Handbooker Helper: Combat Actions

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Ready yourselves, players! Liam O'Brien breaks down the ten basic Combat Actions of 5th Edition D&D on the latest installment of Handbooker Helper.
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@keikei79 5 жыл бұрын

Most important part of combat, when in doubt, cast firewall.... on a boat... after getting caught with a "contraband"... and wait 2 weeks to see what happens next...

@safirasart 5 жыл бұрын

A boat full of black powder I might add

@dcbanacek2 5 жыл бұрын

@@safirasart They'll be fine, it's not like they have a pyromaniacal goblin and a chaotic cleric with impulse control problems on board who both know where the black powder is stored...

@koyagami932 5 жыл бұрын

@@dcbanacek2 so you mean its time for the ultimate Fluffernutter?

@gerardmarques649 5 жыл бұрын

@@koyagami932 Fluffernutter 2 Pyric Boomgaloo

@safirasart 5 жыл бұрын

@@dcbanacek2 Oh boiiiiii

@emmote77 5 жыл бұрын

They would pick Liam for this wouldn't they. Dagger dagger dagger.

@Raegus 5 жыл бұрын

Dagger dagger? Dagger.

@mollymauktealeaf 5 жыл бұрын

I think you’ll find that it’s “dagger dagger dagger dagger”. Gotta love that extra attack from the paladin.

@bardoorble6045 5 жыл бұрын

You got a problem??? Talk to Crawford

@emmote77 5 жыл бұрын

Problem? What problem?

@mollymauktealeaf 5 жыл бұрын

Bardo Orble did you reply to the wrong comment or something?

@EonNShadow 5 жыл бұрын

"there really is no limit to [how many actions you can take in one turn]" sounds like Liam to me.

@void735 5 жыл бұрын

*boots of haste intensify*

@spudsbuchlaw 4 жыл бұрын

Dagger Dagger Dagger Dagger Dagger

@OSDisco 3 жыл бұрын

If it's the statement at 0:39 he means no limit to what you can do, as he says. The joke is still funny

@olivierst-martin5383 2 жыл бұрын

@@spudsbuchlaw Wooden stake !

@timslack7568 5 жыл бұрын

Its so strange hearing Liam talk as Liam, he has such a great natural voice but we rarely get to hear it

@jhinpotion9230 5 жыл бұрын

You hear it plenty if you watch the critically acclaimed best series on the planet, All Work No Play.

@cathyshepard253 4 жыл бұрын

Check out "All Work No Play" if you want to hear him talking normally more often. Also he and Sam get to do really cool stuff together, and sometimes with special guests. :D

@eric_moore-6126 2 жыл бұрын

Really? It seems like he just uses his normal voice for Orym.

@spaghettikat1964 Жыл бұрын

@@eric_moore-6126 This video and comment were pre-Orym lol. He used different accents for his previous characters

@herz5159 5 жыл бұрын

Action, action, action, bonus action, hasted action. fly 360 feet...

@JC-ln6on 5 жыл бұрын

Alex TheGreat - Dagger, dagger, dagger...dagger, dagger.......dagger.

@randxalthor 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the universe would've folded in on itself if Vax took levels in fighter.

@jenth 5 жыл бұрын

Then walk away.

@misterjoshua5720 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot to add "kiss druid" in there

@alanardominim 5 жыл бұрын

360 flight no scope dagger

@thurismundbotheric7598 5 жыл бұрын

"I don't know what this is." That is the voice of your new character in three weeks time Liam...

@VioletMoonfox 5 жыл бұрын

Oi, oi! I'm two weeks behind. Don't scare me and make me think he died. (He didn't die, did he?)

@charliescromeda6519 5 жыл бұрын

@@VioletMoonfox he's not dead!! The latest episode just ended on a huge, dangerous cliffhanger (with a two week hiatus cause of Thanksgiving!) so people are joking that there's going to be a TPK and everyone will have to roll new characters.

@JC-ln6on 5 жыл бұрын

If that’s the way it shakes, I’ll definitely take “what this is” every Thursday!

@VioletMoonfox 5 жыл бұрын

@@charliescromeda6519 Ah, alright.

@PolluxaC 5 жыл бұрын

omg I'm a few episodes behind and I felt nauseated right now, thinking Caleb had died or something. please don't scare us latebloomers like that! D':

@Fyreflier 5 жыл бұрын

"It's your turn but what exactly can you do?" well if it's you, Liam, you find a way to run around the room a dozen times in six seconds...

