Questions tagged [fighter]
For questions about a fighter class or character archetype that commonly appears in RPGs. The fighter is typically a skilled martial warrior.
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Can you end Rune Knight's Giants Might at will?
One of our players is playing a Rune Knight Fighter and has completely hypothetically asked if they could at will end the Giants Might effect from their class features. We cannot find anything that ...
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How do I encourage players to use items and strategy in combat, instead of just standing there and saying "I attack"?
Scenario: I am a first time DM, playing with two of my best friends, who are first time players. One of them plays a Dwarf Cleric, the other one a Wood Elf Fighter. We played "Dragons of ...
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How does the Charger feat work with Fighter's Extra Attack feature?
If I have a 5th-level fighter that has the Charger feat, can I take my Extra Attack after using my bonus attack with the Charger feat?
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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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Do increases (or other changes) to an Echo Knight fighter's movement/speed also apply to the echo?
My multiclassed Echo Knight fighter/barbarian has a speed of 50 feet (base 30 ft, barbarian's Fast Movement +10 ft, Mobile feat +10 feet) – and as a bonus from going into a rage (barbarian's ...
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Can the Sudden Charge and Shielded Stride feats be used together?
Can the Sudden Charge and Shielded Stride feats be used together?
The description of the Sudden Charge feat says:
Two actions
With a quick sprint, you dash up to your foe and swing. Stride twice. If ...
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Does Irresistible Dance force me to use *all* my actions?
(Otto's) Irresistible Dance says:
As an action, a dancing creature makes a Wisdom saving throw to regain control of itself.
This is a strange phrasing, in that is does not specify whether one ...
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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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How does the Savage Attacker feat interact with fighter's martial architype Vigilant Defender?
Savage Attacker
Once per turn when you roll damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the weapon's damage dice and use either total.
Vigilant Defender
Starting at 18th level, you respond to ...
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Does the save throw DC calculation from the Superior Technique fighting style override the Battle Master fighter's saving throw DC?
As the title says, I am trying to determine if the saving throw DC calculation from Superior Technique overrides the calculation from Battle Master, thus eliminating the STR or DEX choice.
You learn ...
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How does Major Image interact with Blind Fighting?
The rules seem to give little indication if the blindsight gained by the Fighter's Blind Fighting is actually able to automatically foil high-level illusions (such as Major Image). But this text from ...
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Can you use Second Wind outside of combat? [duplicate]
The fighter's Second Wind feature says:
You have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to ...
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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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DND 3.5e: Does offhand unarmed attack have full STR Adj? [duplicate]
Unarmed Strike
At 1st level, a monk gains Improved Unarmed Strike as a bonus feat. A monk’s attacks may be with either fist interchangeably or even from elbows, knees, and feet. This means that a monk ...
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How does Training work with Warrior Spirit?
The Training (weapon enchantment) ability says:
Popular among those who seek to impersonate skilled warriors, a training weapon grants one combat feat to the wielder as long as the weapon is drawn ...
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