Helpless

Main > Conditions > Helpless

A helpless character is paralyzed, held, bound, sleeping, unconscious, or otherwise completely at an opponent’s mercy.

A helpless target is treated as having a Dexterity of 0 (–5 modifier).

Melee attacks against a helpless target get a +4 bonus (equivalent to attacking a prone target).

Ranged attacks get no special bonus against helpless targets.

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System Reference Document. Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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