Quick Reference: Combat Actions

What can I do as a free action in combat?

• draw or sheathe a sword
• open or close a door
• withdraw a potion from your backpack
•  pick up a dropped axe
•  take a bauble from a table
•  remove a ring from your finger
•  stuff some food into your mouth
•  plant a banner in the ground
•  fish a few coins from your belt pouch
•  drink all the ale in a flagon
•  throw a lever or a switch
•  pull a torch from a sconce
•  take a book from a shelf you can reach
•  extinguish a small flame
•  don a mask
•  pull the hood of your cloak up and over your head
•  put your ear to a door
•  kick a small stone
•  turn a key in a lock
•  tap the floor with a 10-foot pole
•  hand an item to another character

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What actions can I do during my turn in combat?

• Attack (melee/range)
• Cast a Spell
• Dash (Double movement after modifiers)
• Disengage (you don't provoke opportunity attacks 'til your next turn)
• Dodge (adv on DEX Svs, hostile targets have Dis vs you)
• Help (grant adv on task your helping an ally with or grant adv on their attack to a creature within 5ft of you )
• Hide (if not seen, do a stealth check vs enemies perception)
• Ready (can use your reaction to act later in the round. Must provide trigger and what you will do)
• Search (Perc or Invest check)
• Use object (anything that falls outside your free action or will take longer than 6 seconds)
• Overrun/Tumble (Action or bonus action. Ath or Dex contest. If larger gain adv on Str check. Dis if smaller)
• Stabilize (Medicine check. DC 10 or prof with healer kit. cause the dying creature to become stable)
• Mark (when you make a melee attack, you can make one opportunity attack with adv and no reaction)
• Escape a grapple (ath/acro vs grapplers ath)