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I've been searching through the internet trying to find a concrete answer to my question, but I just can't seem to find it. The Incapacitated condition in my opinion, is written very poorly, because it leaves many open questions, one of them being, are you still able to move? And if you are able to move, how far can you move?

I've just recently come upon the Howler, a lower planes creature with an unique ability, the Mind-Breaking Howl. In the description of the ability it states:

The howler emits a keening howl in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or take 16 (3d10) psychic damage and be frightened until the end of the howler's next turn. While a creature is frightened in this way, its speed is halved, and it is incapacitated.

So reading this one would conclude that you can still move while being incapacitated. Looking at the condition, it does state that the creature cannot take Actions or Reactions, the literal definition however states the condition as: deprived of capacity or natural power : made incapable of or unfit for normal functioning

To summarize I'll just repeat the original question, can you actually move while being incapacitated?

Thomas Markov
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    Welcome to the stack, take the [tour] when you have a moment. I've added the [dnd-5e] tag since the text you quote matches the text from the D&D 5e howler published in MToF. – Thomas Markov Jun 20 '22 at 13:20
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    We have closed this question as a duplicate since it has been asked before. This is okay, this question can serve as a signpost to future users, pointing them toward the answer. – Thomas Markov Jun 20 '22 at 13:43

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