• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Surely “grab tile and eat it” is a standard action, right? Letting that be a free action seems like a weird call by the DM…

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      Loosely, you get a “use object interaction” every turn that isn’t given a lot of emphasis but is in the rules as “other activity on your turn” (pg 190, PHB 2014). It includes something like talking, opening an unlocked door during your movement, picking up something within reach from a table, or unsheathing your sword as part of your attack action. It says it should require an action only if it needs special care or presents an unusual obstacle. I’d agree that grabbing a handful of dust and putting it in your mouth could be a free action.

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      4 hours ago

      Meh, if it’s a one off and not an important fight? Doing it for the sake of a gag I’ve got no problem with. Just don’t want it to be a consistent thing.

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        Eh, +2 on the next hit after you miss, if you do enough damage to only some kinds of floor and if you pass an intimidation check is almost nothing. The problem I have is that it’d get old, so the player has to come up with new material.

        Thought: A barbarian subclass that has a version of cutting words, but instead of insults it’s shit like this

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        4 hours ago

        What if that’s the core fault of my character? Can only eat tiles so eats it whenever it’s available

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        Aww. It’s such a quirky and funny thought, imagine eating the rubble as an intimidation attempt, like, the guy just missed but is trying to turn it into a “that was intentional, I wanted you to know what I’m going to do to your BRAIN after I cave in your skull!”

        This is the kind of stuff that makes a game memorable IMO. As a DM, even if you don’t want to allow it for some reason, just go along with it. Fake a roll and have the opponent yell back “Bahahah I haven’t even hit you yet and you’re already getting ready to start shitting bricks?!”

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      Reminder that by RAW in 5e (2014 at least) skill checks are a standard action.

      This is handwaved 90% of the time (except for Maze in my experience) but still.

      Eating dirt could be an object interaction, which I recall is similar to sheathing or unsheathing a weapon and you get one of those free per round.