[RPG] use a Decanter of Endless Water to harm a Vampire

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The Decanter of Endless Water, DMG pg. 161, can fire a 30 foot long, 1 foot wide stream of water that can knock a target prone. On top of that, it keeps streaming until the end of my next turn (important).

A Vampire, MM pg. 297, takes 20 acid damage if it ends its turn in running water.

If I somehow manage to get this going on a vampire that we've prevented from moving, would this count as running water?

Best Answer

What Jeremy Crawford, Unofficially Says

Jeremy Crawford answered the question of what is running water. To the question:

... Is this only from natural running water, or any water that move?

Jeremy answered:

A body of running water from any source can harm a vampire.

He then clarified, when asked about water elementals:

A water elemental is a creature, not a body of running water (a stream, a river, a waterfall, or the like).

http://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/04/26/vampire-in-running-water/

How it applies

So, based on that, If you can get enough water out of the decanter that it is stream or river like for your DM, then you're good. But even with the clarifications it is a DM call. I personally think 1 foot x 1 foot of moving water is enough to count as a body of running water.

I, personally, would give the vamp a dex save (DC 15??) to see if he can dodge it before it hits him.