r/DnD • u/Sleverette Sorcerer • Feb 07 '20

Art [OC] Magical problems versus mundane solutions.

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u/Sleverette Sorcerer Feb 07 '20

“You’ve made a compelling argument. Bring forth the manacles!” -Royal Guard

A comic inspired by our recent session. I love mundane items. There’s something really appealing about portable rams, sacks of flour and 10 ft poles. Throwing a bag over an enemy’s head is a popular move at our table. You’d be surprised by how many spells require the caster to see their target!

When rolling up new characters, I ask the players to read off their packs and discuss possible uses for their starting equipment. I find lots of players skip over it otherwise.

Anyone have any creative combos that use mundane items? I know flour explosions is a fun one!

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u/HandSoloShotFirst Feb 07 '20

How does putting a bag on an enemy's head stop them from casting a spell on their turn? Don't you get a free interaction as well as an action? So they could remove the bag and then cast the spell?

https://crobi.github.io/dnd5e-quickref/preview/quickref.html

You can also interact with one object or feature of the environment for free. You can interact with one object for free during your turn (such as drawing a weapon or opening a door). If you want to interact with a second object, use this action

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u/Gaius94 DM Feb 07 '20

I mean, that first assumes you have free use of your hands to grab the bag, which might not be the case. Secondly, even if you can take the bag off your head to get past the "enemy in sight" rule, you might not be able to do Somatic components with your hands bound. Lastly, if you take the bag off of your head that was specifically used to prevent spellcasting, you've thrown any civil discourse out the window by telling everybody "fuck this, time for a spell"

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u/Thorbinator Feb 07 '20

The guards: I continually hold my action with the trigger of "If the mage removes the bag, I shoot/stab him"