@JeremyECrawford I looked through with no luck on this, would a level 3 kenku warlock who heard someone cast a spell like blur (V only) be able to use him mimicry and cast it as well, provided he has a spell slot not used for the appropriate level?
— Alan Johnson (@JohnsonAlan36) January 4, 2018
A kenku's Mimicry trait doesn't confer the ability to learn new spells. #DnD https://t.co/IlnhHlFF5X
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 5, 2018
@JeremyECrawford so, why can't a wizard get a pseudodragon with the find familiar spell?
— Todd Crouse (@GamerWarrior18) January 12, 2018
Warlocks have a special feature that allows them to have a pseudodragon familiar. If anyone else wants such a familiar, you need to use the variant rule in the Monster Manual. #DnD https://t.co/dtnVxPOjZ8
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 12, 2018
I thought I remember seeing somewhere that’s it’s possible to kill someone by over healing them. (twice their max HP). Is this true for 5e? No.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 8, 2017
when a character has multiclassed, he gets ability score improvements as per the classes dictate. Wouldn’t it be better for the story/role-playing to have the ability score improvements fixed at certain overall character levels?we really like having the class table serve as your one reference
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) December 4, 2017
I always thought it was also tied to class progression to reflect the attributes of the class itself. Example, the fighter is focused on mastery of body and as such gets more asi’s. Yes, it’s part of class progression, which is why it’s on class tables.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) February 25, 2018
The Scarab of Protection states that it reveals ‘its magical nature’ ‘if you hold <it> in your hand for 1 round’.
Is it a case of ‘to ‘activate’ its benefits / abilities in combat, it must be held for 1 round’, or once attuned is it always ‘active’?#DnD
— Rob (@DiceRefgemlin) December 28, 2017
Hammer of thunderbolts has a special property that requires you to be wearing two other specific magic items. The text of hammer of thunderbolts doesn't say you must be attuned to them. #DnD https://t.co/LNvQD56fmz
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 3, 2018
What about the Hammer of Thunderbolts, which has a special effect for "equipping" two other attuneable magic items? Do all three need to be attuned for the Hammer's effect, or only the Hammer?
— Thunder Mutton (@Holoogamooga) January 3, 2018
Hammer of thunderbolts has a special property that requires you to be wearing two other specific magic items. The text of hammer of thunderbolts doesn't say you must be attuned to them. #DnD https://t.co/LNvQD56fmz
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 3, 2018
No.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 3, 2018
My Arcane Trickster Rogue would sometimes leap off a wall or out a window, immediately cast Feather Fall with his reaction, and then continue his turn after he safely lands. Allowed? That abides by the spell's trigger.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 7, 2017
. @mikemearls @JeremyECrawford Will the spell Reincarnate ever be updated for the newer races? Is it assumed physical stats change due to having a new body?
— Jeremy (@Onyxbear) January 26, 2018
The reincarnate spell won't be changed to refer to things that aren't in the core books. Plus, we designed it to work with all books; take a look at the sentence before the table, where the DM can simply choose a form. The DM can pick from any book or make something up. #DnD https://t.co/UjYI6RGPcG
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 26, 2018
What about a variant rule in a future book or the like to account for the other race options? I know you don’t like regarding future plans, but revising some spells that could be improved upon (polymorph… cough) or made more inclusive would be a nice add of a XGtE-style book The spell already accounts for all possibilities by allowing the DM to choose. We future-proofed it.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 26, 2018
Thank you for the info but what about the physical stats part about the spell?
— Jeremy (@Onyxbear) January 26, 2018
Reincarnate—the DM can roll on the race table in that spell, choose a race from that table, choose a race from another book, or make a race up. Wherever the race comes from, the spell works as written. #DnD https://t.co/KNdG2TrVfI
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 26, 2018
The spell states “it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly.” So if the racial traits involve changes to ability scores then yes the stats are changed. I would rule that everything except languages changes. The second part of my question to them was involving how the spell states: "…the spell forms a new adult body…" to which would a player have to reroll their Str, Dex, and Con stats for the new body
— Jeremy (@Onyxbear) January 26, 2018
The reincarnate spell doesn't require you to reroll your stats. Its changes your race. That's it. #DnD https://t.co/oMyy6TouQz
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 26, 2018
@JeremyECrawford Do shields fall within “Light” or “Medium” armor?
— PatientRock (@PatientRock1) December 19, 2017
The Player's Handbook lists which armor is light, medium, and heavy. Shields are intentionally not on any of those lists. #DnD https://t.co/816J3hei9q
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 19, 2017
