D&D 5E Hex Shenanigans

[BluejayJunior]

Why carry around a chicken? Just move it to one of your friends. Then when the next fight starts, move it to the new target.

 

[DND_Reborn]

What happens if the chicken crosses the road?

 

[Fenris-77]

What happens if the chicken crosses the road?

What happens to a hexed chicken when it tries to cross the road? Does the question even need to be asked? It gets killed and eaten by a Gnome Paladin, obviously.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Why carry around a chicken? Just move it to one of your friends. Then when the next fight starts, move it to the new target.

Because you can only move the hex off someone if they get reduced to 0 hp.

 

[Oofta]

It's a bag of rats solution, and one I wouldn't allow. Fortunately you don't need to do that since it doesn't specify that the subsequent turn needs to happen during the same combat.

 

[Dausuul]

So I saw this thread just now on how to mess with hex so you don’t use a spell slot for it. What they did was carry a chicken around with them. After a battle they would move hex on to the chicken to save a spell slot.

You do not have to do this. Once the previous target is dead, you can just keep the spell active but "on ice," and pick a new target as a bonus action the next time you're in combat. Per @Delazar, the design intent of hex at higher levels is that you can maintain it through multiple encounters (as long as you hold concentration).

 

[DND_Reborn]

Because you can only move the hex off someone if they get reduced to 0 hp.

LOL nothing says you can't reduce your friend to 0 hit points and then move the hex.

Of course, they might not be your friend afterwards... shrug

 

[jgsugden]

As noted above, there is no point for this as the chicken does nothing but make it harder for you to move the Hex to the next desired target, but putting that aside:

Hex is granted by a Patron.

For many of these Powers, an attempt to play rules lawyer and cheat the system will … not be met warmly. Other PCs may also object to killing animals for your convenience. Yes, you can come up with reasons to work around issues like these - but will your DM allow it? And if so, why would he not just remove the concentration requirement from Hex and simplify the matter?

 

[Fenris-77]

Or just not hex chickens. The non-chicken-hexing side has a compelling argument.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I think there's a fair bit of support in literature for Warlocks and Witches and other dark magicians sacrificing chickens to strengthen their magic.