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 a fighter learn to use firearms despite them only recently being invented by another member of the party
Recently, after one of our PC's fell off a mountain we welcomed a new fighter to our party, hailing from a far-off land.
Our party is all level 3. I'm playing a dwarf artillerist artificer. My ...
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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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As a Fairy Rune Knight, what are my options for being strength based and still having a good armor class?
The Fairy race, first printed in the adventure Supplement Wild Beyond the Witchlight, is a flying race that has the following restriction on the use of its flying speed:
Because of your wings, you ...
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Is there a way to add extra uses of Tactician?
I'm wanting to build a Fighter with the Tactician archetype, but the tactician ability is SO LIMITED, only a maximum of 4 times per day (or 5 if you go Cavalier) at level 20.
Is there a feat or other ...
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Is an Unarmed Strike considered a Weapon attack?
For the purposes of the fighter Battle Master archetype, whenever a maneuver calls for a "weapon attack" does that include an unarmed strike?
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How many attacks can a fighter with two-weapon fighting make at 5th level?
I have a 5th level fighter with the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style.
What is the number of attacks I can make?
I say 4 attacks, but others say 3 because they say the rule on page 72 states that ...
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How does range interact with the Arcane Archer's Curving Shot?
One of the features of the Arcane Archer fighter subclass is Curving Shot:
At 7th level, you learn how to direct an errant arrow toward a new target. When you make an attack roll with a magic arrow ...
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Can a creature that is frightened of you still try to attack you?
I was playing with a Fighter Battlemaster. I used the Menacing Attack and hit a creature. The creature failed the saving throw and became frightened of me.
The DM still had that creature attack me but ...
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Can an Inquisitive Rogue use the Tactical Assessment maneuver for Insightful Fighting?
The Inquisitive Rogue's Insightful Fighting feature says:
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to decipher an opponent’s tactics and develop a counter to them. As a bonus action, you make a Wisdom (...
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If a prone Echo Knight fighter makes a ranged attack from the echo's space, and the echo is not prone, would the attack be made without disadvantage?
The description of the Prone condition states, in part (PHB, p. 292; emphasis mine):
The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls.
The description of the Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo feature ...
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Can you attack while using Echo Avatar?
Using Echo Avatar, you:
can temporarily transfer your consciousness to your echo. As an
action, you can see through your echo's eyes and hear through its
ears. During this time, you are deafened and ...
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Can a Rune Knight fighter inscribe a rune on an improvised weapon?
The Rune Knight fighter subclass from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 44) has the Rune Carver class feature, which allows them to inscribe runes on objects. However, it states (emphasis mine):
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Can the Battle Master fighter's Know Your Enemy feature "see through" the Disguise Self spell, shapeshifting, or similar abilities?
The Battle Master fighter has the 7th-level feature Know Your Enemy (PHB, p. 73):
Starting at 7th level, if you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, ...
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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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About "dropping" a weapon after an attack
Let's say that after making an attack with my lance by stabbing it into an enemy, I leave the lance there (stab it into the enemy and just let go). Is this considered dropping the lance? And as such, ...
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