"Is the poison gas flammable?"
No DM can ever answer that with a no.
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If a shield is interpososed to the disintegrate ray, is the shield destroyed?
@daraxarax @ChrisPerkinsDnD @JeremyECrawfordShield master vs Disintegrate. If a shield is interpososed the ray,.Is the shield destroyed? nope, not unless it specifies the shield is hit and takes damage
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 28, 2016
@mikemearls @daraxarax @ChrisPerkinsDnD @JeremyECrawford – So, you interpose your shield to take the hit for you, you take no damage. (1/2)
— Legion (@Shinto_Nephilim) July 27, 2016
@Shinto_Nephilim @daraxarax @ChrisPerkinsDnD @JeremyECrawford Because you take no damage, the shield still exists? How does that work? (2/2)yes – the attack is now a miss unless ability says it hits and dmgs the shield
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) July 27, 2016
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Why Alter Form gives you natural weapons that alter unarmed strikes?
@JeremyECrawford Then explain the following: Alter Form giving you natural weapons that alter unarmed strikes, and Aarakorcas.
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ Those are exceptional abilities that change the nature of a character's unarmed strikes.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ Alter self turns your unarmed strike into a natural weapon. I'm not sure what you're objecting to.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
@JeremyECrawford An Aarakocra NPC has talons that are natural weapons, an Aarakocra PC alters their unarmed strike. By this ruling a…
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@JeremyECrawford Monk Aarakocra can use martials arts but a Monk/Druid somehow Wild Shaped as one couldn't.
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ You can make unarmed strikes in whatever form you're in.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
@JeremyECrawford But an Aarakocra PC has 1d4 slashing unarmed strike and a NPC has a 1d4 slashing natural weapon. Clearly they're the same.
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ A DM is free to say the PC aarakocra's trait functions as a natural weapon, but that's not how the racial trait is written.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
@JeremyECrawford But it is how the NPC race is written.
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ A monster stat block has no rules relevance to how a race is played. But again, a DM is free to make connections between them.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
@JeremyECrawford So are you claiming that NPC & PC aarakocras are different races?
— Foxy Boxes (@_FoxyBoxes_) July 22, 2016
@_FoxyBoxes_ The aarakocra's trait is a different matter. It causes your unarmed strike to deal 1d4 damage, instead of 1.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 22, 2016
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Why are undead and raising undead evil actions?
@ChrisPerkinsDnD Why are undead and raising undead evil actions, is there something about the energy, and could you raise good undead?
— Sometimesabard (@jesusblackface) July 20, 2016
Undead are evil because only evil life forces want to inhabit their rotting forms. https://t.co/LmPk2xF6tP
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 21, 2016
@ChrisPerkinsDnD @jesusblackface what about resurrection? That is a "holy" act but still the same thing. Body spirit smash!
— Ryan Barlow (@DMofDHOOM) July 21, 2016
Resurrection doesn't create undead. https://t.co/0LvqzLzF7y
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 21, 2016
@ChrisPerkinsDnD But couldnt there theoretically be a good vampire. Vampires are technically undead. So…
— NachoSharkGaming (@NachoSharkGames) July 21, 2016
D&D Twilight? Let's aim a little higher, shall we? #WZstaff https://t.co/S8yfT0oxB0
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 21, 2016
@ChrisPerkinsDnD What about gold elf vampire Jander Sunstar from the Forgotten Realms book "Realms of Magic"?
— Shu (@thelegendofshu) July 21, 2016
Jander first appeared in Vampire of the Mists, a novel by Christie Golden. He, like Drizzt, is atypical. A freak. https://t.co/ZpyW9VFA0X
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 21, 2016
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Dissonant whispers, do you say something out loud or is it whispered and unheard?
@Traut187 @ChrisPerkinsDnDfor the spell dissonant whispers. Do you say something out loud or is it whispered and unheard? whispered and unheard, expect by target
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) July 14, 2016
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Ranger training a baby owlbear to be a companion
@ChrisPerkinsDnD What is the likelihood of a ranger training a baby owlbear to be a combatant companion?
— Elijah Wheeler (@Almighty_DM_Eli) July 14, 2016
That'll cost three fingers and an ear. https://t.co/7e6Zi1SZan
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 14, 2016
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Do animals need proficiency in that type of armor to avoid penalties?
@JeremyECrawford When wearing barding (PHB p. 155), do animals need proficiency in that type of armor to avoid penalties(PHB p. 144)? #DnD
— Jesse Smith (@jesselsmith) June 17, 2016
The rule on monsters and armor is purposefully generous and is ultimately in the DM's hands. See MM p. 9. #DnD https://t.co/1UQlGYnPZY
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 14, 2016
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Can cavaliers with martial adept apply the cavalier prone technique on a martial adept riposte?
@JeremyGratenCan cavaliers with martial adept apply the cavalier prone technique on a martial adept riposte? no – one maneuver at a time IIRC
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) July 12, 2016
