[RPG] Does pushing someone into difficult terrain require extra “movement”

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The Way of the Open Hand monk gets the Open Hand Technique feature at 3rd level, which allows the following effect as one of the options when using Flurry of Blows:

Whenever you hit a creature with one of the attacks granted by your Flurry of Blows, you can impose one of the following effects on that target:

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  • It must make a Strength saving throw. If it fails, you can push it up to 15 feet away from you.

Is the distance I can push a creature using the Open Hand Monk's Flurry of Blows feature reduced if I push the target through difficult terrain?

Best Answer

No, pushing distance does not interact with difficult terrain at all

Difficult terrain states:

Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot.

However, pushing does not involve the spending of movement. The Open Hand technique says:

If it fails [a strength saving throw], you can push it up to 15 feet away from you.

The pushed creature does not use their movement in response to being pushed, nor in fact, does the distance of the push depend on any speed or movement or require the spending of either. Since you are not spending movement, there is no way to spend extra movement. Thus, the push distance is completely independent of the mechanics for speed and movement and thus has no interaction with difficult terrain at all.