@GX_Sigma @KurtTowsleySo MM just describes each monster, DMG discusses how to fit them into a campaign? The MM includes a lot of campaign inspiration: lore, lairs, and the like. The DMG has the campaign nuts and bolts.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 19, 2014

@sirgourls are magic weapons like Frost Brand meant to be paired with a +1-+3 weapon, or are they complete as-is and just confer no +? A magic weapon grants a bonus to attack and damage rolls only if its descriptions says so. A frost brand, for instance, doesn't.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 6, 2015

ok, here’s a question for #dnd5e rules buffs

the rules sometimes use the term ‘living creature’ but I’m not sure how that is actually defined because for things like golems, devils or animated tables this is weird territory is it creatures with a soul, because that's one thing, and what about creatures that are pure soul, or have no soul

what about revenants. they are undead but canonically have their souls

or is it just sentient beings, because at what point is the intelligence cut-off

— Oliver Clegg 🌈 (@deathbybadger) June 22, 2020

In D&D, “living creature” means a creature that isn’t dead, regardless of the creature’s type.

See the “Dropping to 0 Hit Points” section in the “Player’s Handbook” for the rules on dying in the game (p. 197–8). #DnD To be clear, "living creature" almost never appears in 5th-edition D&D. A few times, the term has appeared accidentally—a ghost of a previous edition of the game—and other times, the term is used for a corner case in the rules.

The term has no special meaning in the game. #DnD

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 22, 2020

So an undead creature would be considered “a living creature”

Is this why some spells/abilities that talk about creatures as targets specifically rule out undead and constructs? Yes.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 22, 2020

So there is no difference between “Creature” and “Living Creature” then? The bag of devouring is one of the only places in the game where "living creature" appears intentionally in a rule. The effect isn't triggered if you put the arm of a corpse into the bag, for instance.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 22, 2020

So earlier it was mentioned that after it’s dead, the corpse is an object.

Revivify works only on a *creature* that’s been dead for up to 1 minute. If it’s become an *object*, it means the spell can’t work.

Def a great example of RAW/RAI.

/1 In a D&D rule, all the words work together. For example, targeting "a creature" is different from targeting "a creature that has died within the last minute."

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 22, 2020

@JeremyECrawford Can a warlock/sorcerer covert warlock spell slots to sorcery points?

— Bill Cavalier (@dungeonbastard) May 7, 2015

The sorcerer’s Flexible Casting feature is omnivorous, able to turn spell slots from any class into sorcery points. https://t.co/l6BDZ3W26e

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) May 7, 2015

@dungeonbastardThe use case is: convert warlock slots to sorc points, short rest, regain warlock slots. Turning a short rest asset to long
Yep, that works. Similarly, a paladin/warlock can use warlock slots for Divine Smite. Warlocks have so few slots on purpose!

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) May 7, 2015

Mighty @dungeonbastard , Master @JeremyECrawford answer to a similar question here http://t.co/5CxZOK4Np8. Regards.

— zoltar (@zolt4r) May 7, 2015

@jtburlingdoes something like Shadow step, giving advantage on attack, work on “special” attcks like shove, as it’s an ability check? Shadow Step benefits any melee attack the monk makes, including shoving a creature.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 7, 2015

@JeremyECrawford @LordCyler is Magic Missile an attack that hits without an attack roll? It obv. hit since that's in the spell.

— Ken Livingston (@undrhil) September 15, 2015

Magic missile isn't intended to be an attack. #DnD https://t.co/S8bOpFinmJ

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 16, 2015

What was it intended for then … https://t.co/auO9AADZAI

— Jo D' Lessr Y'Know (@godnojoe) September 16, 2015

@godnojoe It's intended to deal damage.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 16, 2015

@godnojoe @JeremyECrawford Seriously, if it's not an attack then what's it good for? Also, it does damage, doesn't that make it an attack?

— Rob Weeks (@ZombieSlag) September 16, 2015

Dealing damage doesn't make something an attack. An attack roll—or being called an attack—makes it an attack. #DnD https://t.co/GEkcY05aYH

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 16, 2015

@mrlong78Thunderwave Spell:Where is the cube?
Is the caster at the center of the cube, or on one side of the cube?
Caster’s choice? The point of origin of a cubic area of effect, including thunderwave's, is on a face of the cube (PH, pg 204), not inside it.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) April 8, 2015