Class Features
General
When you use Extra Attack, do you have to use the same weapon for all the attacks?. Extra Attack imposes no limitation on what you use for the attacks. You can use regular weapons, improvised weapons, Unarmed Strike, or a combination of these options for the attacks. However, you must still follow the rules for equipping and unequipping weapons as part of the Attack action.
Barbarian
For the Barbarian's Reckless Attack, do you grant Advantage to all enemies, or only to the target of your attack?. If you use the Barbarian's Reckless Attack, all attack rolls have Advantage against you until the start of your next turn.
Bard
Do the benefits from Bardic Inspiration and the Guidance spell stack? Can they be applied to the same roll?. Yes, different effects stack if they don't have the same name. If a creature under the effects of a Guidance spell makes an ability check using the skill chosen as part of the spell's casting and also has a Bardic Inspiration die, it can roll both 1d4 and 1d6 if it so chooses.
If used on a damage roll, does a College of Lore Bard's Cutting Words apply to any kind of damage roll including an auto-hit spell like Magic Missile?. You can use Cutting Words to reduce the damage from any effect that calls for a damage roll (including Magic Missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll.
Which Spell Scrolls can Bards understand—spells from the Bard list only, or spells from the Bard list plus spells from Magical Secrets?. A Bard can use any Spell Scroll that has a Bard spell on it. This includes any spells the Bard has prepared through their Magical Secrets feature.
However, this doesn't mean that a Bard can use a Spell Scroll for any spell on the Cleric, Druid, and Wizard spell lists (the other spell lists included in Magical Secrets). For spells exclusive to the Cleric, Druid, and Wizard lists, a Bard must have that spell prepared via Magical Secrets for it to count as a Bard spell.
For example, if a Bard has a Spell Scroll of Spirit Guardians (a spell on the Cleric's spell list), that Bard can use that scroll only if they also have Spirit Guardians prepared via Magical Secrets. Otherwise, the scroll is illegible to them.
For the College of Valor, does using Combat Inspiration's Offense feature mean that the Bardic Inspiration die counts as a damage die for purposes of Critical Hits?. Yes.
Druid
Can a bound and gagged Druid simply use Wild Shape to get out? It's hard to capture someone who can turn into a mouse at will.. Shape-shifting into a different size can be an effective way of escaping, depending on the nature of the bonds or confinement; for example, Manacles only work on a Small or Medium creature, so shape-shifting into a Tiny animal would allow a Druid to slip out of the restraints with ease.
However, a creature changing sizes doesn't automatically end the Grappled or Restrained conditions unless it causes the creature to no longer meet the effect's size requirement (if any). For example, a Giant Crab's Claw attack can grapple only Medium or smaller targets; if a Druid Grappled by a Giant Crab transformed into a Large animal, the Druid would no longer be Grappled.
Fighter
If my Battle Master Fighter provokes an Opportunity Attack and it misses, can I use Riposte?. Yes, you can use the Riposte maneuver in response to an Opportunity Attack that misses you, assuming your Reaction is available.
Can the Disarming Attack maneuver cause a creature to drop a Shield?. No. Disarming Attack forces a creature to drop an object it is holding. Donned Shields aren't merely held.
Monk
Does the Martial Arts feature turn Monk weapons and Unarmed Strikes into Finesse weapons?. No. The feature grants a benefit that is similar to the Finesse property, but the feature doesn't confer that property.
Can a Warrior of the Open Hand Monk's Open Hand Technique push a Large or larger creature or give it the Prone condition?. The Open Hand Technique intentionally ignores creature size. A Monk's energy fuels many extraordinary effects! If a feature is limited by creature size, the feature tells you so.
Paladin
Would the Divine Sense feature of a Paladin's Channel Divinity register an Aasimar or a Tiefling due to their heritage?. These species are Humanoids and therefore escape the notice of Divine Sense. The feature detects creatures that have the Celestial, Fiend, or Undead creature type.
Rogue
Can a Rogue use Sneak Attack more than once per round?. The Sneak Attack description specifies that you can use the feature once per turn, but it's not limited to your turn. The feature also doesn't limit the number of times you can use it in a round.
You sometimes get a chance to use Sneak Attack on someone else's turn. The most common way for this to happen is when an enemy provokes an Opportunity Attack from you. If the requirements for Sneak Attack are met, your Opportunity Attack can benefit from that feature.
Does Uncanny Dodge work automatically against every attack a Rogue gets hit by? Spell attacks too?. A use of Uncanny Dodge works against only one attack, since it expends your Reaction, and only if you can see the attacker. It works against attacks of all sorts, including spell attacks, but it is no help against a spell or other effect, such as Fireball, that delivers its damage via a saving throw rather than an attack roll.
Can a Rogue use Evasion if they are surprised?. Yes. Being surprised at the start of a combat causes a creature to have Disadvantage on the Initiative roll. A Rogue can use Evasion as long as they don't have the Incapacitated condition.
Can the Rogue's Reliable Talent feature be used in conjunction with other features, like the Champion's Remarkable Athlete feature or the Bard's Jack of All Trades feature?. Reliable Talent can be used in conjunction with another feature as long as the ability check being made meets the requirements for both features. For example, Reliable Talent applies only to a check made using one of your skill or tool proficiencies, while Jack of All Trades applies to a check using a skill proficiency you lack; therefore, a check that qualifies for Reliable Talent doesn't qualify for Jack of All Trades, and vice versa. However, the Champion's Remarkable Athlete feature gives Advantage on all Strength (Athletics) checks, which doesn't conflict with Reliable Talent's requirements. So if a character has proficiency with the Athletics skill and access to both Reliable Talent and Remarkable Athlete, that character could use both features when making a Strength (Athletics) check.