@Deiwos0 5 жыл бұрын

Can't a man just zoom in peace?

@Finkeldinken 5 жыл бұрын

r/zoomies ❤️

@Deiwos0 5 жыл бұрын

@@Finkeldinken Exactly

@thehiddenninja3428 4 жыл бұрын

Tabaxi fighter/monk/rogue with a few feats and a friend. 30 + 20 (monk) + 10 (mobile) = 60 base movement speed. doubled (boots of speed), doubled again (haste), doubled again (feline agility) multiplies this by 8. So you have 480 feet as your movement. movement + dash action + dash action (haste) + dash action surge (fighter) + dash bonus action (rogue) = 480* 5 = 2400 feet of speed in 6 seconds

@danielcastillo591 4 жыл бұрын

@@thehiddenninja3428 Are you a cat or a Ferrari?

@valkoharja 5 жыл бұрын

I swear I'd listen to Liam reading numbers off a phone book... if we still had phone books that is.

@evertime123 5 жыл бұрын

Liam please read my textbooks

@Gryphon2026 5 жыл бұрын

Lol IKR!

@Ailieorz 2 жыл бұрын

I would happily pay to have a phonebook printed so he could read it

@PaulMcBambi 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Larkin. What a throwback.

@smarco7951 5 жыл бұрын

Who's Larkin?

@MissManicMellie 5 жыл бұрын

's Marco better question is WHERES Larkin

@CDP42 5 жыл бұрын

An even better question: WHY is larkin??

@smarco7951 5 жыл бұрын

@@CDP42 Damn...

@DavidCruickshank 5 жыл бұрын

The best question, WHAT'S Larkin???

@danielle3798 5 жыл бұрын

Action, action, action, bonus action, hasted action...

@TheRealDerohneNick 5 жыл бұрын

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@ZergDragoon 5 жыл бұрын

Dagger Dagger Dagger Dagger Dagger, Divine Smite Sneak Attack Fly 480 feet

@tomharris8650 5 жыл бұрын

Danielle D guessing this was Liam's rogue character from campaign 1? Any episodes where he was particularly potent in combat?

@hadriennogueira3726 5 жыл бұрын

@@tomharris8650 he was rogue+paladin with boots of haste, so late game he was very broken

@XXXFotyleggaXXX 5 жыл бұрын

and i walk away

@macncheesetv9816 5 жыл бұрын

I’m playing my first game of DND today, this series is so helpful!

@N7AslansHobbit_Ry 5 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@raf.raf. 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck, and have fun!

@ezravandermeer972 5 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@DTux5249 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck, have fun, and try not to die XD

@dragontruth3701 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck! (Tip from a new dm. Have some sentences prewritten to introduce your world.)

@Kindredness 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple critter, I see Liam O'Brien, I watch

@shadycactus6146 5 жыл бұрын

im just surprised he didn't find a way to make us all cry like little babies lmao

@CarolinaMouse 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@esimono1 5 жыл бұрын

"Your DM's word is LAW." LOL So glad Liam said that.

@esimono1 5 жыл бұрын

When the party doesn't follow the rules. Really helpful for actual people that play D&D to confirm what is right and what is wrong.

@danielsosa63 5 жыл бұрын

We all can agree we mainly came fore Sam's "Ding".

@SpaceCoon92 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but this comment made me feel mildly violated by Sam's "Ding"

@dsoul1305 3 жыл бұрын

Ding!

@HokkaidoMaster 5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: A bonus action is not a guarantee for every character. Bonus action abilities are usually dependent on your class, racial, or weapon choices (if you use any). Based on your character's build, you may not have any bonus action abilities, like the bonus action spell Healing Word or a rogue's 2nd Level feature, Cunning Action, allowing you to Dash, Disengage, or Hide as a bonus action. It sounds obvious, but if you have no bonus action abilities, you cannot take a bonus action. In my experience, a ton of DMs and players seem to treat these as a guarantee, so I thought this would be an interesting point to make.

@gvendurst 5 жыл бұрын

Regardless of what class you play, you can always use a bonus action to get moist

@HokkaidoMaster 5 жыл бұрын

@@gvendurst You can always cry as a bonus action in my games.

@emmote77 5 жыл бұрын

Technically everyone gets Two-Weapon Fighting which allows you to make an off-hand attack as a Bonus Action.

@markbyrd7710 5 жыл бұрын

@@emmote77 if you have two weapons, and if you have already made an attack with the primary weapon.

