[RPG] Does Fey Ancestry or other resistance grant advantage against Madness saving throws

dnd-5e

After our campaign last night, one of my players mentioned they forgot to roll advantage on the saving throws against Madness because they had Fey Ancestry. I don't see anything in the DMG or otherwise that states Madness causes a charmed effect.

So this brought up my question, is there anything that could grant advantage against Madness?

Best Answer

Only a game feature (such as a class feature or race feature) that specifically grants advantage against madness, or grants advantage on saving throws against magical effects, assuming the source of the madness is magical (which isn't always the case). For example:

  • The Robe of the Archmagi and the Spellguard shield grant advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effect.
  • A gnome's Gnome Cunning racial feature allows advantage on Int, Wis, and Cha saving throws against magic
  • A monk's diamond soul class feature allows the monk to spend 1 ki point to re-roll a failed saving throw, which isn't advantage, but has an effect very similar to advantage.
  • The Wizard's school of abjuration Spell Resistance feature might help if the source of the madness is specifically a spell (which is unlikely)
  • Finally, there's inspiration which grants advantage on any d20 roll.

Hope this helps.