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Can someone use the slow spell on an entity that has multiattack so they only have one attack. For example, would a slowed hydra only get 1 attack?










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A creature affected by slow makes only 1 attack during its turn even if they have multiattack



The slow spell description states that:




Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn.




There is not much room for interpretation, it is clearly spelled out. The creature gets one ranged or melee attack no matter what. In the case of a hydra this makes it do only a single attack per turn.



Do note that this does not stop the creature from doing more attacks during a round as long as they are done outside its own turn since slow only limits the number during the slowed creature's own turn.



This means that a creature using legendary actions (at the end of other creature's turns) is able to do the normal number of attacks granted by those legendary actions regardless of slow.






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  • Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
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  • @NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
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  • It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
    – NautArch
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A creature affected by slow makes only 1 attack during its turn even if they have multiattack



The slow spell description states that:




Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn.




There is not much room for interpretation, it is clearly spelled out. The creature gets one ranged or melee attack no matter what. In the case of a hydra this makes it do only a single attack per turn.



Do note that this does not stop the creature from doing more attacks during a round as long as they are done outside its own turn since slow only limits the number during the slowed creature's own turn.



This means that a creature using legendary actions (at the end of other creature's turns) is able to do the normal number of attacks granted by those legendary actions regardless of slow.






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  • Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
    – NautArch
    26 mins ago










  • @NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
    – Sdjz
    26 mins ago










  • It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
    – NautArch
    23 mins ago














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A creature affected by slow makes only 1 attack during its turn even if they have multiattack



The slow spell description states that:




Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn.




There is not much room for interpretation, it is clearly spelled out. The creature gets one ranged or melee attack no matter what. In the case of a hydra this makes it do only a single attack per turn.



Do note that this does not stop the creature from doing more attacks during a round as long as they are done outside its own turn since slow only limits the number during the slowed creature's own turn.



This means that a creature using legendary actions (at the end of other creature's turns) is able to do the normal number of attacks granted by those legendary actions regardless of slow.






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  • Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
    – NautArch
    26 mins ago










  • @NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
    – Sdjz
    26 mins ago










  • It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
    – NautArch
    23 mins ago












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A creature affected by slow makes only 1 attack during its turn even if they have multiattack



The slow spell description states that:




Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn.




There is not much room for interpretation, it is clearly spelled out. The creature gets one ranged or melee attack no matter what. In the case of a hydra this makes it do only a single attack per turn.



Do note that this does not stop the creature from doing more attacks during a round as long as they are done outside its own turn since slow only limits the number during the slowed creature's own turn.



This means that a creature using legendary actions (at the end of other creature's turns) is able to do the normal number of attacks granted by those legendary actions regardless of slow.






share|improve this answer














A creature affected by slow makes only 1 attack during its turn even if they have multiattack



The slow spell description states that:




Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn.




There is not much room for interpretation, it is clearly spelled out. The creature gets one ranged or melee attack no matter what. In the case of a hydra this makes it do only a single attack per turn.



Do note that this does not stop the creature from doing more attacks during a round as long as they are done outside its own turn since slow only limits the number during the slowed creature's own turn.



This means that a creature using legendary actions (at the end of other creature's turns) is able to do the normal number of attacks granted by those legendary actions regardless of slow.







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  • Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
    – NautArch
    26 mins ago










  • @NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
    – Sdjz
    26 mins ago










  • It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
    – NautArch
    23 mins ago
















  • Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
    – NautArch
    26 mins ago










  • @NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
    – Sdjz
    26 mins ago










  • It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
    – NautArch
    23 mins ago















Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
– NautArch
26 mins ago




Could be helpful to reinforce Attack vs attack confusion
– NautArch
26 mins ago












@NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
– Sdjz
26 mins ago




@NautArch Hm how so? Could you elaborate?
– Sdjz
26 mins ago












It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
– NautArch
23 mins ago




It may not be relevant after further review :) SLow limits you to either an Action or Bonus Action, but then goes on to say that you can only make one melee or ranged attack. So you still take your Attack action, but you only get one attack (whether you have Extra Attack, Multiattack, etc.)
– NautArch
23 mins ago










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