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Last night, an Owlbear attacked us. It was injured, then attacked my Warlock. Obviously it uses its Multiattack action (MM, pg. 249):
Multiattack. The owlbear makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
After the first attack, I wanted to cast hellish rebuke on it, knowing that it might kill it before it unleashes its second attack.
Hellish rebuke says (PHB, pg. 250):
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
...
You point your finger, and the creature that damaged you is momentarily surrounded by hellish flames.
The trigger is being damaged, so I should have been able to cast this after the first attack but before the second. At least that's how I understand it.
Because my DM rolls both attacks and damage at the same time for expediency, he argued that the spell would be cast after the Owlbear finished attacking, because it hadn't yet completed its action (the Multiattack action), and reactions come after their triggering action. In other words, I would have to take both attacks before I could react.
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Last night, an Owlbear attacked us. It was injured, then attacked my Warlock. Obviously it uses its Multiattack action (MM, pg. 249):
Multiattack. The owlbear makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
After the first attack, I wanted to cast hellish rebuke on it, knowing that it might kill it before it unleashes its second attack.
Hellish rebuke says (PHB, pg. 250):
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
...
You point your finger, and the creature that damaged you is momentarily surrounded by hellish flames.
The trigger is being damaged, so I should have been able to cast this after the first attack but before the second. At least that's how I understand it.
Because my DM rolls both attacks and damage at the same time for expediency, he argued that the spell would be cast after the Owlbear finished attacking, because it hadn't yet completed its action (the Multiattack action), and reactions come after their triggering action. In other words, I would have to take both attacks before I could react.
Who was right?
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Last night, an Owlbear attacked us. It was injured, then attacked my Warlock. Obviously it uses its Multiattack action (MM, pg. 249):
Multiattack. The owlbear makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
After the first attack, I wanted to cast hellish rebuke on it, knowing that it might kill it before it unleashes its second attack.
Hellish rebuke says (PHB, pg. 250):
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
...
You point your finger, and the creature that damaged you is momentarily surrounded by hellish flames.
The trigger is being damaged, so I should have been able to cast this after the first attack but before the second. At least that's how I understand it.
Because my DM rolls both attacks and damage at the same time for expediency, he argued that the spell would be cast after the Owlbear finished attacking, because it hadn't yet completed its action (the Multiattack action), and reactions come after their triggering action. In other words, I would have to take both attacks before I could react.
Who was right?
dnd-5e reactions multiattack
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NathanS
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Last night, an Owlbear attacked us. It was injured, then attacked my Warlock. Obviously it uses its Multiattack action (MM, pg. 249):
Multiattack. The owlbear makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
After the first attack, I wanted to cast hellish rebuke on it, knowing that it might kill it before it unleashes its second attack.
Hellish rebuke says (PHB, pg. 250):
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
...
You point your finger, and the creature that damaged you is momentarily surrounded by hellish flames.
The trigger is being damaged, so I should have been able to cast this after the first attack but before the second. At least that's how I understand it.
Because my DM rolls both attacks and damage at the same time for expediency, he argued that the spell would be cast after the Owlbear finished attacking, because it hadn't yet completed its action (the Multiattack action), and reactions come after their triggering action. In other words, I would have to take both attacks before I could react.
Who was right?
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Your reaction happens immediately.
You were hit by an attack. The term multiattack directly implies more than one attack. With the owlbear as the example, each of its attacks have their own attack rolls. This makes them extremely well defined events separated by specific rolls.
As with the shield spell it happens in response to the first triggering event (which in this case would be the first time you take damage).
An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until
the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including
against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic
missile.
- which you take when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell
Same as with Misty Escape. You vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. The triggering event is the first individually defined bit of damage, not an entire barrage of attacks.
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Yes
The rules on reactions says:
A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can
occur on Your Turn or on someone else’s. [...] If the reaction
interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its
turn right after the reaction.
Emphasis mine.
