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Can you take hand crossbows as beginning weapons as a fighter or paladin?
When you take the fighter or paladin as your starting class, you get the equipment options of "(a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons"
hand and heavy crossbows are ...
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Can you make an attack with a crossbow and then prepare a reaction attack using action surge without the crossbow expert feat?
As far as I can tell no one has asked this question before, so forgive me if they have.
This also assumes the character here does not have an extra attack, so they are probably level 2 or 3 in ...
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Does Weapon Focus feat chain really suck?
I see people are continuing to complain about the strength of this feat chain: Weapon Focus => Weapon Specialization => Greater Weapon Focus => Greater Weapon Specialization, and most builds ...
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If an Echo Knight fighter has a bow equipped, can they make an opportunity attack from the echo's space with a dagger, then use the bow on their turn?
One of my players is playing a level 5 Echo Knight fighter with the Thrown Weapon Fighting fighting style. Their primary source of damage is their bow. However, they utilize the ability to draw a ...
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If the Eldritch Knight fighter's bonded weapon hits a creature, could that creature teleport with the weapon?
The Eldritch Knight fighter's Weapon Bond feature states (PHB page 74):
[...] If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon that weapon as a bonus action on your turn, causing it to ...
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If my character exchanges a crossbow for a longbow, how do my attack and damage rolls change?
My fighter exchanged a crossbow for a longbow at a Weapons Workshop he came across. The character has proficiency with Simple and Martial Weapons, with the Dueling fighting style, and is Dexterity ...
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How can a Gloomblade fighter extend the list of throwable two-handed weapons?
I'm currently building a Gloomblade fighter with the Two-Handed Fighter archetype. The ranged option of this character is thrown shadow weapons, and I am looking for ways to expand the list of options....
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Can an Eldritch Knight fighter use a siege weapon as a bonded weapon?
Our group recently managed to acquire a Ballista, and our Eldritch Knight fighter was thinking of loading it and making it one of her bonded weapons. Is it possible for her to do so?
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When does a monowhip count as a whip?
So I am running a Steelbound fighter in an Iron Gods campaign who has chosen whips. Assuming I get a monowhip, what, if anything, can I use for the monowhip? Can I use it as my bonded weapon and/or ...
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Does a lance qualify for the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style when wielded unmounted?
I'm devising a character that uses a jousting lance, but without a horse. Given that the rules for lances state you need to wield them with two hands while unmounted, does that meet the requirement ...
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Does an Eldritch Knight's Weapon Bond protect him from losing his weapon to a Telekinesis spell?
Eldritch Knight fighters have the ability to bond with a weapon, a ritual which gives the following property (PHB, p. 75):
Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you can't be disarmed of that ...
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Can a Weaponmaster retrain their Weapon Talent?
Our party's Weaponmaster has been using a single handed weapon since level 1 and took the "one-handed" option. They have since found a Two-handed weapon. Is it possible to "retrain" the talent?
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What happens if my armor/weapon proficiencies from my race and class overlap? [duplicate]
I'm a new D&D 5e player and I'm making a character using both the players handbook and the new Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes book. I was wanting to create a Githyanki Fighter.
I noticed that the ...
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Can Natural Weapons be considered part of the Close Weapon group?
Since unarmed strikes are listed under both the Fighter "Natural" weapon group and "Close" weapon group, could claw attacks possibly fall under both for the sake of applying bonuses given by the ...
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Is there any way to add weapons to a Fighter's Weapon Group
The Brawler hybrid class is proficient with all weapons in the "Close" Fighter Weapon Group, and can use multiple abilities, such as increasing the damage of these weapons, or using these weapons as ...
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Darts are awesome? Seriously? Darts?
It's my understanding that the dart is the optimized fighter's weapon of choice. In a traditional Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 2nd Edition campaign that's run as much as it can be by the rules-as-...
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Could a Titan Mauler Titan Fighter use a Large Greatsword in one hand?
Can a multiclass Titan Mauler 3 and Titan Fighter 1 wield a LARGE Greatsword in one hand? If so, how would the attack be calculated?
STR 20+5, BAB +4, Masterwork Large Greatsword.
+5(STR)+4(BAB)+1(...
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Which fighter weapon groups grant weapons additional abilities?
I have been reading the rules for creating new weapons and I cant seem to find something that the rules talk about.
Fighter Weapon Group: You must choose the fighter weapon group (or groups) to ...
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Can other party members wield a warlock's pact weapon?
Lets say the group's Great Weapon Fighter and Bladelock have their weapons confiscated. Can the Warlock call his pact weapon and, assuming it is the type of weapon the Fighter uses mostly, give it to ...
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How many weapons should I have and how many attacks should I list on my character sheet?
Fairly new to D&D and my question relates to what should be listed on my character sheet for weapons in equipment and what attacks should be listed.
Given a Fighter's Equipment listing under ...
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Does Backswing work with double weapons?
Backswing (Ex): At 7th level, when a two-handed fighter makes a full attack with a two-handed weapon, he adds double his Strength bonus on damage rolls for all attacks after the first.
All double ...
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Can someone immediately pick up their weapon after being disarmed by the Battle Master fighter's Disarming Attack maneuver?
The Battle Master fighter's Disarming Attack maneuver can make someone drop a weapon at their feet. The only advantage is if others want to dash away or you need to remove a reaction parry from the ...
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Rapiers for Fighters Light or One Handed Weapon?
Background:
I'm trying to build a TWF Fighter who focuses on criticals. I was looking for a weapon that would let me leverage power attack and still let me dual wield so proficiency would apply to ...
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Do weapons training's bonuses apply to every attack made with a double weapon?
Starting at 5th level, a fighter can select one group of weapons, as noted below. Whenever he attacks with a weapon from this group, he gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls.
Let's say I wanted ...
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