Questions tagged [damage]
For questions about damage, and the mechanics for receiving and inflicting harm or injury.
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Draconic Sorcerer - adding Charisma modifier?
I'm a Sorcerer with a Red Draconic Bloodline, so Fire is my Damage Type. Starting at 6th Level, I get Elemental Affinity, so when I cast a spell that does Fire Damage, I add my Charisma modifier to ...
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Wall of force, Delayed Fireball and Dex saving throw [duplicate]
If someone is trapped in a enough narrow Wall of Force (dome/sphere-shaped) and a Delayed Fireball detonates into the wall, does the creature inside still have the possibility to do a DEX save and ...
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Do caltrops affect characters with mobility chairs and prosthetics?
If a character is using a mobility chair or has two prosthetic legs and they travel through a square filled with caltrops, do they risk taking damage and the movement speed penalty?
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Blood hunter DPR calculation
I'm going into a new campaign(with a modern setting), and I'm reusing my blood hunter character. However, there are some changes and it's tricky for me to do the math, so I require assistance.
I'm a ...
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In Lancer, does Resistance to Heat practically apply to Heat taken from the Overkill tag?
To be more specific, is each activation of the Overkill tag a distinct instance of taking 1 Heat - and therefore having resistance to it does nothing because you can't divide 1 by half - or is all the ...
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How does the Armor of Agathys spell interact with the 2024 version of the Mirror Image spell?
This is very similar to Do the Armor of Agathys and Mirror Image spells stack, so that hitting an illusory duplicate still causes you to take cold damage?, but I believe this reasoning no longer ...
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In which circumstances does "extra damage" belong to the weapon that delivered it rather than the source it originated from?
Are extra effects considered weapon damage on a sword of sharpness?
In this related question, @Exempt-Medic highlights three known instances in which extra damage can count as weapon damage dice, ...
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Does the damage from Holy Weapon interact with a Crystal Blade's triggered healing ability?
The Crystal Blade from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons says (emphasis mine)
This magic sword’s blade is fashioned from a horn or spine from a crystal dragon. When you hit with an attack roll using this ...
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Does Smiting with a Crystal Blade give extra healing?
The Crystal Blade from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons says (emphasis mine)
This magic sword’s blade is fashioned from a horn or spine from a crystal dragon. When you hit with an attack roll using this ...
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How does the Ranger's Companion damage bonus work with poison?
When a Beast Master ranger chooses an animal companion, it gets certain bonuses to its stats including its damage rolls:
Add your proficiency bonus to the beast’s AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls, ...
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Clarifications when TWF with Dhampir's Vampiric Bite
It's confirmed that you can TWF with Dhampir's Vampiric Bite, as long as you hold a melee weapon with the Light property and have the Dual Wielder feat.
Can you benefit from the Dueling Fighting ...
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Can stirges harm a creature immune to all damage? [duplicate]
The 9th-level wizard spell invulnerability says:
You are immune to all damage until the spell ends.
The humble CR 1/8 stirge's Blood Drain attack says:
Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the ...
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Build direction to increase DPR on my 9th level blood hunter build
Currently, I'm a Hexblood mutant blood hunter 5/fighter 2/spores druid 2 multiclass. I use the double bladed scimitar in combat. I have the revenant Blade feat, so I use dexterity for attacks. I use ...
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Help calculating dpr for my double bladed scimitar blood hunter
I am a level 5 mutant blood hunter with a double bladed scimitar and revenant Blade feat as my origin feat(DM approved).
I took the eldritch adept feat and I have devil sight(changed instead to take ...
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Can you stack the damage bonuses from the Dueling and Thrown Weapon Fighting fighting styles?
I'm trying to assess the viability of a character concept who is heavily focused on using thrown weapons. As part of the build's plan, I was trying to figure out how I might squeeze in multiple ...
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