Fdtxjr

Arithmetic mean geometric mean inequality unclear

Term for the "extreme-extension" version of a straw man fallacy?

Is exact Kanji stroke length important?

Is there a good way to store credentials outside of a password manager?

How to safely derail a train during transit?

Large drywall patch supports

Energy of the particles in the particle accelerator

How do we know the LHC results are robust?

Roman Numeral Treatment of Suspensions

A Rare Riley Riddle

Shortcut for value of this indefinite integral?

Why Were Madagascar and New Zealand Discovered So Late?

What grammatical function is や performing here?

How can I quit an app using Terminal?

What is the best translation for "slot" in the context of multiplayer video games?

Increase performance creating Mandelbrot set in python

Is `x >> pure y` equivalent to `liftM (const y) x`

Is a stroke of luck acceptable after a series of unfavorable events?

Trouble understanding the speech of overseas colleagues

What is the opposite of 'gravitas'?

What is the intuitive meaning of having a linear relationship between the logs of two variables?

Why does indent disappear in lists?

How to Reset Passwords on Multiple Websites Easily?

Is there a korbon needed for conversion?

Can you move over difficult terrain with only 5 feet of movement?

How much does mixed clear and difficult terrain reduce movement?Can you drag a grappled target through rough terrain while staying out, yourself?Can you take a 5-foot-step from normal terrain into difficult terrain?How does Spirit Guardians impact available movement for affected creatures?Do either Freedom of Movement or Freedom work for difficult terrain and encumbrance?Can a scout with flawless stride run through difficult terrain?Can you make multiple acrobatics checks in a round to avoid or reduce the penalty for difficult terrain?How do Big Creatures move through Difficult Terrain?Does pushing someone into difficult terrain require extra “movement”?When you run out of climbing speed, can you still climb with your normal speed at a penalty?

13

1

$begingroup$

Assuming a character or creature with very little speed - say, 15 feet. It gets hit with a ray of frost, reducing its speed to 5 feet. It is attempting to move through difficult terrain. Can the creature in question move through the difficult terrain without dashing?

dnd-5e movement terrain

share|improve this question

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Hey there! I've edited the question to try to make the title more in line with the question. If you feel I've portrayed it wrong, feel free to roll back.
  $endgroup$
  – Blake Steel
  Mar 17 at 15:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  @BlakeSteel thanks, it does suit the question better.
  $endgroup$
  – ToeMayToe
  Mar 17 at 17:15
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

13

1

$begingroup$

Assuming a character or creature with very little speed - say, 15 feet. It gets hit with a ray of frost, reducing its speed to 5 feet. It is attempting to move through difficult terrain. Can the creature in question move through the difficult terrain without dashing?

dnd-5e movement terrain

share|improve this question

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Hey there! I've edited the question to try to make the title more in line with the question. If you feel I've portrayed it wrong, feel free to roll back.
  $endgroup$
  – Blake Steel
  Mar 17 at 15:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  @BlakeSteel thanks, it does suit the question better.
  $endgroup$
  – ToeMayToe
  Mar 17 at 17:15
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Assuming a character or creature with very little speed - say, 15 feet. It gets hit with a ray of frost, reducing its speed to 5 feet. It is attempting to move through difficult terrain. Can the creature in question move through the difficult terrain without dashing?

dnd-5e movement terrain

share|improve this question

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

$endgroup$

share|improve this question

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

share|improve this question

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

edited Mar 17 at 23:26

V2Blast

25.7k488158

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

asked Mar 17 at 15:32

ToeMayToeToeMayToe

7117

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

33

$begingroup$

Yes, normally - but not when using the Playing on a Grid variant rules

The basic rules say of difficult terrain:

Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot.

The default presumption of the rules is not that you are playing using a combat grid. If a creature can only move two and a half feet in one turn, they still move two and a half feet; they don't have to snap to an arbitrary grid, they can still make progress moving.

However, the Playing on a Grid variant rules state:

Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid. This means you use your speed in 5-foot segments. This is particularly easy if you translate your speed into squares by dividing the speed by 5.

[...]

If a square costs extra movement, as a square of difficult terrain does, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering it. For example, you must have at least 2 squares of movement left to enter a square of difficult terrain.

Under these rules, a creature with only one square of movement available (because it has a movement speed of only 5ft) cannot move into a square of difficult terrain unless it Dashes (or otherwise gains extra movement), because it must have 2 squares of movement available to enter the space.