@HokkaidoMaster 5 жыл бұрын

@@emmote77 That's why I mentioned "weapon choice." Yes, theoretically anyone can make their Attack action using a main hand weapon that has the light weapon property, and then dagger (or another weapon with the light weapon property) attack with an off hand attack, using their bonus action. But most don't usually break out of their usual weapon choices, and many of the martial classes have Fighting Styles built in to support their go-to weapons of choice.

@PacoFTW 5 жыл бұрын

Those Larkin jokes effect me more than you know. 😂

@MLunenborg 5 жыл бұрын

"And may your only limit be that -2 to Wisdom." Well dang Liam, you've been reading into my future? I made and played a Dwarf Paladin last saturday with JUST that.... You scared me.. XD

@Deiwos0 5 жыл бұрын

My new fighter has a -2 to wisdom too, I was also scared.

@TardisPilot2004 5 жыл бұрын

Deiwos my Tabaxi Rogue named Aratak has a -2 to wisdom... it’s been my downfall on a regular basis for the past few weeks.

@josiecc2336 5 жыл бұрын

Same with my wizard...

@Deiwos0 5 жыл бұрын

@@TardisPilot2004 Yeah, my last char was a pretty wise Wizard and already I miss the insight he had, haha. Still though, my fighter is much less squishy.

@philipparkison3802 5 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping that Mounted combat is done with Sam Riegel on top of Liam's back. Dynamic Duo style!

@safirasart 5 жыл бұрын

How is one man so perfect?

@VioletMoonfox 5 жыл бұрын

Truly, we have no answer for this in our mortal realm.

@CarolinaMouse 5 жыл бұрын

@@VioletMoonfox Nope.

@greenerion 5 жыл бұрын

wait, there are more actions possible in combat than Dagger, dagger, dagger? :P

@BoojumFed 5 жыл бұрын

None that matter.

@Ailieorz 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, dagger, dagger, dagger, disengage :P

@TheNobleAthelstane 5 жыл бұрын

Best one yet in terms of delivery and and education.

@T1NY1990 5 жыл бұрын

Action, Action, Action, BONUS Action, Hasted Action, Action, Action, Action...

@JirkaKunst 5 жыл бұрын

I don't want to be rude, but watching this episode shoud be mandatory for the entire crew of CR. Poor Matt has to explain how to use the Ready Action every other combat encounter.

@tbmin3d 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Liam himself has had to ask a BUNCH of times what he can do when he "holds his turn" AKA take the ready action...

@diggis79 5 жыл бұрын

I came here to comment on the Irony of Liam (or any of the cast really) explaining the ready action. :D

@Deiwos0 5 жыл бұрын

I've been playing D&D as both and player and DM for years and sometimes I still forget things. Throw in the fact that they are very aware how watched they are + the nerves of combat and you can it's easy for them to get flustered.

@burcbanterman1431 5 жыл бұрын

Jirka Kunst Matthew also homebrews the rule of using all your attacks with the ready action...

@manossteele1335 5 жыл бұрын

That may be why they had Liam do this video. Maybe he can retain some of the knowledge so he doesn't get confused when he tries to hold a spell.

@liamcarey8726 3 жыл бұрын

Guys this video is my first time hearing Liam’s real voice and I was NOT READY

@morebird4318 5 жыл бұрын

3:27 Liam teaches tugging it down.

@TardisPilot2004 5 жыл бұрын

I unconditionally love that intro jingle.

@SALdosry 5 жыл бұрын

Dagger Dagger Dagger Dagger

@MsCunningLinguistic 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know what that was either, Liam, but it was inspiring nonetheless!

@MrFuzzyscreen 2 жыл бұрын

Explanation of actions with examples. Beautiful!

@MakeVarahHappen 4 жыл бұрын

That jawline is too good for him to just be a voice actor.

@Ailieorz 2 жыл бұрын

Right?!?!

@PiroMunkie 3 жыл бұрын

Though the action is called "Disengage" you can absolutely use it to move _towards_ the squishy spellcasters in the back and not provoke opportunity attacks from enemies along the way.

@G.F.SF55 Жыл бұрын

As a squishy spell caster, thanks XD

@hadriennogueira3726 5 жыл бұрын

It's awesome that Liam is doing this one

@rbii1253 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing for this episode. Last night I was DMing my groups 3rd session for 5e and definitely needed to explain this to them, as none of them read up on the rules lol

@AksentNethariaFilm 5 жыл бұрын

DING!

@Afrieal 5 жыл бұрын

love that little cameo by Caleb in the middle.

