D&D 5E Action Surge Questions

[maritimo80]

A warrior is in melee combat with an enemy and dying, and still has his ability "Action Surge" Warrior.


1) He can use the "Disengage" action to stray from 6 squares (your speed) and the Action appears to simply walk over 6 square?


2) He can use the "Disengage" action to stray from 6 squares (your speed) and the Action appears to use a Dash Action, and walk with this action 6 more squares?

 

[Minigiant]

He can do The Second. No the First.

Disengage just makes your movement not provoke opportunity attacks for the turn. Disengage does not add movement.

You use Disengage and all your move doesn't provoke. You still have your same speed and movement until you use Action Surge to dash.

 

[ExploderWizard]

Of course not even #2 is possible if by "dying" you mean that the warrior is at 0 HP. In that case the correct answer is that he is terrain.

 

[maritimo80]

Of course not even #2 is possible if by "dying" you mean that the warrior is at 0 HP. In that case the correct answer is that he is terrain.

The Warrior have 1 Hit Point.

 

[Dausuul]

A warrior is in melee combat with an enemy and dying, and still has his ability "Action Surge" Warrior.

1) He can use the "Disengage" action to stray from 6 squares (your speed) and the Action appears to simply walk over 6 square?

2) He can use the "Disengage" action to stray from 6 squares (your speed) and the Action appears to use a Dash Action, and walk with this action 6 more squares?

Using Action Surge, he can Disengage and move 60 feet (12 squares) total:

1. Regular action to Disengage. For the rest of the turn, the fighter does not provoke opportunity attacks by moving.
2. Regular movement for 30 feet (6 squares).
3. Action Surge to Dash, and move another 30 feet (6 squares).

If the fighter is willing to risk opportunity attacks, he can move 90 feet (18 squares):

1. Regular action to Dash, and move 30 feet (6 squares).
2. Regular movement for 30 feet (6 squares).
3. Action Surge to Dash, and move another 30 feet (6 squares).

Note that if the enemy is melee-only and has a 30-foot movement rate, the second approach is often better. If you Disengage-and-Dash, the enemy can Dash and catch up to you. Now you're in the same situation as before, but you've used up your Action Surge.

If you Dash-and-Dash, you'll provoke one opportunity attack; but if you survive, you'll be 90 feet away. On its turn, the enemy can Dash and reduce that gap to 30 feet, but then you Dash and open it up to 90 again. The enemy can't ever catch up to you as long as you keep Dashing.

 

[ExploderWizard]

The Warrior have 1 Hit Point.

OK then. At 1 hit point the warrior is not (by the rules) dying but getting the heck out of there is a very sensible move, so #2 is correct.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Using Action Surge, he can Disengage and move 60 feet (12 squares) total:

1. Regular action to Disengage. For the rest of the turn, the fighter does not provoke opportunity attacks by moving.
2. Regular movement for 30 feet (6 squares).
3. Action Surge to Dash, and move another 30 feet (6 squares).
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I don't think this is correct. Disengage for your movement of 30ft. Action surge to get the Dash action (double your rate) for another 60 ft. Total 90ft.

 

[Dausuul]

I don't think this is correct. Disengage for your movement of 30ft. Action surge to get the Dash action (double your rate) for another 60 ft. Total 90ft.

Disengage does not grant you any extra movement. You only get your basic movement for the turn of 30 feet. Action Surge to Dash gives you +30 feet, for a total of 60.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Disengage does not grant you any extra movement. .

Yes it does. First sentence under that description says you get extra movement.

*edit* Also, even if it didn't explicitly say that, (or the example in that paragraph that says movement goes from 30 to 60), how would that action make any sense then? If you can do a normal move of 30 and take another action, why would you dash to move the same 30ft and not be able to take an action?

 

[KarinsDad]

I don't think this is correct. Disengage for your movement of 30ft. Action surge to get the Dash action (double your rate) for another 60 ft. Total 90ft.

You are mistaken.

Action 1: Disengage prevents OAs.
Action 2: Dash gives an additional 30 movement for a total of 60 feet of movement.