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    Level Up (A5E) Are you your own ally for the Help action in combat?

    Now for a real rules-lawyerly question for you to pick over: can you help yourself with the help action in combat? Here is the text: RAI, I think you probably cannot help yourself. But note the distinction between “another creature” in the out-of-combat text and, for the in-combat text...
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    Level Up (A5E) Is Sun Wukong a valid selection for the spell Polymorph?

    Sun Wukong is a sweet unique NPC in Mythological Figures and Malevolent Monsters. He’s a very cool legendary figure from Chinese mythology. Also, being a monkey, he is classified as a beast. Polymorph provides: “The target’s body is transformed into a beast with a Challenge Rating equal to or...
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    Level Up (A5E) Are nets melee weapons in A5e?

    Is the net a melee weapon in A5e? It was moved from being a ranged martial weapon in O5e to the miscellaneous table. It has the thrown weapon property, but on melee weapons, thrown is merely an option. The lance is a melee weapon on the same table. Can you make melee weapon attacks with a net?
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    Level Up (A5E) The sorcadin is dead. Long live the sorcadin!

    We all know the Sorcadin got a bad rap in O5e. Sure, it had ridiculous burst and could absolutely dominate encounters, all while providing the party with the best support ability in the whole freaking game. A5e tried to kill the sorcadin, and for good reason. But the Sorcadin lives. The...
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    Level Up (A5E) Rules Question: Combat Directives

    I’m struggling to understand how this works with maneuvers. The relevant text is: “In addition, when a creature uses your Commanding Presence to make an attack, it can simultaneously use one Sanguine Knot combat maneuver that you know.” How does this interact with maneuvers that let you take...
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