@Amornar 5 жыл бұрын

Larkin!!!

@gearhead3333 5 жыл бұрын

Pardon my ignorance but who's larkin?

@jana_6697 5 жыл бұрын

@@gearhead3333 A character from the first critical role campaign!

@jonanderson5137 5 жыл бұрын

@@gearhead3333 some say a dwarf, others an ancient dragon... just be on the lookout.

@smctunes 5 жыл бұрын

Where!?

@MRAtPt 5 жыл бұрын

Wait... so Larking is...

@spambaconeggspamspam 5 жыл бұрын

Liam doing one of these? I AM NOT PREPARED!

@millbranch2 5 жыл бұрын

This is a very useful video even for a seasoned player! I am keeping it in my favorites to watch again!

@alvinshaw33 4 жыл бұрын

I do not understand how i can still find these videos. Could have swore i watched them all.

@Ikarus1776 5 жыл бұрын

The "Dinggggg" gets me every time

@GaeaRage0798 4 жыл бұрын

0:55 *"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS"*

@lauramartin1902 5 жыл бұрын

Wait... you can use an action to Dodge!?! I've been playing for almost a year and never noticed. Thanks, Liam!

@thehiddenninja3428 4 жыл бұрын

But it looks like it will rarely be useful. You lose your action this turn to be harder to hit. What will you do next turn? Your enemies will likely do the same thing. If you spend every turn doing nothing except reduce your chance to be hit, you're still going to get hit. It's like Blade Ward.

@Wolfrover 3 жыл бұрын

As noted, Dodge has its limitations, which is why it's seldom used. Disengage at least lets you move away while preventing opportunity attacks -- Dodge just imposes disadvantage on opponents you can see. This is generally only useful if you can't hurt the enemy, in which case you should be getting as far away as possible.

@grobanlover292 5 жыл бұрын

Boy the last time I got here this early, Vax was still alive.

@nieblas112w 5 жыл бұрын

I've been playing dnd for about 7 months now and I'm just learning that I can disengage as an action. I thought only rouges could disengage. I nearly died trying to get away.

@jhinpotion9230 5 жыл бұрын

We had a Revivify on hand to negate it, but our paladin *DID* die because he forgot you can disengage as an action. He smacked a shambling mound in the head once then attempted to run.

@BoojumFed 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The Rogue bonus lets them disengage as a _bonus_ action instead of a main action, but it took me forever to realize that others could do it at all...

@Tremert1 5 жыл бұрын

Gracias Liam!

@BubblingBrooke 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Lordy I forgot how funny the Larkin Watch thing was. I'm so glad it's a shirt Liam wears.

@bitter-bit 5 жыл бұрын

DAGGER DAGGER DAGGER ACTION ACTION ACTION HASTED ACTION BONUS ACTION REACTION

@nanalarrosa 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect person for the episode

@hadriennogueira3726 5 жыл бұрын

Action, action, bonus action, paladin action, dagger dagger dagger, 600 feet of movement

@nanalarrosa 5 жыл бұрын

@@hadriennogueira3726 1200 if hasted

@hadriennogueira3726 5 жыл бұрын

Matt probably doesn't miss Vax lol

@VAHelix 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent and helpful to new players. A beginning not end of possibilities.

@romantheflash 5 жыл бұрын

I think this would be the most confusing part of DnD for new players, and this was extremely well done. Thank you Liam :)

@ErdamonTheOwlSniper 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to those tips I'm not weak anymore

@jasonbritnell42 5 жыл бұрын

The voice Liam used at the end sounded exactly like Chris Perkins.

@tomisabum 5 жыл бұрын

I like how that assumed 'they'll cut this' at the end didn't actually occur.

@GMGenie 5 жыл бұрын

Best way to learn D&D that I have seen.

@EpicMiniMeatwad 4 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to Hamburger helper" Wait, what?

@squiddy7555 4 жыл бұрын

i love how he used the Caleb voice at 1:29

@kevinb7649 5 жыл бұрын

Bonus note on the Ready action: while holding the ready action, you must also make concentration checks if you are damaged before your spell is released.

@themadhacker9376 4 жыл бұрын

"we'll show you the waaaaaay!"...this is the way

@grimmreaver9355 5 жыл бұрын

The ready action also allows you to hold movement instead of a action. You move your base movement only.

