dnd 5e 2014 - Can you attack a Stirge that has attached itself to a ...
Dec 9, 2016 · \$\begingroup\$ As I DM, I would not do this normally, but probably impose disadvantage to attacks on an attached stirge using outsized or otherwise inappropriate weapons, e.g. when using a greatsword or a heavy crossbow, or a thrown boulder. . . . at some point the situation would seem weird enough for DM ruling to step in. NB originally I had "lance on …
dnd 5e 2014 - Can an animal companion Stirge take an action …
Jul 16, 2019 · While attached, the stirge doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge's turns, the target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points due to blood loss. The specific Stirge action of Blood Drain provides the melee weapon attack to attack, but then it later (in the block) it also states that (emphasis mine) While attached, the stirge doesn't ...
Does a character have a penalty attacking an attached Stirge?
May 20, 2015 · Finally, the stirge's AC isn't that low. For a CR 1/8 creature, 14 is on the high side of AC. And a miss will probably cost a first level player half their health, so attacking is a risk. Manually removing the stirge is guaranteed to work, even if it …
dnd 5e 2014 - Can an attached stirge deal no more than 10 HP of …
Feb 22, 2019 · Stirge rolls to hit, critical success. It does 2d4+3 damage. Rolls a 4 and a 4. 11 damage, but none of it due to blood loss. Stirge has done 0 damage due to blood loss. Is it "after it drains 10 hit points"? No, so it stays attached. Second round. Stirge drinks blood. It does 1d4+3 damage. Rolls a 4 (man, lucky Stirge). Does 7 damage.
dnd 5e 2014 - Can a Beast Master command their stirge …
Nov 28, 2018 · The stirge will detach itself after draining 10HP, so I could pull this off every two-turns. Up to 11th level, when companions can finally take multi-attacks, the Stirge seems a pretty solid companion. After that, probably better companions will exist.
dnd 5e 2014 - How can one reduce the hit points lost from a …
Aug 27, 2021 · Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the stirge attaches to the target. While attached, the stirge doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge's turns, the target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points due to blood loss. After my character was Blood Drained by a Stirge, I lost the 5 hit points when its turn came back around.
dnd 5e 2014 - What's the largest creature a group of stirges could …
Dec 6, 2019 · The stirge can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. Essentially, the most attacks we can get off is still the 24-80 stirges (depending on size); we just have way more chances to do so.
dnd 5e 2014 - Could a regenerating troll feed enough stirges to …
The 5e RAW is silent about these kinds of mechanics; there are not specific answers to your questions 1, 2 and 3 in published works in 5e (though perhaps you could find something in pre-5e materials). At any rate, there is precedent in the background literature that inspired the creation of D&D for this kind of “realism” in a magic ecosystem.
dnd 5e 2014 - Crushing a creature that is 2 sizes smaller - Role ...
D20 for location of Stirge, 15+ and you're good to go (actually I'd probably just call it, yeah it's in the right spot) D20 to fall just so. This is a DEX roll vs a DEX roll for the Stirge to squirm out of the way (Stirge is 16 DEX / +3, but you probably don't know this in-game). The highest roll is successful. If you fail: 1d4 damage for the fall.
dnd 5e 2014 - Does the Stirge blood drain allow it to flank as well ...
There is noting in the stirge stat block that changes this. This is in contrast with the stat block for Swarms which specifically state that they can share a space. The stirge remains in its own square and gives and receives flanking advantage as normal - that is, to creatures on the other side of any adjacent enemy (including but not limited ...