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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6576061" data-attributes="member: 6777696">The DMG goes on to specifically describe potions as being &quot;activated&quot; by drinking them, so the intention does seem to be to limit magical potions to normal actions. That being said, RAW is just RAW!As for putting manacles on a grappled creature. Hmm. That's kind of &quot;interact with a creature using an object.&quot; The only problem I would have with allowing this is that it's not particularly situational. Is your thief's schtick to run in, grapple a dude and then manacle that dude every combat? (My thief's athletics is fairly good, @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=31506" target="_blank">ehren37</a>, because I want him to be good at climbing and jumping and carrying on.) So I'd probably put this with the restriction that you can only cuff one hand of your opponent, after succeeding on a sufficient DC, of course. (Sleight of hand vs opposed strength? Maybe that's not high enough.) So then you have two options with the other end of the cuff — cuff them to a conveniently available and appropriate object, or cuff them to yourself.My villains aren't usually standing next to poles and crossbars, and I would say, in most circumstances, being cuffed to a bugbear is worse for the thief than the bugbear, so I'd allow it. Abilities like this should be situational and they should pose a risk to the PC. If the PC wants to properly cuff an NPC, he'll need to have the NPC sufficiently restrained and then use an action to do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redrick, post: 6576061, member: 6777696"] The DMG goes on to specifically describe potions as being "activated" by drinking them, so the intention does seem to be to limit magical potions to normal actions. That being said, RAW is just RAW! As for putting manacles on a grappled creature. Hmm. That's kind of "interact with a creature using an object." The only problem I would have with allowing this is that it's not particularly situational. Is your thief's schtick to run in, grapple a dude and then manacle that dude every combat? (My thief's athletics is fairly good, @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=31506"]ehren37[/URL][/U][/B][/I], because I want him to be good at climbing and jumping and carrying on.) So I'd probably put this with the restriction that you can only cuff one hand of your opponent, after succeeding on a sufficient DC, of course. (Sleight of hand vs opposed strength? Maybe that's not high enough.) So then you have two options with the other end of the cuff — cuff them to a conveniently available and appropriate object, or cuff them to yourself. My villains aren't usually standing next to poles and crossbars, and I would say, in most circumstances, being cuffed to a bugbear is worse for the thief than the bugbear, so I'd allow it. Abilities like this should be situational and they should pose a risk to the PC. If the PC wants to properly cuff an NPC, he'll need to have the NPC sufficiently restrained and then use an action to do so. [/QUOTE]

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