@matthewparsons4597 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to tell you a story of the first time I played DnD (I promise, it has relevance to the video topic) I was invited to join a group of friends as they started a new campaign. I had no idea how to play, so I spent a fair amount of time researching and ultimately learnt nothing, but it made me feel knowledgeable. I worked with a friend of mine, telling him that I wanted to play a gnome wizard with a very typical backstory. The people of the internet were very clear that only gnomes can be wizards, which always makes 100% sense. Anyway, my friend built the entire character for me out of the goodness of his heart When it got to the first session he handed me my character sheet, I got overwhelmed and proceeded to generally ignore it unless someone asked me to do otherwise. In hindsight that was definitely the right move. We had quite a large party - I think it was 6 PCs and a DM. Most of them were new to DnD and the DM had never ran a game before, so it was very clunky. I helped as best I could by being the first person to dabble in committed roleplay, jumping up and down in my seat in endless excitement and attempting an accent I'm sure is a crime in some states. Others warmed up to roleplay and got invested, which was good fun Then a fight started with random NPC number 12. I had no idea what I was doing until my friend handed all of us noobies a hand out of all of the actions Liam went through in this video. So I waited until it was my turn, which was a horrible experience because level 1 wizards are always the ones that get focused first, and then I made magic happen Under the firm belief my team would do a lot more than I ever could, I chose to hide... in the open... less than 5ft from my attacker... My DM was generous and told me it would be a really hard stealth check with disadvantage, but I'm a gnome so why the heck not. I searched my character sheet for stealth, hyperventilated a little about all of the numbers, and then rolled my d20s I got two 20s The first time I had to roll a d20 and I literally turned invisible. For the whole of the rest of the encounter all enemies just flat out ignored me! I felt like the boss, certain my team would be the brave heroes they described themselves as at the start of the session! Only I would be the coward and hide before actually helping! Until all of the other noobies saw the massive success I had with hiding and thought that was just what you do. My friend that had been helping me saved us from a TPK in the first half hour and - for fear of acknowledging I almost got us all killed - can't be proud of the fact that I did something with my first ever roll playing DnD that some video compillations exist for

@JazzJackrabbit 5 жыл бұрын

Other things to do in Combat: Grapple a creature, knock them prone, or shove them.

@aquament 3 жыл бұрын

Question: I was looking at the Phantom rogue archtype and for the 9th level perk you can collect soul trinkets. Would that be an action, a bonus action, or a free action?

@seraphlord 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't learned a single thing from any of these episodes in this series but i still watch them all and enjoy them XD

@jacobu1883 4 жыл бұрын

Were u high?

@caedondavis1881 5 жыл бұрын

When is this theme song gonna be released onto iTunes?

@jeremiahmitchell5669 5 жыл бұрын

They need to make a video on Spells.

@void735 5 жыл бұрын

All these yeas ive played dnd I legit diddint know dodge was an option... Thanks Liam!

@Lycandros 5 жыл бұрын

I am thankful for Critical Role.

@spacecolossus9562 4 жыл бұрын

So do I always get a bonus action or do I need a reaction to have a bonus action or does a spell need to mention a bonus action? also: can I cast spells with a cast time of one bonus action as an action?

@bronzieblue63 5 жыл бұрын

Important Misconception about readying a spell, I'm gonna be that guy and quote the PHB here "When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction when the trigger occurs. To be readied, a spell must have a casting time of 1 action, and holding onto the spell's magic requires concentration (explained in chapter 10). If your concentration is broken, the spell dissipates without taking effect." So you cast the spell as normal, and then maintain concentration on it and use your reaction to release the spell when the condition you set forth is fulfilled. A duration for how long you can concentrate on it, so I usually just say you can hold it theoretically indefinitely. Also, you don't lose that spell when a full round passes and it hasn't been released, that'd be pretty crappy to be perfectly honest.

@unsutv2021 5 жыл бұрын

Readying a spell is still taking the Ready action. There are no special circumstances that overwrite the general rules for Ready actions. So, hate to be that guy, but there is a PHB Errata that states: "Ready (p. 193). You have until the start of your next turn to use a readied action." Prior to the errata you had until the end of the current combat turn; now you have until the start of your next turn. Yes, readying a spell is risky and is pretty crappy (reads: situational).

