Arcane Focus An arcane focus is a special item — an orb, a crystal, a rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item —
Category: DnD 5e Rule Guides
Guides on DnD 5e’s rules. Everything from how basic actions and conditions work to the rules for spellcasting, resting, and calculating all your modifiers. Also many of the other little rules in the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
Hide Action When you take the Hide action, you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide, following the rules in chapter 7 for hiding. lf you succeed,
The Help Action You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains advantage on
All characters can use wands in DnD 5e, unless the magic item specifies that it requires attunement by a spellcaster. Wands that are magic items with charges of spells or
Wondering how to get advantage in 5e? Well there are lots of ways! Here are the rules, as well as two tables with plenty of ways to get advantage in
Spell scrolls cost between 25 gp and 25,000 gp in 5e, depending on the level of the spell. A 1st-level spell scroll is a Common magic item, which has a
You have one opportunity attack per round in DnD 5e. That’s because an opportunity attack requires “you use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking creature” and
Concentration can be broken in a few ways in DnD 5e: Taking damage: Whenever you take damage while concentrating on a spell, you must make a Constitution saving throw to
A short rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds. A
Incapacitated An incapacitated creature can’t take actions or reactions. Player’s Handbook, page 290 The following conditions also apply the incapacitated condition: Paralyzed Petrified Stunned Unconscious Player’s Handbook, page 291-292 Incapacitated