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I recommend a healthy mix of RAW, RAI, and RAF! Why does the errata change X and not Y? The errata for the first printing of the Player’s Handbook sparked a number of questions. When you use two-weapon fighting, can you draw and throw two weapons on your turn? You can throw two weapons with two-weapon fighting (PH, 195), but that rule doesn’t give you the ability to draw two weapons for free. Does the bard’s Jack of All Trades feature apply to attack rolls and saving throws that don’t use the bard’s proficiency bonus? Nope. Outside combat, you could foil a cunning diplomat, for example, by casting the spell and imposing disadvantage on his or her Charisma checks. For example, if you’re a wizard and gain the Magic Initiate feat, you can choose wizard and thereby learn two more wizard cantrips and another 1st-level wizard spell. Permission granted to print and photocopy this document for personal use only. Feats Crossbow Expert Is it intentional that the second benefit of Crossbow Expert helps ranged spell attacks? Yes, it’s intentional. If you take those temporary hit points, they replace the ones from armor of Agathys and end that spell, so you might not want to take them and keep the spell going. Can a rogue use Sneak Attack more than once per round? Yes, but no more than once per turn. And if the grappler’s target is under the effect of the Dodge action, that action doesn’t inhibit the grapple, since Dodge doesn’t affect ability checks. The Monster Manual says gnolls speak Gnoll, but the Player’s Handbook doesn’t mention that language. Curious about the spell’s intent? The spell is meant to be a classic jinx—the sort seen in folklore—that is useful in and out of combat. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. 14) describes how to determine AC, yet AC calculations generate questions frequently. Page 9 control the weapon and cast whatever spell you like on the same turn. Similarly, a druid/ barbarian who transforms into a beast form that has natural armor can use either the beast’s natural armor or Unarmored Defense (you aren’t considered to be wearing armor with natural armor). It represents key aspects of your life before you embarked on a life of adventure. Normally, you can’t hide from someone if you’re in full view. Can you concentrate on a spell while transformed by polymorph? You can’t cast spells while you’re transformed by polymorph, but nothing in the spell prevents you from concentrating on a spell that you cast before being transformed. For example, conjure minor elementals offers four options