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Command cannot cause a creature to do something “directly harmful” to itself. If I cast command on a creature standing in the area of a spike growth spell and tell it to flee, will it run through the area, taking 2d4 damage per five feet? Or is fleeing in this case considered to be something...

I was looking at the gloom stalker ranger subclass and was wondering how Umbral Sight and the Fear spell, which gloom stalkers get at 9th level, interact. Fear imposes the frightened condition, which affects creatures while the source of their fear is within line of sight. In darkness, a gloom...

I was thinking about a ranger with the Druidic Warrior fighting style from Tasha’s who would use a quarterstaff with shillelagh and the Polearm Master feat. I noticed that the wording of the feat does not specify that you make your attack with two hands, and a quarterstaff is versatile. Does...

Summary: My interpretation of Favored Foe is that it is worse than Hunter’s Mark, but I’ve seen some comments that make me wonder if I’ve missed something. Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything includes Favored Foe as a replacement for Favored Enemy. Basically, you can add +1d4 damage to one attack...

Our party has a battle rager barbarian with +1 spiked armor, and her go-to move is grappling and doing automatic damage from the spikes on the armor. The question has come up as to how this affects creatures that have resistance or immunity to piercing from non-magic weapons. Does the armor...

Let’s say an eldritch knight is hit with a fireball. The character has the Shield Master feat and the Absorb Elements spell. The feat allows them to take no damage if they save, while the spell gives them resistance to the damage. Both features require a reaction. Does the EK have to choose...

When selecting spells with Magical Secrets, can you select spells of a higher level than what your bard level would allow? For instance, if a Sorcerer 5/Bard 9 takes another level of bard, could the character select two 8th level spells, or are they limited to spells of 5th level or lower...

I’ve noticed in our games that Acrobatics doesn’t seem to get used much. I know it can be used to escape or avoid grapples and similar effects, and that there’s the DMG tumble action. I’m interested in creative ways that players (or DMs) have used this skill—or even just obvious ways to use it...

Can a beast master fighting with two weapons make an offhand attack after commanding the beast companion to attack? Two-weapon fighting allows you to make an offhand attack as a bonus action when you use the Attack action. Extra attack allows you to make a second (or more) attack when you use...

Can creatures that have the ability to enter the Ethereal Plane re-enter the Material Plane at another point, perhaps using the Ethereal to travel faster? The Etherealness spell specifically says you come back at the point that you left, but what about something like a succubus that simply can...

Do you allow players to run multiple characters, and, if so, is that common in your campaigns? I have definitely been in campaigns where I have run multiple characters, including an Age of Worms campaign where I ran the whole party. But I’ve thinking about this, as the focus on characters and...

War Caster and spells that allow saves at end of target’s turn The War Caster feat allows you to cast a spell targeting one creature on a target that provokes an opportunity attack. A spell like Hold Person allows the target to repeat a save at the end of its turn. Since reactions like OAs...

The attack bonus for a black bear is listed as +3. It has +2 for Strength and presumably +2 proficiency bonus, which would give +4. I don’t see any errata on this. Am I missing something? Sent from my iPad using EN World mobile app

So, the hieracosphinx has a mini, but still to my knowledge does not have any stats. Anyone know if stats do exist somewhere? The only home brew I saw here was from before MM. Sent from my iPad using EN World mobile app

Are there any collections of 5e NPCs beyond the MM and Volo's? And are there expansions of the lists of modifications for applying a monster or race to any NPC? I'm particularly interested in just having a wider diversity of levels of different classes. For instance, it would be nice to have a...

I'm unsure of how an Eldritch Knight using a shield operates with spells with somatic components and would appreciate advice. If I'm an Eldritch Knight without the War Caster feat with a one-handed weapon and a shield and I want to cast the shield spell, I need a free hand for the somatic...

I noticed that giant insects are missing from the MM: no giant ants, giant bees, or giant wasps, specifically. Am I missing something? If not, has anyone constructed 5e versions of these creatures?

Can someone clarify how loading works with crossbows? The description says you can fire only one piece of ammunition from a weapon with the loading characteristic on "an action, bonus action, or reaction", no matter how many attacks you have. Does that mean a) if you use your action to fire a...

If a 6th level draconic sorceror (lightning) hits a foe with Witch Bolt, does the Charisma bonus add to the damage each round, or just the first?

This thread was inspired by conversations with Marnak that also led to this thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=199038. In case you don't want to read the rest of my lengthy discussion, here are my basic questions. Why do rogues exist as a separate class? Do they represent a beloved...