I have a Barbarian with Runescarred dedication. He is hasted and casts true strike and then makes a whirlwind strike. Whirlwind strike takes 3 actions but is essentially one strike (from feat name and narrative perspective), however, you need to "make a melee Strike against each enemy within your...

I'm DM-ing an upcoming campaign and am considering banning or nerfing spells like Comprehend Languages because they can be used to instantly solve potentially interesting problems like reading an ancient text. I'd prefer to avoid banning spells and would like some advice on techniques for working...

When rolling for contested charisma checks for multiple sources of control with command undead, how often can you contest the orders? Multiple Mental Control Effects Sometimes magical effects that establish mental control render each other irrelevant, such as spells that remove the subject's abi...

If a PC casts dominate person on an NPC, can they (the PC) require the NPC to cast spells? Some of the spells I had in mind were fireball, dominate, etc.

I am playing D&D 5e and I have a question on my character. I am playing a Half-Orc Fighter level 7 and Warlock level 3. If I am to gain a level in a Warlock I will get an Eldritch Invocation and I am going to pick Thirsting Blade. So my question is how many attacks will I get have both Thirsting ...

I've recently started playing D&D with a few friends, most of whom are new-ish to the game. Our GM is running their first world, and while their world building is very impressive, when it comes to the mechanics of gameplay it feels like there's a lot of room for improvement in their knowledge and...

This thread points out that although DMs can (and probably should) interpret rules to cover certain cases themselves, nothing within spellcasting rules or spells written at the time clearly states which parts are "flavor" that can be "ignored". The thread apparently predates the DMG, though, so h...