Questions tagged [specific-question]
For questions primarily concerned with or seeking guidance for an individual question on the Role-Playing Games Stack Exchange.
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Settling the status of "Can I recover a single arrow?"
Can I recover a single arrow?
This is the third meta question relating to this main site question (see also here and here), but it has popped back into the reopen queue several times now (five times ...
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Why was my homebrew-review question downvoted even though I followed the criteria?
I don't mean to sound indignant or anything, but I must admit, I'm at a loss as to why this happened.
Just yesterday, I posted a homebrew-review question asking about whether an artifact I had created ...
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Is this question about true polymorph and consumable spell components a duplicate?
The question: True Polymorph + True Seeing = True Death?
This question was originally closed as a duplicate of this question, asking if using true polymorph to create consumable spell components ...
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How are we judging One D&D questions and answers?
I am asking because I don't understand what has happened to When using the One D&D Playtest are you supposed to be using the 5e rules too?.
The question seems perfectly ok to me and I don't ...
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How do I ask statistics questions on this site?
I recently asked this question after asking this question for two reasons.
To get a better idea how drowning works in Call of Cthulhu 7th edition
To use the answer to decide how to run my next game. ...
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Oops, I reopened my own question
I have a question how legitimate it is to cast unused spell slots in the moring before learning new spells. It was closed as a duplicate of if you can cast spells during a long rest. After I edited it,...
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Should this question about flying a broom be closed for lacking a system tag?
The question Flying a broom, light activity? lacks a system tag and is currently closed as unclear. Should it remain closed, or do we have enough information to guess the system?
The current ...
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Question Workshop: At what level does each class get its subclass?
The question: At what level does each class get its subclass?
When building a multi-classed character for a one-shot I wanted to know when each class receives its subclass, since subclasses provide a ...
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Most Overpowered Cohort question closure
Should Most Overpowered Supporting Cohort - Crafter or Buff-Station? remain open, or be closed?
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Is this question about the preservation of books on topic?
The question of concern is How can I preserve books, but keep them accessible?. There has been a good bit of chatter in comments about the on-topicness of the question, and I have seen the close vote ...
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Is this question about between-session discussion stackable?
Is this question stackable, and if not, can it be rehabilitated?
In our current game, the PCs are getting pwned by a couple of bad guys. We ended last session in the middle of combat and will pick ...
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Should I have removed the [pathfinder-2e] tag from this question?
This question was asked.
When I read it, it seemed to be a general one, and most of the advice was system agnostic, so I removed the [pathfinder-2e] tag and added the [system-agnostic] tag.
But, then ...
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Can I ask a question on published designer intent?
In a lot of answers, it would be helpful to explain why things are working as they are. For example that 5e is designed to leave much more to DM adjuction than earlier versions, because trying to ...
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How can I better formulate this question about Easter Eggs in 5e adventures to make it stackable?
My question here is about What popular culture Easter Eggs exist in published adventures?
There was a lot of discussion in the comments already, with the overall gist that the question is not hopeless ...
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How do I ask this question about house-rules for the Simulacrum spell in D&D 5e without it being closed as opinion-based?
How do I ask this question about house-rules for the simulacrum spell in D&D 5e without it being closed as opinion-based?
This is a perfect example of a question I believe that our community has ...
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Is this question about visualizing combat Stackable?
Can I ask this question without it getting closed? If it will get closed, is there some way to ask the question WITHOUT getting it closed?
How to speed up combat by helping players to visualize the ...
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My D&D 5e question about whether rounds are just for combat was closed, and I'm confused - a case for reopening
So, my most recent Question Are rounds just for combat, or should we be using them at other times in the game? was closed, with the following reason "Closed. This question needs details or ...
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Is asking about the design process of roll20 on-topic?
How was the "target" of a spell chosen for the Roll20 Information Block?
That question was recently asked and has comments and various votes about whether it should be open or closed. Is it ...
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Is this question about readying an action to cast a spell from a magic item a duplicate?
Rather than flinging my question onto main and discussing possible duplicature later, I am going to preemptively ask about it here first, in order to determine if I should ask my new question or ...
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Was this edit too substantial?
Our GM has us roll new initiative every round. Just how broad of a change is this?
The above question was edited from this state to this one. This can also be looked at on the revisions page. I am ...
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Is this question about Haste, the Bladesinger wizard's Extra Attack, and cantrips that do "one weapon attack only" a duplicate?
I asked this question on RPG.SE: How does the Haste spell's extra action interact with the Bladesinger's Extra Attack feature and with cantrips that do "one weapon attack only"?
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Is this suggested edit on a VtM 5e question about a combat sequence that ends after three turns appropriate?
The question Is my interpretation of Vampire The Masquerade 5th ed combat correct? focuses on a single combat sequence — and the rulings related to it. This suggested edit by another user ...
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How can I make this question about class stereotypes more specific?
I drafted the following question for main:
I've recently gotten back into D&D (the last time I played it was 2e), and I've been doing a lot of reading so I can be a better player.
One idea I keep ...
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Delete an unanswered question if I no longer need the answer?
I wrote the following question: Can Ride be used to Push a mount/animal companion? containing multiple questions. I was asked to separate them out, so I did. Once I separated out the question When ...
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Is this question about a cast reaction to an in-character utterance from Critical Role on topic?
What was so bad about Bertrand's last line at the end of C3E3?
Spoiler Warning: the question does contain spoilers about Critical Role C3E3.
This question asks about the reactions given by two ...
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Did I incorrectly flag these posts?
I'm currently flag-banned from flagging posts due to several declined flags on posts that I believe do not answer the question What to do when a player loses or forgets their character sheet? emphasis ...
