it to cross the bridge, now you might not be able to. Of course, this is all dependent on how your DM runs his game. You could close your eyes so you can't see the dragon and not be frightened at all! So close your eyes, run forward blindly, then open them again before your turn ends, blind, no I can see just fine! [/QUOTE]
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