@dmvarrowe69Berserker – why does Frenzy cause exhaustion when there are other ways to get a BA attack that do not? Seems out of place Frenzy's excellence rests in the fact that the bonus melee attack has no conditionals. Just keep that rage going!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 21, 2016
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Can a Beast Master Ranger’s Companion act independently?
@JeremyECrawford Can a Beast Master Ranger's Companion act independently (cf. Mounted Combat rules) or does it sit bemused until commanded?
— Jon (@RunAGame) June 27, 2016
If you're present and not incapacitated, your beast companion awaits your command but uses its reaction freely. #DnD https://t.co/ZGDLnBoxqI
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Could a monk grapple an enemy and then move that enemy up a wall?
@JeremyECrawford Could a 9th level monk grapple an enemy, and then use unarmored movement to move that enemy up a wall? Perhaps dropping it?
— James Burling (@jtburling) June 27, 2016
The rule on moving a grappled creature (PH, 195) works with movement of any sort. #DnD https://t.co/Wmx6bLBpHK
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 21, 2016
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Would Eldritch Blast push cross planes?
@JeremyECrawford Then what is the intent of DMG p. 48 "including anything made of magical force"? If no damage, would EB push cross planes?
— jastreich (@jastreich) June 24, 2016
Ethereal Plane: the DMG refers to things, like wall of force, made of force, not to the force damage type #DnD https://t.co/RLgwiGVViw
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Hypnotic Pattern is crazy good!
Hey @JeremyECrawford hypnotic pattern is crazy good! One save only, concentration, action used by another to break? As intended?
— Noble (@NobleGeekfest) June 24, 2016
Hypnotic pattern works as intended. Remember that even 1 damage breaks the spell on a target. #DnD https://t.co/MyosB7OUHW
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Does Crossbow Expert allow you attack every turn with the hand crossbow?
@JeremyECrawford Does Crossbow Expert allow you to use any 1-handed melee weapon, and still attack every turn with the hand crossbow?
— Jason Eau Clair (@Nasagi) June 24, 2016
Crossbow Expert: if the 3rd benefit limited the type of 1-handed weapon you could use, it'd say so. It doesn't. #DnD https://t.co/ly9hJRv3xP
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Green Dragonborn is resistant to poison damage, but what about poison status?
@JeremyECrawford Green Dragonborn is RES to poison damage, but what about poison status? Would he have advantage vs the DC? @InDisChris
— John West (@Jhwest76) June 26, 2016
Resistance to poison damage doesn't help you against the poisoned condition unless a feature says otherwise. #DnD https://t.co/U5VTUPSLsN
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Eldritch Blast can’t cast on objects, how do you justify this with flavour?
Sage Advice says EldritchBlast&similar can't cast on objects *at all* @JeremyECrawford or @mikemearls, how do you justify this with flavour?
— Jim Cullen (@jimcullenaus) July 1, 2016
@jimcullenaus @JeremyECrawford spell specifies creature – always assumed it disrupted life force via force energy
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) July 1, 2016
Some spells are drawn to or harm only the life force of creatures. You're not shooting projectiles. #DnD https://t.co/D3R9cmuQPU
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 1, 2016
@JCrawfordMusic @Cybrenyou’re missing my point. Jeremy says they are not projectiles, but the definition of force would disagree The definition of force damage, not of force itself, is "pure magical energy focused into a damaging form" (PH, 196)
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 1, 2016
@JeremyECrawford Isn't it a projectile though? "Force is pure magical energy focused into a damaging FORM." Why not deal psychic damage?
— Josh Gentry (@joshgntry) July 7, 2016
Traditionally, a projectile is a thing shot from or thrown as a weapon. This is common parlance, not a rule. https://t.co/yNb9KB5NLH
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016
@JCrawfordMusic @CybrenSo I guess the Repellant Blast invocation doesn’t knock back because of physics, but rather some hand-wavy “magic”? Repelling Blast causes a spell that harms creatures to also hurl them. This is not a function of the damage type.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016
@JeremyECrawford @joshgntry If I as a DM imagine eldritch blast creating a magic force projectile it makes sense to allow targeting objects?
— Viktor Bengtsson (@vikke064) July 7, 2016
Eldritch blast is a beam of energy. But as DM, you may change how anything works—and deal with the results. #DnD https://t.co/IYOYOGkPe4
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016
@WeHaveSnacksI feel like the rule of thumb is that the DM can (and should) do whatever they want, using the rules as a starting point. Yep!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016
@vikke064 @JeremyECrawford @joshgntry Force described on page 196 as "Pure magical energy focused into a damaging form" should hit objects
— Apsco (@Apsco60) July 7, 2016
A spell's damage type doesn't determine what the spell can target. The spell's description determines it. #DnD https://t.co/zuHHPw8fRl
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016