Crushing Flight (Owlbear Wild Shape)

This article is about the version of the ability available in Wild Shape: Owlbear form. For the version used by Owlbear NPCs, see Crushing Flight.

Crushing Flight is a class action available in  Wild Shape: Owlbear form. Owlbears use this ability to cover large swaths of ground while attacking opponents.

Description

Leap at a target to bite it and knock it  Prone.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus Action +  6 m / 20 ft Movement Speed

Damage: 2~16

2d8Bludgeoning

Details

STR Save (Spell save DC) (On Save: Target takes reduced damage^{[See: Bugs]}.)

 Range: 21 m / 70 ft

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

At higher levels

• At Level 4, this attack deals an additional 1d4Bludgeoning damage.
• At Level 8, this additional damage becomes 1d6Bludgeoning.
• At Level 12, this additional damage becomes 1d8Bludgeoning.

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 1 turn

Spell save DC  Strength saving throw

• The affected creature cannot move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions, and has Disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have Advantage if made within 3 m / 10 ft of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m / 5 ft of Movement Speed to stand up.

Prone, Unconscious

How to learn

Used by creatures: Armoured Owlbear, and Wild Shape: Owlbear

Notes

• This action has two separate, overlapping components which can inflict  Prone. Each has a separate Spell save DC  Strength saving throw so an enemy must succeed at both or get knocked prone.
  • First is the prone effect built innately into the action which inflicts prone for just one turn. It will show in the combat log as "Saving Throw against Crushing Flight."
  • A secondary explosion is created on landing (Projectile_Jump_Knockdown_AOE). it will inflict prone for two turns and show in the combat log as "Saving Throw against a blast from ..."
• The base range of the jump is 16 m / 53 ft. It scales with Strength and benefits from the same modifiers as a normal  Jump. With the owlbear's 20 Strength and no other modifiers, the range is 21 m / 70 ft.
• The owlbear does not take fall damage upon landing.
• Additional damage will be added to the attack depending on the weight of the Owlbear and vertical distance travelled. This uses a similar damage calculation to  Throw. Effects like  Enlarge that increase weight will increase damage, as will falling from greater heights.

Bugs

• Rather than taking half damage on save (which would be (2d8 + bonus damage)/2Bludgeoning), targets instead take (1d8 + bonus damage)/2Bludgeoning which is closer to one quarter damage.
  • This damage is always dealt as magical, regardless whether or not the attacker has  Primal Strike.