What’s the rule with stunned proned opponents and Insta kills? Stunned is already pretty powerful as it is, the creature can't take reactions or actions, auto fail dex and strength saving throws and all attacks against it have advantage If a party can't down a creature in a full round of advantaged attacks against it then it must mean that whatever they are fighting is pretty powerful
What is the difference between Slowed and Stunned? - Reddit Stunned is a number of actions removed from you, total So if I’m, say, stunned 5, when my turn comes around I lose 3 actions the first turn, 2 the next, and then the stun is gone and I can act normally on successive turns Slowed is a number of actions removed from every turn until the effect ends
Alternatives to the stunned condition? : r dndnext - Reddit The focus on the Stunned condition specifically is pretty weird when effects like Dominate Person Monster, Sleep, Banishment, and Crown of Madness exist, which do not Stun, do "makes players feel kicked out of the game", and do not repeat saves every round Making them way worse than your apparent problem
Issues with the Stunned condition. : r Pathfinder2e - Reddit Stunned might also have a duration instead of a value, such as “stunned for 1 minute ” In this case, you lose all your actions for the listed duration "You can't act while stunned": Since you only resolve stunned when you regain actions there's a huge issue that arises when a creature acquires the stunned condition during their turn
Stunned Condition; Bad Game Design, and a proposed fix. - Reddit Stunned simply occupies a niche where the effect is too powerful, un-interactive and un-fun to play with both as a DM and as a player, and more importantly, hedges out other features attempting to compete in the same slot for a class, as well as making monsters dangerous to run
Why are Stunned, Paralyzed, and Incapacitated different conditions? The Stunned condition is a lot like being Incapacitated, except worse In addition to being incapacitated, you are unable to move and can barely speak You auto-fail STR and DEX saving throws and any attacks against you gain advantage Stunned could be nested into Paralyzed, since they share many of the same features
Confused about stun and actions : r Pathfinder2e - Reddit So stunned says " You can't act while stunned" I have been looking and people are saying you cannot use reactions even with stun 1 because a reaction is an action Would that also mean you cannot do anything on your turn even when stun 1? I am confused because aren't striking, stride, step and everything else also actions?