Would you allow it to trigger regaining health or bonus to the next ability check?
I didn’t find anything that would prevent me using my bite vs a freshly killed creature to gain some health back? Am I missing something, or has done the research?
Vampiric Bite
Your fanged bite is a natural weapon, which counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient. You add your Constitution modifier, instead of your Strength modifier, to the attack and damage rolls when you attack with this bite. It deals 1d4 piercing damage on a hit. While you are missing half or more of your hit points, you have advantage on attack rolls you make with this bite.
When you attack with this bite and hit a creature that isn’t a Construct or an Undead, you can empower yourself in one of the following ways of your choice:
You regain hit points equal to the piercing damage dealt by the bite.
You gain a bonus to the next ability check or attack roll you make; the bonus equals the piercing damage dealt by the bite.
You can empower yourself with this bite a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
The only point I did find it that it said creature, but a dead body is considered an object?(I know DnD rules are weird) That is why I’m wondering what you guys would RULE in this case, because these classifications make no sense in 50%+ of all cases.
humanoid /hyoo͞′mə-noid″/
adjective
Having human form or characteristics.
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
Like a Satyr, should still be a humanoid, not only a fey. A giant is technically just a very big human. These should be sub categories under humanoid: fey/giant/undead. But that is another topic.
I didn’t find anything that would prevent me using my bite vs a freshly killed creature to gain some health back?
Classification of corpse != creature.
The only point I did find it that it said creature, but a dead body is considered an object?
Because 5e doesn’t want to bother tracking an extended time after which a dead body changes from creature to object while perhaps counting as both, so ANY point in time is as good as ANY other - but placing it at the same time as their death doesn’t need additional accounting.
to gain some health back
Carry a bag of live rats, chomp on them. Same effects, slight investment to make mechanics work.
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Don’t get hung up on dictionary definitions for creatures. Most terms have very specific meanings in DND. I.e. Humanoid is a specific creature type, no more, no less. A creature is a living being. A body isn’t living, so it is not a creature.
Bodies are considered objects, so no.
By the rules, no. As several others have said by now, a corpse doesn’t count as a creature.
Personally, I could probably be persuaded to allow it, though.