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<blockquote data-quote="Gardens &amp;amp; Goblins" data-source="post: 7355155" data-attributes="member: 6846794">So he clarified what an 'attack' is by way of the rules. RAW Great! I think most of us kinda knew this already, but hey.What I'm asking for is a clarification of intent. Is he ok with a dragon's breath attack not breaking Invisibility or Sanctuary? How would he rule it at his table? Does it match the intent of the spell he designed (well, ok, he translated to 5E, but still.)--And to carry on reading the Dragon entry further, we find:Dragons are also magical creatures whose innate power fuels their dreaded breath weapons and other preternatural abilities.Breath weapon. I'm not attacking you with my weapon. I'm using it! Logic vs semantics? I wonder.. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />--A blue dragon is a patient and methodical combatant. When fighting on its own terms, it turns combat into an extended affair of hours or even days, attacking from a distance with volleys of lightning, then flying well out of harm's reach as it waits to attack again.Now, the only way a blue dragon can attack from a distance with volleys of lightning is with its breath weapon. Is this still not an attack?--So yes, how would he rule things? What is his RAI (and while we're at it, his RAF) take on the matter? And final ruling for his table?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gardens & Goblins, post: 7355155, member: 6846794"] So he clarified what an 'attack' is by way of the rules. [B]RAW[/B] Great! I think most of us kinda knew this already, but hey. What I'm asking for is a clarification of intent. Is he ok with a dragon's breath attack not breaking Invisibility or Sanctuary? How would he rule it at his table? Does it match the intent of the spell he designed [I](well, ok, he translated to 5E, but still.) [/I] -- And to carry on reading the Dragon entry further, we find: [I]Dragons are also magical creatures whose innate power fuels their dreaded breath weapons and other preternatural abilities.[/I] Breath weapon. I'm not attacking you with my weapon. I'm using it! Logic vs semantics? I wonder.. :D -- [I]A blue dragon is a patient and methodical combatant. When fighting on its own terms, it turns combat into an extended affair of hours or even days, attacking from a distance with volleys of lightning, then flying well out of harm's reach as it waits to attack again.[/I] Now, the only way a blue dragon can attack from a distance with volleys of lightning is with its breath weapon. Is this still not an attack? -- So yes, how would he rule things? What is his [B]RAI[/B] (and while we're at it, his [B]RAF[/B]) take on the matter? And final ruling for his table? [/QUOTE]

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