D&D 5E Throwing Enemies Against Walls

[FormerlyHemlock]

Yes remaining! I keep seeing "per x feet traveled", but remaining makes more sense.

This is also a much saner way to run air elemental Whirlwind, giants that hurl PCs around using Storm King's Thunder rules, and other monsters that shove for damage. I don't know about the specific numbers (d4 per 5' remaining is plausible but I haven't thought deeply about it) but the basic idea is good: unused movement converts to damage.

Just watch out for the interaction with Agonizing Repelling Blast!

 

[Fanaelialae]

This is also a much saner way to run air elemental Whirlwind, giants that hurl PCs around using Storm King's Thunder rules, and other monsters that shove for damage. I don't know about the specific numbers (d4 per 5' remaining is plausible but I haven't thought deeply about it) but the basic idea is good: unused movement converts to damage.

Just watch out for the interaction with Agonizing Repelling Blast!

Yeah, a d4/5' might be a touch high. My players haven't used it much so I'm trying to encourage it. I'll probably eventually bump it down to: 1d4 when less than 10 feet, and 1d6 for every 10 feet.

 

[Saeviomagy]

All you have to do is
1) make battlefields that have hazards
2) resist the urge to make every enemy immune to those hazards

I always found that 2) was the issue with all the potentially fun uses for forced movement in 4e: it seemed like all the official modules took special delight in showing you a cool thing you might be able to hurt foes with, then declaring those foes immune to it, typically with tenuous justification.