D&D 5E I'm incapacitated, but I can move just fine.

[wedgeski]

Blind drunk would be a great example of Incapacitated. Sick, doubled over, throwing up. Anything which serioualy curtails your effectiveness but leaves you functioning on some level. It's a useful condition.

 

[Ruzak]

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Turning into a Potted Plant (although it may be intended that Potted Plants can't actually move).
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These are the cases that concern me, when the author means to prevent movement, but uses incapacitated. The everyday use of the word gets confused with the condition, leaving us wondering at the intent.

 

[Thaumaturge]

These are the cases that concern me, when the author means to prevent movement, but uses incapacitated. The everyday use of the word gets confused with the condition, leaving us wondering at the intent.

I'd say a mobile potted plant is no more overpowered than a stationary one.

(But, yes, your point is generally true.)

Thaumaturge.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Ignoring things that have other attached conditions or drop your speed to 0, not much.


[*]Turning into a Potted Plant (although it may be intended that Potted Plants can't actually move).

I'm not so sure of that. I'd allow the PC to move at the full standard movement rate of a normal potted plant. No sense nerfing the character unnecessarily.

 

[fanboy2000]

Ignoring things that have other attached conditions or drop your speed to 0, not much.

As it should be...

Turning into a Potted Plant (although it may be intended that Potted Plants can't actually move).

What the heck turns you into a Potted Plant?

School of Enchantment: Hypnotic Gaze (also viably dazes you but that is not actually a condition)

I believes this also drops your speed to 0.

Spell: Banishing Smite (Your also locked in a demi-plane, you can probably move about within it though, yay!)

At least you can go site-seeing.

Spell: Banishment (see notes for 'Banishing Smite' above)

Woot!

Spell: Symbol [Pain] (This actually just incapacitates you)

Makes sense to me, being in a great deal of pain doesn't mean you can't shamble on over the villain.

Spell: Tasha’s Hideous Laughter (You also cant stand up as noted above, but can move otherwise)

Rollin' rollin' rollin'...

 

[RSKennan]

Blind drunk would be a great example of Incapacitated. Sick, doubled over, throwing up. Anything which serioualy curtails your effectiveness but leaves you functioning on some level. It's a useful condition.

Yes, this. I might also allow a character to gut punch an npc, placing this condition on them. Hitting a male in the groin would also work.

 

[RSKennan]

What the heck turns you into a Potted Plant?

One of the default results on the Wild Surge table.

 

[Ruzak]

I'm not so sure of that. I'd allow the PC to move at the fully standard movement rate of a normal potted plant. No sense nerfing the character unnecessarily.

Can someone with a MM let us know its movement? (This stat block really should be in the wild surge table.)

 

[jadrax]

What the heck turns you into a Potted Plant?

Very popular side effect, happens a lot.

I believes this also drops your speed to 0.

You are right, missed it during the skim read as its lists the speed drop before the Incapacitated effect, while almost everything else lists it afterwords.

 

[fanboy2000]

One of the default results on the Wild Surge table.

Well, that makes sense.

Very popular side effect, happens a lot.

Dude, what kind of D&D are you paying? Like, is this in the play test for 6th? 'Cause if so, I want in.

New house rule: if the sorcerer turns into a potted plant, they have a shamble speed of 10 feet.