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D&D 5E. Suppose a creature with multiple tentacles can grapple with each tentacle, either one creature or multiple creatures. It chooses to grapple a single creature with multiple tentacles. Does the creature need to Escape each grapple individually? Or does one Escape roll end multiple...

It was a clever plan. The Wizard ended up using Wall of Force anyway and they got the door open without being attacked. Worked well... but we'll see what happens when they have to pass through that room again to exit the dungeon.

This makes sense. I think this is how I will handle it in the future.

Leomund's Tiny Hut has actually become quite the controversial spell for our group. The latest question... can Leomund's Tiny Hut appear in a space smaller than its 10 foot radius? For the current example, the characters wanted to open a door in a dungeon. Opening the door caused magical...

Hello there, There are a few monsters that have a change shape feature. At the end it says "Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed." RAW, I think that means clothing also. But that seems pretty awkward for some humanoid monsters that would normally wear clothes. Anybody...

DMs, how do you handle something like this... a creature is acting friendly to the PCs but is actually trying to charm one or more of them which requires a saving throw. How to do the save without making them suspicious? Would you just use a "passive" save and not make them roll anything to...

Nothing in the sidekick rules mentions death saves for dying sidekicks that I can see. Is there any official word from Wizard's on this that you know of? If not, what do you think about allowing death saves for sidekicks? I'm leaning toward allowing it.

Mainly to play D&D while drinking free beer. ;)

Hi there, I'm working with a local brewery to host a monthly D&D 5E game night, which I will DM. I am a very experienced DM, but have never done so in a public setting with random players. As far as I know, there's no real gaming community in my area. So, I have no idea how many will show, nor...

Say that there is a hag coven and one is a night hag. If the night hag becomes ethereal, but stays within 30 feet of the other hags, does the coven still gain the benefit of shared spellcasting?

Rules state: A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from...

That's about as logical and concise as you can get. : ) Thanks.

Ahhhhh... this is interesting. I went back and looked at the actual description of the Lich Hound's attack. It states: Creatures that hear the howl of a lich hound within 100 feet must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 5 rounds. The frightened condition states: A...

Thanks all for the replies. During the game I called that being ethereal does break line of sight, and upon your replies and further consideration, I'm sticking with that ruling. Thanks again.

So, would you say that by closing your eyes, you would negate the frightened condition?

Does becoming ethereal negate line of sight? Here's the exact example: A creature (specifically a lich hound from Tome of Beasts) causes enemies around it to be frightened. The frightened condition remains while the creature is within line of sight. But the creature becomes ethereal. Does the...

Thanks all. On the fly last night I made a ruling that it moved around a smoke cloud. I doubted it at the time, but moved on. But I'm going to change that ruling going forward. Appreciate it.

Can telekinesis be used to move gas/smoke/fog/mist? Argument being that these are objects (of a sort) and TK affects objects. What say you?

Thanks! Do you know where this is noted officially, if it is?

If a monster uses its multiattack, must it use all the attacks? For example: a creatures multiattack allows it to attack twice with its fists, grapple and then bite. Can it just attack twice with its fists and not do the rest of the multiattack? Or... could it attack twice with its fists, NOT...