Questions tagged [combat-maneuver]
For questions about combat maneuvers, which refer to any martial action in combat that may not directly result in damage but some other form of debilitation or advantage that allies can capitalize on.
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Does a crit fail on a Telekinetic Maneuver make you fall prone?
The Telekinetic Maneuver spell lets you Trip an enemy with a spell attack roll. If you get a crit failure on a Trip, you fall prone.
Obviously it's a little ridiculous for a telekinetic trip to make ...
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How exactly does underhanded maneuvers function?
Rogue archetype Skulking slayer specific for orcs and half-orcs has the following ability:
Underhanded Maneuvers (Ex)
At 1st level, when she could normally make a sneak attack, a slayer may instead ...
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Is there any reason to use the Battle Master fighter's Precision Attack maneuver before the attack roll?
The Battle Master fighter's Precision Attack maneuver states the following (PHB, p. 74):
When you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can expend one superiority die to add it to the ...
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When are Superiority Dice Added?
I've been looking at combat maneuvers recently, and I'm a bit confused about when superiority dice are added to the roll. It says the following under the class feature of the Battle Master archetype, ...
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'Shove' feats and 'shoving' weapons
In 2E of Pathfinder - there is a number of fighter feats that allow to automatically shove opponent in certain conditions, icluding Agressive Block and Brutish Shove.
But, at the same time Shove as ...
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How do I calculate my Maneuver save DC if I use a Battle Master Maneuver while in Wild Shape?
If I have a suitable Battle Master Maneuver (from three levels of Fighter, or through Superior Technique fighting style from one level of Fighter or the Fighting Initiate feat) and I use it when I ...
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Can CMD be aided, directly and/or by aiding AC?
Can one Aid another's CMD?
Let's look at two possible ways, and then a twist.
1. Can one aid CMD directly?
Aid Another lists several uses, of which CMD isn't one of them:
If you succeed, your friend ...
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Can you still use Commander’s Strike if the only attack available to forego is an attack against an ally?
At 3rd level, My Battlemaster Fighter chose Commander's Strike for one of his maneuvers. He is a Dex-based fighter and uses shortsword and dagger in melee. This previous question was whether he ...
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Commander's Strike and meaning of 'forgo'
In tonight's session my fighter just leveled to 3rd and declared as a Battlemaster; he selected Commander's Strike as one of his combat superiority maneuvers:
When you take the Attack action on your ...
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Is proficiency needed to Trip with a weapon?
Can a Wizard use a Guisarme to Trip an enemy in a non-adjacent square?
Weapons only list the proficiency for attacks (CRB p278):
Melee attack modifier = Strength modifier (or optionally Dexterity for ...
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Is there a way to use Dex or Acrobatics for Trip?
I think I have seen a way to Trip without investing in Strength.
Right now I can only find Tumbling Opportunist, which requires 10th level and can only be used once per minute, and Improved Knockdown, ...
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Does a spell caster need to hold onto their arcane focus when concentrating on a spell?
The long-short of it is that I want to use the maneuver Disarming Attack to make a mage drop their arcane focus. While I know this will delay their spell casting (as it requires an action to pick up ...
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How are armor spikes used in a grapple?
Armor spikes' page says:
Armor spikes deal extra piercing damage (see “spiked armor” on Table:
Weapons) on a successful grapple attack. The spikes count as a martial
weapon.
Which seems to imply ...
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Can the Battle Master’s Ambush Maneuver be used more than once on the same roll?
I am currently running a Fighter 5 with the Battle Master subclass. Later, I plan to multi class 3 levels into rogue, possibly taking the Assassin subclass for the free crit on surprise.
The Combat ...
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Can I legally refer to Maneuvers under the OGL?
The Battle Master subclass is not in the Systems Reference Document. I am designing a Wild West supplement for d&d-5e, to be published on DriveThruRPG, and I want to add a few Gun-Themed maneuvers ...
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