@bronzieblue63 5 жыл бұрын

@@unsutv2021 I am definitely going to not do that to my players, that just feels incredibly terrible for spellcasters

@unsutv2021 5 жыл бұрын

You don't have to do that to them; that's the beauty of 5e. You do you. However, you were making a RAW argument so I thought I'd correct your statement so that people reading these comments that genuinely want to know the RAW rulings aren't confused -- very much in the same spirit, I thought, with your original comment. I think there should be a risk associated with desyncing your turn. If you don't feel the punishment fits the crime, change it :)

@kendrajade6688 5 жыл бұрын

That's why my Readied Action triggers are "when I feel like it" or "after X's turn" so I can be reasonably confident in my ability to get off my action.

@unsutv2021 5 жыл бұрын

If you've got a cool kid DM that'll let you do that, sounds great. I make my players give a reasonable trigger but it must be more specific than your cases, however, I do allow a certain amount of generality such that they don't get totally boned. I very much appreciate the risk vs. reward aspect and won't let my players completely negate that.

@WolfHunter732 5 жыл бұрын

I think no one is better for combat actions then Liam O'Biren

@Tesoro1996 3 жыл бұрын

I love how they picked Liam to teach about combat actions, a guy permanently confused in his own available actions per turn for 125 episodes straight. xD

@harrywmc1 5 жыл бұрын

As an attack action you can also attempt to shove / grapple a creature :) Recently the rogue in my group used the help action to crouch behind an enemy, granting advantage to our beefy cleric to shove the creature and topple him over the pesky rogue :) they did this without me having to explain what actions they would have to make to accomplish this and it made me so proud of my little idiots :')

@VaughanCockell 5 жыл бұрын

Strictly speaking, that is a special attack you make if you have taken the Attack action. It's not an action in itself. So if you have Extra Attack this special attack replaces one of those attacks, not the entire action.

@YuubiTimberwolf 5 жыл бұрын

I want to take the "Dagger, Dagger, Dagger"-Action!

@mavoc3094 5 жыл бұрын

I've always found the RTFM Action to be quite helpful.

@rachumsmcone9184 5 жыл бұрын

I need an index card with these things written down and maybe some fancy art

@percyuwu4496 4 жыл бұрын

I love this

@demo3702 Жыл бұрын

I have been playing and dming for 6 years and I still watch these just because they are fun to watch

@micanikko 3 жыл бұрын

Why does Liam here give me "Hey Vsauce Michael" here vibes?

@poohkiloo 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man I needed this. First time playing a martial character this Friday.... damn low magic settings

@MorningDusk7734 3 жыл бұрын

Since a round is 6 seconds, I like to think of the turn breakdown as "Action: 3 seconds, Bonus Action: 2 seconds, Reaction: 1 second, Movement: Happens simultaneously"

@AVJHalonen 5 жыл бұрын

As my action I would like to dagga-dagga-dagga, as my bonus action I'm going to dagga-dagga-dagga, my cloak of dagga allows me to dagga-dagga-dagga as my movement. Oh, I'm hasted so I can dagga-dagga-dagga again.

@jebodeiasque 4 жыл бұрын

400 feet of movement, action, action, action, hasted action, bonus action

@QueerAndHere 2 жыл бұрын

He’s such a dad it hurts

@BoundyBoyZ 5 жыл бұрын

OH SHIT LARKIN! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!

@UltimateMustacheX 5 жыл бұрын

Can... can the Search action be used to find Larkin?

@TheKazragore 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact people: you can hold your action to Dash. Potentially very useful.

@harrison6000 3 жыл бұрын

Can you cast a spell as your action and then a cantrip as your bonus action? I've been struggling to figure this out.

@christielast 5 жыл бұрын

Critter Dming for the first time, love you all, and thank you!

@noahhager1187 3 жыл бұрын

here is a fun strategy push the person as your action and then just run (best results with a martial class) it also means most humanoids that are encountered will need to dash to hit you with a melee attack

@Petarredbul 5 жыл бұрын

What music are they using for the end credits?

@pepperbear_030 4 жыл бұрын

So, I have a question: can you use your feet to stomp a (tiny) creature as a bonus action? If you can, what ability checks and hit dice (if any) would be needed?

@Cloud_Seeker 4 жыл бұрын

No. That is an action. A tiny creature such as a pixie is still a creature you need to target. A stomp is just another form of unarmed attack. Roll a normal Strength + Proficiency attack roll and deal your Strength mod in damage if you hit. A bonus action is a smaller action you do as part of your normal action.

@awrawrwar 2 жыл бұрын

I'm suddenly reminded of a game I went to where we were getting attacked by a dinosaur and, after succeeding in an attack roll, heard the GM mutter under his breath "Okay that's a 1d8 ..." and the table was all "oh that's weak". And then the GM finished "... + 32".