Sorcerer
Metamagic rules state you can't use multiple Metamagic options on a single spell. Can you use one option multiple times?. A Sorcerer can use one Metamagic option once in the casting of a spell, not the same option more than once. For instance, a Sorcerer can't quadruple the duration of a spell by spending 2 Sorcery Points on Extended Spell.
In Draconic Sorcery, Elemental Affinity improves one damage roll of a spell, not multiple rolls. So with Scorching Ray, I don't add my Charisma modifier to each ray that hits?. That's correct. Elemental Affinity benefits one damage roll per casting of a spell, even if the spell allows more than one roll. So, for example, a Sorcerer with Elemental Affinity adds their Charisma modifier to only one of the rays of a Scorching Ray.
Can Empowered Spell affect all the rays of a Scorching Ray spell or just one?. A Sorcerer's Empowered Spell could affect more than one ray of a Scorching Ray, abiding by the feature's die limit. For instance, if you create three rays with the spell and you have a +3 Charisma modifier, you could reroll one of the damage dice for each ray, or two of the damage dice for one ray and one of the damage dice for another one.
Does Quickened Spell allow a Sorcerer to cast two spells a round of level 1+?. No, the Sorcerer must follow the rule for casting one spell with a spell slot per turn. See chapter 7 in the Player's Handbook.
Can my Sorcerer use Twinned Spell on a spell duplicated by the casting of a Wish spell?. Yes, you can as long as the duplicated spell meets the requirements of Twinned Spell.
In Wild Magic Sorcery, does the Wild Magic Surge effect replace the effect of the spell that triggered it, or do both effects happen?. The spell and the Wild Magic Surge effect both happen.
Warlock
If a Warlock uses Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, does that weapon have to be a Melee weapon, and can the Warlock change the weapon's form?. The Warlock's Pact of the Blade feature lets you create a Melee weapon out of nothing. Whenever you do so, you determine the weapon's form, choosing from the Melee weapon options in the Weapons table in the Player's Handbook. For example, you can create a Greataxe, and then use the feature again to create a Javelin, which causes the Greataxe to disappear.
You can also use Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, turning it into your pact weapon. This magic weapon doesn't have to be a Melee weapon, so you could use the feature on a +1 Longbow, for instance. However, you can't change the form of a magic weapon using this feature. For example, if you bond with a Dagger of Venom, you can't transform it into a Maul; it's always a Dagger.
The feature allows the conjuring forth of a Melee weapon, yet we allow more versatility when it comes to magic weapons. We didn't want a narrow focus in this feature to make a Warlock unhappy when a variety of magic weapons appear in a campaign. Does this versatility extend outside the melee theme of the feature? It sure does, but we're willing to occasionally bend a design concept if doing so is likely to increase a player's happiness.
If you're a Pact of the Blade Warlock, can someone else wield your pact weapon?. Yes. Someone other than the Warlock can use a pact weapon—even a conjured pact weapon. However, if the pact weapon is conjured, it disappears if the weapon is more than 5 feet away from the Warlock for 1 minute or more.
Does the Awakened Mind feature of a Warlock with a Great Old One Patron allow two-way telepathic communication?. Yes. See "Telepathy" in appendix C of the Player's Handbook.
Wizard
Is an Abjurer's Arcane Ward healed only when the ward has 0 Hit Points?. The ward regains Hit Points whenever the Abjurer casts an Abjuration spell with a spell slot, not just when the ward has 0 Hit Points. As is normal for healing, the ward can't regain more Hit Points than its Hit Point maximum: twice the Wizard's level plus the Wizard's Intelligence modifier.
Does casting Alarm as a Ritual heal Arcane Ward?. No. Casting a spell as a Ritual doesn't use a spell slot, and the Arcane Ward regains Hit Points when the Abjurer casts an Abjuration spell with a spell slot.
How does Arcane Ward interact with Temporary Hit Points that an Abjurer might have?. When an Abjurer with an Arcane Ward takes damage, it goes through the following steps:
Resistances and Vulnerabilities. If the Wizard has any Resistances or Vulnerabilities, these are applied to the damage total.
Arcane Ward. The ward takes the damage first.
Damage Immunities. Any damage Immunities the Wizard has are applied to leftover damage if the ward is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
Temporary Hit Points. The Wizard takes the leftover damage. If the Wizard has Temporary Hit Points, these are lost first.
Real Hit Points. Any leftover damage after the Temporary Hit Points carries over to the Wizard's Hit Points.
Does the level 14 Illusionist ability let you make something real every round, or just once?. Illusory Reality is intended to make one illusory object real per Illusion spell.
Can a Diviner on the Ethereal Plane use Portent on a creature that the Wizard can see on the Material Plane?. Yes. Portent requires you to see the creature, but it has no range restriction.
For a Wizard to cast a Ritual spell contained in their spellbook, do they need to read from the book or use it as part of the Ritual?. Thanks to the Ritual Adept feature, a Wizard can cast spells with the Ritual tag in their spellbook as a Ritual without preparing the spell, in addition to following the normal rules of Ritual spells. If a Wizard is casting a spell that they don't have prepared as a Ritual, then the Wizard must read from the spellbook, as the text of Ritual Adept states. However, if a Wizard is casting a spell they have prepared as a Ritual following the normal rules, they don't need to consult their spellbook (unless they're using it as a Spellcasting Focus for said spell).