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Is this question about identifying a (5e) spell mechanic from the "Fantasy High" YouTube series appropriate for the main site?
I've been watching Fantasy High, the series of 5e sessions filmed and posted on YouTube by alums of the website collegehumor.com. At a certain point, the DM has an NPC do something that uses a spell ...
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I have multiple questions about the Slow spell in D&D 5e. Should this be one post, or two?
Should this be one post or two posts?
Several questions about the Slow spell. For reference the relevant parts:
An affected target’s speed is halved, it takes a -2 penalty to AC and Dexterity saving ...
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Does this answer about towns protecting themselves against dragons really need to be deleted?
A new user recently left this answer to How did towns mundanely protect themselves against Dragons or bring them to the ground?. The answer is currently deleted so is only visible to 10k users. ...
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Is this question about throwing hammers off-topic as a "campaign research" question?
Nine years ago we decided campaign research questions were off topic. The guidance given was:
Questions asking about a general real-world topic such as history, geography or economics might more ...
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Why are these D&D 5e questions about "superiority dice" scaling for Superior Technique closed as duplicates of a question about Martial Adept?
These 2 questions:
Do both superiority dice from Superior Technique and Martial Adept only increase die size when a character reaches 10th level Battlemaster?
Does ‘Superior Technique’ interact with ‘...
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Why is "How much is a Gold Piece really worth?" closed?
The question How much is a Gold Piece really worth? has been recently closed as "opinion-based". However, I'm not sure this assessment is accurate.
The question is quantitative and objective....
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Does this question about multiple attacks and advantage need more details?
As I am writing, this question is sitting at 4 reopen votes. Normally, I would just let community moderation work things out (which will probably happen here), but reopen reviews from some users have ...
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What does the author to this item rarity question need to actually do to get their question reopened?
Concerning the question: How rare is this artificer magic item I created?
This question was closed as unclear. The author has revised, and their revisions include addressing concerns in comments (such ...
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Can the duplicate linked question be changed to a more appropriate answer?
In this question: Do the effects of spells granted by items require concentration? I asked about items that grant named spell effects, not casting spells from items or items that give a spell-like ...
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Which tag should we use when OP thinks they are asking about a house rule but it is actually an official optional rule?
The description for house-rules states:
House rules are small fan-created additions and replacements to core rules in a rules set, and this tag should be used when there are locally-created rules at ...
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How can I get answers about items serving a specific purpose, without my question being closed as duplicate of a Q&A that doesn't care about items?
I'm looking specifically for items that can mitigate issues with light sensitivity. I asked here: Are there official items for mitigating light sensitivity? and it got closed as a duplicate of How can ...
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An asker seems to have been misled about the system they were using. Should we do anything about it?
There is a curious case that resulted in bunch of questions that are tagged with one system, while the OP was confused about workings of a different system - and some of these tags were applied by OP ...
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Should this question about player race selection be open or closed?
I've noticed that this question about limiting exotic races has gone from closed, to opened after some helpful edits, to closed again (without seemingly significant edits). Even now, it has a re-open ...
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Why was this PF 1e question about a sorcerer using Page of Spell Knowledge with higher-level spells closed as a duplicate?
This question: As a Sorcerer, can use I use a Page of Knowledge to use Spell Slots granted by my Charisma bonus, even if they're higher level then otherwise?
Was closed as being a duplicate of Can ...
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Is this a legitimate follow-up question?
I was wondering if a Water Elemental can freeze, so I read the stat block (twice), yet apparently I somehow missed (twice!) the part that partially answers my question. Hence, I asked the question Can ...
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Can we reapply the Pathfinder 2e tag to this Pathfinder 2e question?
Razzle-Dazzle and success vs Blindness is asking about two Pathfinder 2e features, linking to the Pathfinder 2e reference document for both features (2e.aonprd.com; ...
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Can we reopen this item stacking question?
Do these items stack? was closed and has comments requesting an edition and system be specified. However, the question appears to clearly indicate its game already: it cites a book (Tasha's Cauldron ...
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Is it bad form to cite non-RPG fandom content in your question?
I'm not sure I did a great job of explaining what, exactly, I'm looking for in my recent question, Are there any gods or godlike entities in D&D associated primarily with fear? . I'm basing my ...
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My question was closed for being opinion based. Now it's been reopened and closed again. Why?
I recently posted What class has the most damage output per round at level 6?, asking about character optimization. Without additional context, the question was:
what are the most optimizable class/...
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Is this question about experience points in earlier versions of D&D off topic as a "rule intent" or "designer reasons" question?
Why do characters with a high prime requisite gain bonus XP?
The question presents some information, then asks:
What is the reason for this rule? Did the game's designers ever explain it, either ...
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Should this Extra Attack + Thirsting Blade question be closed as a duplicate?
The question Extra Attack & Eldritch Invocation Thirsting Blade was reopened after being closed as a dupe of Does this strict reading of the rules allow both Extra Attack and the Thirsting Blade ...
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Why was the edit suggestion correcting an error in this answer rejected?
I recently proposed this suggested edit correcting a mistake in an answer to the question What powers do Elemental Mages start with?.
The answer originally stated (emphasis added):
This might not ...
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What's wrong with this answer?
Here is a question I asked a couple of months ago — Is "a special melee attack" an actual game term?
Most upvoted answers agreed that there was no game term "special melee attack", ...
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Are any of these dnd-5e questions about spells and their target becoming invalid duplicates?
We have quite a few questions about spell effects and what happens when their target enters a state where they could not have been targeted by the spell in the first place:
Can Polymorph end spells ...
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