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#+TITLE:  Conditions
#+AUTHOR: Howard X. Abrams
#+EMAIL:  howard.abrams@gmail.com
#+DATE:   2020-12-14 December
#+TAGS:   :rpg:5e:dm-screen:

  - [[#blinded][Blinded]]
  - [[#charmed][Charmed]]
  - [[#deafened][Deafened]]
  - [[file:exhaustion.org][Exhaustion]]
  - [[#frightened][Frightened]]
  - [[#grappled][Grappled]]
  - [[#incapacitated][Incapacitated]]
  - [[#invisible][Invisible]]
  - [[#paralyzed][Paralyzed]]
  - [[#petrified][Petrified]]
  - [[#poisoned][Poisoned]]
  - [[#prone][Prone]]
  - [[#restrained][Restrained]]
  - [[#stunned][Stunned]]
  - [[#unconscious][Unconscious]]

Details at [[https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/phb/appendix-a-conditions#AppendixAConditions][PHB, Appendix A]].

* Overview / Caveats

Conditions alter a creature's capabilities in a variety of ways and can
arise as a result of a spell, a class feature, a monster's attack, or
other effect. Most conditions, such as blinded, are impairments, but a
few, such as invisible, can be advantageous.

A condition lasts either until it is countered (the prone condition is
countered by standing up, for example) or for a duration specified by
the effect that imposed the condition.

If multiple effects impose the same condition on a creature, each
instance of the condition has its own duration, but the condition's
effects don't get worse. A creature either has a condition or doesn't.

The following definitions specify what happens to a creature while it is
subjected to a condition.

* Blinded
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: blinded
    :END:

  - A blinded creature can't see and automatically fails any ability check that requires sight.
  - Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]], and the creature's attack rolls have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]].

* Charmed
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: charmed
    :END:

- A charmed creature can't attack the charmer or target the charmer with harmful abilities or magical effects.
- The charmer has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]] on any ability check to interact socially with the creature.

* Deafened
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: deafened
    :END:

- A deafened creature can't hear and automatically fails any ability
  check that requires hearing.

* Frightened
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: frightened
    :END:

- A frightened creature has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]] on ability checks and attack rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight.
- The creature can't willingly move closer to the source of its fear.

* Grappled
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: grappled
    :END:

- A grappled creature's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed.
- The condition ends if the grappler is incapacitated (see the condition).
- The condition also ends if an effect removes the grappled creature from the reach of the grappler or grappling effect, such as when a creature is hurled away by the [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Thunderwave][/thunderwave/]] spell.

* Incapacitated
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: incapacitated
    :END:

- An incapacitated creature can't take actions or reactions.

* Invisible
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: invisible
    :END:

- An invisible creature is impossible to see without the aid of magic or a special sense. For the purpose of hiding, the creature is [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Heavily_Obscured][heavily obscured]]. The creature's location can be detected by any noise it makes or any tracks it leaves.
- Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]], and the creature's attack rolls have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]].

* Paralyzed
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: paralyzed
    :END:

- A paralyzed creature is incapacitated (see the condition) and can't
  move or speak.
- The creature automatically fails
  [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Strength][Strength]] and
  [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Dexterity][Dexterity]] saving
  throws.
- Attack rolls against the creature have
  [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]].
- Any attack that hits the creature is a
  [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Damage_Rolls#Critical_Hits][critical
  hit]] if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature.

* Petrified
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: petrified
    :END:

- A petrified creature is transformed, along with any nonmagical object it is wearing or carrying, into a solid inanimate substance (usually stone). Its weight increases by a factor of ten, and it ceases aging.
- The creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can't move or speak, and is unaware of its surroundings.
- Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]].
- The creature automatically fails [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Strength][Strength]] and [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Dexterity][Dexterity]] saving throws.
- The creature has resistance to all damage.
- The creature is immune to poison and disease, although a poison or disease already in its system is suspended, not neutralized.

* Poisoned
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: poisoned
    :END:

- A poisoned creature has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]] on attack rolls and ability checks.

* Prone
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: prone
    :END:

- A prone creature's only movement option is to crawl, unless it stands up and thereby ends the condition.
- The creature has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]] on attack rolls.
- An attack roll against the creature has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]] if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature. Otherwise, the attack roll has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]].

* Restrained
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: restrained
    :END:

- A restrained creature's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed.
- Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]], and the creature's attack rolls have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]].
- The creature has [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Disadvantage][disadvantage]] on [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Dexterity][Dexterity]] saving throws.

* Stunned
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: stunned
    :END:

- A stunned creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can't move, and can speak only falteringly.
- The creature automatically fails [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Strength][Strength]] and [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Dexterity][Dexterity]] saving throws.
- Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]].

* Unconscious
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: unconscious
    :END:

- An unconscious creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can't move or speak, and is unaware of its surroundings
- The creature drops whatever it's holding and falls prone.
- The creature automatically fails [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Strength][Strength]] and [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Dexterity][Dexterity]] saving throws.
- Attack rolls against the creature have [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Advantage][advantage]].
- Any attack that hits the creature is a [[https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Damage_Rolls#Critical_Hits][critical hit]] if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature.

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