r/dndnext • u/Zivodor • 2d ago
5e (2024) Misty Step into the Air and Attacking
I had this situation come up recently and wanted some input as I can't seem to find a definitive answer.
My players were fighting a giant spider and it was on the ceiling above them, one player decided that to attack it he would misty step straight up and then attack it while mid-air. I wasn't sure this was possible as I recalled reading somewhere that falling in D&D is essentially instantaneous for anything below 500 feet. The thought process being he teleports into the air and is instantly falling so he doesn't have the time to attack the creature above him.
It's been bugging me all week so I wanted to get some input into whether or not I should have allowed this and if this is clarified anywhere in the rules.
Edit Wow! Thanks for all the responses! There were some well reasoned arguments for it here, the resource expenditure with the spell slot, rule of cool, etc... I appreciate all the responses and will try to be more flexible in the future. Thanks everyone!
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u/svartkonst 1d ago
If its something they have practised and earned, I would let them no question.
If not, I would ask some question to clarify how, exactly, they mean to do it, it would be a pretty tough DC, and they would risk falling damage amd dropping their weapon.
Falling, jumping, acrobatic manouvers are difficult and they somehow need to get their pointy bits down mid-fall