DMs Guild Review - Traversing Tovag (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) [Sponsored]

Review of the DMs Guild adventure supplement, "Traversing Tovag" designed by Dan Kahn, for D&D 5e.
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[@deejaytee]

IIRC a monster having multiattack does not automatically mean that monster can shove more than once per turn, the shove takes up the whole action. At least, that's what it is RAW. But as a DM I would love to be proven wrong! Side note: I found the volume on this really low so when the ads kicked in I was like AUGH they were so loud.

[@RogueWatson]

I know that grapple can replace one attack for PCs, so if you have extra attack, you could grapple twice. I assume shove is the same, but maybe not?

[@deejaytee]

@@RogueWatson For PCs, yes. But for monsters apparently not, at least RAW. Something to do with the wording? Also, monsters have so many attacks compared to PCs (especially at low levels) it's probably OP to let them do it. Of course I would love to as a DM.

[@couver73]

A Multiattack action, by RAW, is *not* the same action as the Attack action. If Multiattack were, say, a trait that gave extra attacks on the Attack action, that would be one thing. But because it's a separate action, you're limited to using your whole action to grapple or shove by default for monsters.

[@frankgagnon5651]

Do you have a suggestion to replace the fortress of Kas with a larger battlemap? Which one would you use if you were running this module?

[@FrictionlessDan]

You are correct. Multiattack and Extra Attack work differently with replacing shoves/grapples RAW. PCs may replace an attack but a monster with multiattack may not. THAT BEING SAID. DMs do it all the time and that'sa totally cool.