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On a hit, you halve fall damage and add half the fall dice to the attack damage; if the creature isn’t two sizes larger, it becomes prone.","Answer",{"name":65,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":66},"What happens if you attempt a plunging attack with disadvantage?",{"text":67,"@type":63},"Before falling at least 30 feet toward a creature, impose disadvantage on your next melee weapon attack and declare a plunging attack. 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To do so, declare a plunging attack and make the attack roll without advantage. In addition to the attack's effect, the following occurs:\u003Cbr>On a hit, you reduce the fall damage you take by half and you add half of the damage dice of the fall to your attack's damage roll. If the creature is not two sizes larger than you, it also becomes prone.\u003Cbr>On a miss, you take fall damage as normal.\u003Cbr>If you are dealt fall damage as a result of a plunging attack attempt, you cannot reduce it through means such as the Monk's Slow Fall feature.\u003Cbr>|\n| --- |\n| Before falling normally at least 30 feet towards a creature, you can give yourself disadvantage on your next melee weapon attack to a attempt a plunging attack, dealing increased damage and softening the fall. To do so, declare a plunging attack and make the attack roll with disadvantage. In addition to the attack's effect, the following occurs:\u003Cbr>On a hit, you roll one additional damage die on your attack's damage roll. If the creature is not two sizes larger than you, it must succeed a DC15 strength saving throw or go prone.\u003Cbr>On a miss, you take fall damage as normal.\u003Cbr>|\n| Before falling normally towards a creature, you can spend inspiration to attempt a plunging attack in order to deal increased damage and soften the fall. To do so, make an attack roll and spend your inspiration. In addition to the attack's effect, the following occurs:\u003Cbr>On a hit, you take half the dice off the fall's damage roll and add it to your attack's damage roll. Additionally, the creature falls prone.\u003Cbr>On a miss, you take fall damage as normal.\u003Cbr>If you are dealt fall damage as a result of a plunging attack attempt, you cannot reduce it through means such as the Monk's Slow Fall feature.\u003Cbr>|\n\nIn the menu above, you'll see a Table of Contents for your document.  \nThere are a couple ways you can place images. If you would like something positioned like you see on this page, you will need to provide the appropriate styles to do so. For example:  \n\u003Cimg src='[https://www.gmbinder.com/assets/img/books.jpg](https://www.gmbinder.com/assets/img/books.jpg)'style='position:absolute;bottom:45px;right:30px;width:380px; mixblend-mode:multiply;' />  \nIf you would like to place an image in-line within your content, simply providing an image tag with an external URL will be sufficient. 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