Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 p3ck Aug 07, 2015 20:12:16	When a monk successfuly stuns someone the get the "stunned" condition. Stunned creatures fail Str and Dex saving throws.   5E seems very light on disarming rules and the only reference i can find is battlemasters ability which involves the opponent making a Str saving throw. So ... if a monk stuns an NPC, can he/she automatically disarm them on their next turn?
#2 jaelis Aug 07, 2015 20:29:41	Optional disarm rules are in the DMG pg 271. It requires a Str/Dex contest, but the stunned condition only makes you autofail saves. So by the book you can't automatically disarm a stunned creature that way. Of course, the Disarming Attack maneuver works as you say.
(Reply to #2) p3ck	jaelis wrote:
#4 jaelis Aug 07, 2015 21:15:32	It depends. Probably not very often. But I could see a sleeping creature clutching something. Not sure about stunned.
(Reply to #4) p3ck	jaelis wrote:
#6 lawrencehoy Aug 08, 2015 5:29:59	Neither Stunned nor Incapacitated prevents the target from using their muscles; and, ability checks are not saving throws. I would suggest granting the monk Advantage on the contest roll, if you feel the need to give them some advantage in that situation; or, perhaps Disadvantage to the stunned creature. I think both would be too much; but, you might not.