As a DM, I would probably let a creature in such circumstances move one square every other round rather than forcing them to use an action to Dash in order to make any progress. They're still considerably slowed, but they don't suffer any extra penalty compared to the default case of not using a grid.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Oh, I didn't realize that the 5-foot step isn't a thing in 5e.
  $endgroup$
  – Shufflepants
  Mar 18 at 15:33
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function ()
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix)
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["\$", "\$"]]);
);
);
, "mathjax-editing");

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "122"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2frpg.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f143339%2fcan-you-move-over-difficult-terrain-with-only-5-feet-of-movement%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

33

$begingroup$

Yes, normally - but not when using the Playing on a Grid variant rules

The basic rules say of difficult terrain:

Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot.

The default presumption of the rules is not that you are playing using a combat grid. If a creature can only move two and a half feet in one turn, they still move two and a half feet; they don't have to snap to an arbitrary grid, they can still make progress moving.

However, the Playing on a Grid variant rules state:

Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid. This means you use your speed in 5-foot segments. This is particularly easy if you translate your speed into squares by dividing the speed by 5.

[...]

If a square costs extra movement, as a square of difficult terrain does, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering it. For example, you must have at least 2 squares of movement left to enter a square of difficult terrain.

Under these rules, a creature with only one square of movement available (because it has a movement speed of only 5ft) cannot move into a square of difficult terrain unless it Dashes (or otherwise gains extra movement), because it must have 2 squares of movement available to enter the space.

As a DM, I would probably let a creature in such circumstances move one square every other round rather than forcing them to use an action to Dash in order to make any progress. They're still considerably slowed, but they don't suffer any extra penalty compared to the default case of not using a grid.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Oh, I didn't realize that the 5-foot step isn't a thing in 5e.
  $endgroup$
  – Shufflepants
  Mar 18 at 15:33
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

33

$begingroup$

Yes, normally - but not when using the Playing on a Grid variant rules

The basic rules say of difficult terrain:

Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot.

The default presumption of the rules is not that you are playing using a combat grid. If a creature can only move two and a half feet in one turn, they still move two and a half feet; they don't have to snap to an arbitrary grid, they can still make progress moving.

However, the Playing on a Grid variant rules state:

Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid. This means you use your speed in 5-foot segments. This is particularly easy if you translate your speed into squares by dividing the speed by 5.

[...]

If a square costs extra movement, as a square of difficult terrain does, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering it. For example, you must have at least 2 squares of movement left to enter a square of difficult terrain.

Under these rules, a creature with only one square of movement available (because it has a movement speed of only 5ft) cannot move into a square of difficult terrain unless it Dashes (or otherwise gains extra movement), because it must have 2 squares of movement available to enter the space.

As a DM, I would probably let a creature in such circumstances move one square every other round rather than forcing them to use an action to Dash in order to make any progress. They're still considerably slowed, but they don't suffer any extra penalty compared to the default case of not using a grid.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Oh, I didn't realize that the 5-foot step isn't a thing in 5e.
  $endgroup$
  – Shufflepants
  Mar 18 at 15:33
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Yes, normally - but not when using the Playing on a Grid variant rules

The basic rules say of difficult terrain:

Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot.

The default presumption of the rules is not that you are playing using a combat grid. If a creature can only move two and a half feet in one turn, they still move two and a half feet; they don't have to snap to an arbitrary grid, they can still make progress moving.

However, the Playing on a Grid variant rules state:

Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid. This means you use your speed in 5-foot segments. This is particularly easy if you translate your speed into squares by dividing the speed by 5.

[...]

If a square costs extra movement, as a square of difficult terrain does, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering it. For example, you must have at least 2 squares of movement left to enter a square of difficult terrain.

Under these rules, a creature with only one square of movement available (because it has a movement speed of only 5ft) cannot move into a square of difficult terrain unless it Dashes (or otherwise gains extra movement), because it must have 2 squares of movement available to enter the space.

As a DM, I would probably let a creature in such circumstances move one square every other round rather than forcing them to use an action to Dash in order to make any progress. They're still considerably slowed, but they don't suffer any extra penalty compared to the default case of not using a grid.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

$endgroup$

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140

answered Mar 17 at 16:34

CarcerCarcer

26.4k479140