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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Are Battle Master maneuvers usable once per attack, or per attack action?
It says in the PHB that you can use only one maneuver per attack. If that's per attack, not per attack action, that seems somewhat powerful, since after 5th level you get multiple attacks per attack ...
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How to optimize an 'arcane archer'-ish half-elf sorcerer?
I'm not normally an optimizer, but my group is switching from Pathfinder to 5e, at least temporarily.
My plan for the character in Pathfinder was to become an Arcane Archer (prestige class) at level ...
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Can I interrupt a charge with Combat Challenge?
An enemy who has a mark from Combat Challenge is adjacent to my fighter and attempts to charge a distant enemy.
Combat Challenge says that I can get an attack as an immediate interrupt whenever "an ...
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Twin hand crossbow Fighter: is this build valid?
The Sharpshooter feat includes an interesting feature: you can choose to take -5 penalty to hit with a ranged weapon attack to increase its damage by 10. Normally, I'd dismiss the trade-off as too ...
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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?
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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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Did I Calculate this Crit Damage Correctly?
Based on the questions below, I think I probably did:
Does sneak attack damage do max damage on a critical hit?
Is extra damage from free actions maximized with a critial hit?
Is the extra damage ...
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Can you choose when to use your lower Base Attack Bonus?
I have a fighter level 10. She uses two-weapon fighting. With her BAB at 10/5, she has a total of 3 attacks during a full round attack correct? Also does her off hand attack receive the BAB of 10? ...
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Using archery with fighter maneuvers
I was looking through the list of fighter battle master maneuvers, and I noticed that most of the maneuvers say 'a weapon attack' and not 'a melee weapon attack'. For example Disarming Attack only ...
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Do I Add my Dex Modifier to my Slayer's Power Strike Damage?
I have a Fighter (Slayer) from Heroes of the Fallen Lands. One of the class features is called Heroic Slayer, and it gives this benefit:
Benefit: You gain a bonus to the damage rolls of weapon ...
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How does an Fighter (Eldritch Knight) 20 compare to a Fighter 10/Wizard 10 for both damage dealt and durability?
With the release of the PHB we have the Eldritch Knight fighter archetype as an innate, class-driven way for the fighter to compete with the wizard in the AoE department. This prompted a discussion ...
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How can I build a tank out of the fighter class?
I need to build a tank for a party limited to the classic four: cleric, fighter, rogue, wizard. He should have following abilities:
Prevent other party members from harm in direct martial ...
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Are melee combatants limited to standing around saying "I attack"?
Recently I heard a friend saying that melee combatants had fewer options than 4e or 3.x:
Ranged combat was somewhat interesting in that you could deal with
cover, aiming, and so forth. Fighters ...
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Which Fighter (TWF Fighter vs. Great Weapon Fighter) is better optimized for Dealing Damage?
With Basic's release the Fighter is given six different Fighting Styles to choose from at level 1. Each fighting style offers a solid mechanical benefit to the fighter, but both Great Weapon Fighting ...
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Slayer Weapon Specialization with More Weapon Groups
I made a half-orc slayer to use in a DnD 4E Neverwinter campaign. I got him all set up to use a longspear. The Spear Expertise feat adds damage on a charge, half-orcs' Swift Charge feature gives them +...
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