For the Barbarian, is Reckless Attack still active if you retaliate (lv 14 Path of the Berserker) against someone when they hit you? On Reddit, it said for the Fighter's Evasive Footwork that, "While most people see the game in rounds, that is not how things happen at all. If your character mov...

I'm planning a campaign and I want to have a village where magic doesn't work. You can't cast spells, magical items lose their ability, things like that. I am fairly new to the lore and mechanics of the D&D world so I don't have a good grasp on how to do this. I could say the village is cursed...

A new player told me he wants to use the Great Weapon Master feat and choose 'Unarmed Strikes' as his weapon. I told him no because Unarmed Strikes are not considered weapons. He argued with me and I told him I would ask here and let this be the ruling. Can you use this feat with an unarmed stri...

For example, say a character is placed in a supernaturally hot environment, requiring a constitution save with the following result table: \$\begin{array}{|c|l|} \hline \textbf{Result} & \textbf{Effect}\\ \hline \text{16+} & \text{no effect}\\ \text{10-15} & \text{1d6 fire damage}\\ \text{9 or l...

According to Monster Manual (page 203), "A lich must periodically feed souls to its phylactery [...] using the imprisonment spell." But looking at the Lich's stat block on Monster Manual page 202, it has no imprisonment spell prepared. Hence, how/when can a Lich actually imprison another ...