Combat Actions Flashcards
With the Attack action what can you do?
With this action, you make one melee or ranged
attack.
-Certain features, such as the Extra Attack feature
of the fighter, allow you to make m ore than one attack
with this action.
With the Cast a Spell action what can you do?
Cast a spell with a casting time of “1 Action.”
-Casting a spell is not necessarily an action.
-Each spell has a casting time, which specifies whether the caster must use an action, a reaction, minutes, or even hours to cast the spell.
-Most spells have a casting time of 1 action, so a spellcaster often uses his or her action in combat to cast such a spell.
How fast can you go with the Dash action?
Really fast…
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-When you take the Dash action, you gain extra
movement for the current turn.
-The increase equals your speed, after applying any modifiers.
What happens when you take the Disengage action?
If you take the Disengage action, your movement doesn’t
provoke opportunity attacks for the rest of the turn.
What happens when you take the Dodge action?
-Until the start of your next turn, any attack roll made against you has disadvantage if you can see the attacker.
-You make Dexterity saving throws with advantage.
Note: You lose this benefit if you are incapacitated.
An incapacitated creature can’t take actions or reactions.
What 2 things can happen when you take the Help action?
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-You can lend your aid to another creature in the
completion of a task.
-The creature you aid gains advantage on the next ability
check it makes to perform the task you are helping with.
*Provided that it makes the check before the start of
your next turn.
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- You can aid a friendly creature in attacking a creature within 5 feet of you.
- If your ally attacks the target before your next turn, the first attack roll is made with advantage.
What happens when you take the Hide action?
When you take the Hide action, you make a Dexterity
(Stealth) check in an attempt to hide.
If you succeed, you gain certain benefits:
-When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on
attack rolls against it.
-You give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
-When a target that can’t see you tries to attack you anyway, they have disadvantage on the attack roll.
(If they don’t attack in the right direction at all then they automatically miss.)
What happens when you take the Ready action?
You can take the Ready action on your turn so that you can act later in the round using your reaction.
- First, you decide what perceivable circumstance
will trigger your reaction. - Then, you choose the action you will take in response to that trigger.
*or you choose to move up to your speed in response to it. - When the trigger occurs, you can either take your
reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore
the trigger.
What happens when you take the Ready action to ready a spell?
When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but
hold its energy, which you release with your reaction
when the trigger occurs.
- To be readied, a spell must have a casting time of 1 action.
- Holding onto the spell’s magic requires concentration.
* If your concentration is broken, the spell dissipates without taking effect.
What happens when you take the Search action?
When you take the Search action, you devote your
attention to finding something.
The DM might have you make a Wisdom (Perception) check or an Intelligence (Investigation) check.
What happens when you take the Use an Object action?
-When an object requires your action for its use, you take the Use an Object action.
-This action is also useful w hen you want to interact with more than one object on your turn.
Your character can do things not covered by the actions in this chapter, such as breaking down doors, intimidating enemies, sensing weaknesses in magical defenses, or calling for a parley with a foe. What are these examples of?
Improvising an action.
During combat you can use an Action to “administer first aid.” Why might you need to take this action?
-You might need to take this action to stabilize a creature.
-You can use your action to administer first aid to an unconscious creature and attempt to stabilize it.
*Requires a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check.
