@JeremyECrawford hey Jeremy, I love what you do. If a reaction is taken on your turn, is the reaction part of your turn or separate?
— Drew (@Drewsgarbage) November 8, 2018
While your turn is happening, anything you do is during your turn. It's that simple. #DnD https://t.co/omnrOUeugS
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 8, 2018
@JeremyECrawford @HellcowKeith Hey guys? Can Centaur climb a ladder?
— Jeff Myers (@JeffcoInc) November 5, 2018
A centaur can climb a ladder … very … slowly. #DnD https://t.co/VINHUKTavp
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 5, 2018
How a monstrous centaur climbs a ladder is up to the DM.
The playable centaur in "Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica" includes a rule for climbing. #DnD
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 5, 2018
Okay, but is there a rule running it at Large size? 😛 I’m running a FLGS promo one-shot for the Guild Guide this Sunday, so being obnoxious about this actually isn’t my goal for once – I wanna be prepared for any centaur shenanigans that might come my way! The playable centaur in "Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica" includes a rule for climbing. That rule is for the playable centaur, which is Medium.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 5, 2018
Okay, but is there a rule running it at Large size? 😛 I’m running a FLGS promo one-shot for the Guild Guide this Sunday, so being obnoxious about this actually isn’t my goal for once – I wanna be prepared for any centaur shenanigans that might come my way! The playable centaur in "Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica" includes a rule for climbing. That rule is for the playable centaur, which is Medium.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 5, 2018
So Grapple, a "Special Attack" is not an attack? The game language has gone back and forth on this one.
— Thomas "You Can Call Me Tom" (@thomasabarry1) October 27, 2018
The rules for grappling and shoving in D&D (PH, 195) say they're special melee attacks. That means they're attacks.
The attack is classified as special, rather than as a weapon or a spell attack. These rules are examples of the many exceptions in this exceptions-based game. #DnD https://t.co/Dxwqvv1Ffd
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
So the proper way to parse your "all attacks are weapon or spell attacks" is actually "all attacks are weapon or spell attacks unless specified otherwise" then.
— Thomas "You Can Call Me Tom" (@thomasabarry1) October 27, 2018
The way to read every rule in D&D is as follows: the rule does what it says, unless some other rule says otherwise.
For more about this principle, see the section "Specific Beats General" on page 7 of the "Player's Handbook." #DnD https://t.co/1JXMgxOiYg
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
@JeremyECrawford Vampiric Touch damage is increased by Hunter's Mark, Hexblade's Curse and/or Hex – does this include increasing the hp regained?
— Patrick Nielsen (@Aetharion) October 27, 2018
Vampiric touch—this spell restores a number of hit points based on the amount of damage it deals (half the damage, to be precise). If you increase the damage, you increase the healing. #DnD https://t.co/3bjcnHlDZ1
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
Hunter's mark increases the damage of your weapon attacks, not your spell attacks. Every attack in the game is either a weapon attack or a spell attack. #DnD https://t.co/3bjcnHlDZ1
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
Natural weapons are not weapons for the purposes of rules/text, but natural weapon damage is weapon damage, right?
— TormentedByChristmas (@TrmntdByGnomes) October 27, 2018
There are weapon attacks, and there are spell attacks.
There are also damage types: bludgeoning, piercing, lightning, and so forth.
Weapon damage is not a damage type in D&D. #DnD https://t.co/hYrS2H5oux
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
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Does the Lucky feat allows the character to see the number on the enemy's die attack roll (made against him) BEFORE spending a Luck Point?— Draconis (@DerynDraconis) October 29, 2018
The Lucky feat allows you to spend a luck point to replace an attack roll made against you. That roll must occur for you to be able to replace it. The DM decides whether you see the number on the die. Typically, a DM tells you the total of an attack roll. #DnD https://t.co/yeXXJRU4jc
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 5, 2018
Would a monk's unarmed strikes count for Hunter's mark then? I thought they replaced weapon strikes but weren't actually melee weapons?
— Darkest (@AeonNightmare) October 27, 2018
Every attack in D&D is either a weapon attack or a spell attack.
If an attack isn't one of those types, it's the other.
An unarmed strike isn't a spell attack. It is therefore a weapon attack. #DnD https://t.co/aktyYdQI2o
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
I understand what you are saying here for game purposes, but I think that the guiding principle is confusing. Couldn't you just as easily say, "An unarmed strike isn't a weapon attack. It is therefore a spell attack"?
— Jonathan Chown (@ChownJonathan) October 27, 2018
An unarmed strike is a weapon attack because the rule on unarmed strikes says they're weapon attacks. #DnD https://t.co/07BmPRNCcy
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 27, 2018
D&D is a game of exceptions; an attack can be special and not fall into either category: weapon or spell.
The rules tell you if an exception is happening. For example, the grapple described on p. 195 of the PH is called a special melee attack, not a weapon/spell attack. #DnD
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 29, 2018
"Just be happy your spellcaster is doing well!"
"Have you thought of playing a spellcaster?"
"Have your spellcaster waste action economy buffing you instead of doing what they want! [Fireballing]"
"I mean, come on, every dnd campaign shooould have magic items at some point!" 1/2 https://t.co/akuNzIRuyh— Connor Zielke (@connor_zielke) November 7, 2018
None of these answer the actual issue. In a vacuum, fighter needs magic items to stay on par with magic users. That is antithetical to bounded accuracy and 5e design philosophy. You can have 3 bards buff any class and make it good. The issue still needs addressing. On par with a magic user in which context? D&D isn’t played in a vacuum. Context is everything (environment, specific monsters, party composition, and more).
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 7, 2018
I can kind of see his point, so my question is why don’t fighters and barbarians gain the abillity for their attacks to count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance when both monks and circle of the moon druids get this benefit at level 6? Fighters and barbarians deal more damage on average than monks and druids do. An added bonus is that magic weapons are usually available, either in treasure or as a result of spells.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 7, 2018
On par in terms of usefulness in a late game encounter. Usefulness being the ability to efficiently contribute to combat. DND isn’t played in a vacuum, but it is designed in one, hopefully. Nothing would get done otherwise since every design choice can be refuted by some scenario Which sort of late-game encounter?
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 7, 2018
One magic user and one fighter fighting the same creature with mundane resistances is completely skewed. The magic user can cast spells to deal with it. The fighter would NEED an item or to rely on a spellcaster. And the spellcaster doesn’t nearly rely on the fighter as much Resistances are meant to push a team to be resourceful and to rely on teamwork. That's the design intent.
D&D is a co-op game. It's all about interdependence.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 7, 2018
I like it it gives monsters flavour, but why remove it when the players get magic items, whats the design intent behind that? The game presents challenges, and it also presents ways to overcome those challenges.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 8, 2018
