If you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose not to reduce a creature's speed to zero when you hit with an...
Assuming you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose to not reduce an opponent's speed to zero when you hit them with an opportunity attack?
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Assuming you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose to not reduce an opponent's speed to zero when you hit them with an opportunity attack?
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Assuming you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose to not reduce an opponent's speed to zero when you hit them with an opportunity attack?
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Assuming you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose to not reduce an opponent's speed to zero when you hit them with an opportunity attack?
dnd-5e feats movement opportunity-attack
dnd-5e feats movement opportunity-attack
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No; the speed reduction is not optional (assuming you hit)
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) says:
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
It doesn't say you "can" reduce its speed to 0; it's simply stated as fact that if you hit with an opportunity attack, the target's speed becomes 0 - no exceptions.
So as it's worded, the speed reduction is mandatory if you hit with an opportunity attack.
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No; the speed reduction is not optional (assuming you hit)
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) says:
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
It doesn't say you "can" reduce its speed to 0; it's simply stated as fact that if you hit with an opportunity attack, the target's speed becomes 0 - no exceptions.
So as it's worded, the speed reduction is mandatory if you hit with an opportunity attack.
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No; the speed reduction is not optional (assuming you hit)
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) says:
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
It doesn't say you "can" reduce its speed to 0; it's simply stated as fact that if you hit with an opportunity attack, the target's speed becomes 0 - no exceptions.
So as it's worded, the speed reduction is mandatory if you hit with an opportunity attack.
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No; the speed reduction is not optional (assuming you hit)
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) says:
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
It doesn't say you "can" reduce its speed to 0; it's simply stated as fact that if you hit with an opportunity attack, the target's speed becomes 0 - no exceptions.
So as it's worded, the speed reduction is mandatory if you hit with an opportunity attack.
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No; the speed reduction is not optional (assuming you hit)
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) says:
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
It doesn't say you "can" reduce its speed to 0; it's simply stated as fact that if you hit with an opportunity attack, the target's speed becomes 0 - no exceptions.
So as it's worded, the speed reduction is mandatory if you hit with an opportunity attack.
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