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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7699665" data-attributes="member: 17607">Ah, yes -- thanks for the clarification. I see your point.If you assume that a creature that starts its turn in the area cannot effectively 'enter the area for the first time' on the same turn, then the other poster's argument makes more sense, but that argument also assumes that a creature can only take damage from Moonbeam on its own turn. Crawford's illustration of how a creature might be forced into the Moonbeam on another creature's turn illuminates that assumption as flawed.Regardless, some people might still find themselves confused as to why a creature being forced through the Moonbeam on another creature's turn takes damage, but the same creature takes no damage if the Moonbeam simply passes over it. From a 'game physics' perspective, the distinction doesn't make a lot of sense, but from a 'game mechanics' perspective, it is more understandable**.**Edit: the reason it's more understandable is that the spell itself allows the effect to move, so 'sweeping' over multiple opponents is trivial; a caster could do so on every casting and on every one of its turns it can maintain its concentration. On the other hand, say, having a Great Weapon fighter forgo a round of Extra Attacks in order to attempt to bull rush an enemy into the Moonbeam might well prove to be mechanically inefficient except in extraordinary circumstances, such as bull-rushing an afflicted lycanthrope into the Moonbeam to force it back into human form.--Pauper</blockquote>

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