Multiattack is one action, but there are multiple events occurring within that action that can be interrupted individually. In this case, the first attack hits, you cast Hellish Rebuke in response to being damaged, and then the Owlbear continues with its multiattack (unless it is now dead).
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Your reaction happens immediately.
You were hit by an attack. The term multiattack directly implies more than one attack. With the owlbear as the example, each of its attacks have their own attack rolls. This makes them extremely well defined events separated by specific rolls.
As with the shield spell it happens in response to the first triggering event (which in this case would be the first time you take damage).
An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until
the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including
against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic
missile.
- which you take when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell
Same as with Misty Escape. You vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. The triggering event is the first individually defined bit of damage, not an entire barrage of attacks.
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Your reaction happens immediately.
You were hit by an attack. The term multiattack directly implies more than one attack. With the owlbear as the example, each of its attacks have their own attack rolls. This makes them extremely well defined events separated by specific rolls.
As with the shield spell it happens in response to the first triggering event (which in this case would be the first time you take damage).
An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until
the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including
against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic
missile.
- which you take when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell
Same as with Misty Escape. You vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. The triggering event is the first individually defined bit of damage, not an entire barrage of attacks.
answered 1 hour ago
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Your reaction happens immediately.
You were hit by an attack. The term multiattack directly implies more than one attack. With the owlbear as the example, each of its attacks have their own attack rolls. This makes them extremely well defined events separated by specific rolls.
As with the shield spell it happens in response to the first triggering event (which in this case would be the first time you take damage).
An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until
the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including
against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic
missile.
- which you take when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell
Same as with Misty Escape. You vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. The triggering event is the first individually defined bit of damage, not an entire barrage of attacks.
answered 1 hour ago
AshRandom
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Your reaction happens immediately.
You were hit by an attack. The term multiattack directly implies more than one attack. With the owlbear as the example, each of its attacks have their own attack rolls. This makes them extremely well defined events separated by specific rolls.
As with the shield spell it happens in response to the first triggering event (which in this case would be the first time you take damage).
An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until
the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including
against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic
missile.
- which you take when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell
Same as with Misty Escape. You vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. The triggering event is the first individually defined bit of damage, not an entire barrage of attacks.
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AshRandom
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Yes
The rules on reactions says:
A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can
occur on Your Turn or on someone else’s. [...] If the reaction
interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its
turn right after the reaction.
Emphasis mine.
Multiattack is one action, but there are multiple events occurring within that action that can be interrupted individually. In this case, the first attack hits, you cast Hellish Rebuke in response to being damaged, and then the Owlbear continues with its multiattack (unless it is now dead).
answered 16 mins ago
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Yes
The rules on reactions says:
A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can
occur on Your Turn or on someone else’s. [...] If the reaction
interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its
turn right after the reaction.
Emphasis mine.
Multiattack is one action, but there are multiple events occurring within that action that can be interrupted individually. In this case, the first attack hits, you cast Hellish Rebuke in response to being damaged, and then the Owlbear continues with its multiattack (unless it is now dead).
answered 16 mins ago
Deltatheduck
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up vote
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up vote
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Yes
The rules on reactions says:
A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can
occur on Your Turn or on someone else’s. [...] If the reaction
interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its
turn right after the reaction.
Emphasis mine.
Multiattack is one action, but there are multiple events occurring within that action that can be interrupted individually. In this case, the first attack hits, you cast Hellish Rebuke in response to being damaged, and then the Owlbear continues with its multiattack (unless it is now dead).
answered 16 mins ago
Deltatheduck
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Yes
The rules on reactions says:
A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can
occur on Your Turn or on someone else’s. [...] If the reaction
interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its
turn right after the reaction.
Emphasis mine.
Multiattack is one action, but there are multiple events occurring within that action that can be interrupted individually. In this case, the first attack hits, you cast Hellish Rebuke in response to being damaged, and then the Owlbear continues with its multiattack (unless it is now dead).
answered 16 mins ago
Deltatheduck
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answered 16 mins ago
Deltatheduck
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