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 Dhampir echo knight's echo use vampiric bite to restore hit points to the echo knight?
The Vampiric Bite ability of the Dhampir race can be used as an attack, so RAW the Dhampir Echo Knight's Echo can bite. But would this be able to Empower the Echo Knight?
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If the target of Brutish Shove dies, can I still shove (and follow) it?
If a fighter with the Feat Brutish Shove uses an action to use Brutish Shove and hits, but the target dies from the hit, can the fighter still shove the (now dead) target for the purpose of following ...
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Can a Quick Toss also be a Trip Attack? [duplicate]
The Battle Master has two maneuvers that appear to work synergistically. Supposing a player has two superiority dice, may they perform both the the Quick Toss maneuver (TCoE) and Trip Attack (PHB)?
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Can the superiority die from ‘Superior Technique’ be used for newly learned combat maneuvers?
A fighter receives a superiority die for choosing Superior Technique fighting style, then reaches level 3 and chooses Martial Archetype; Battle Master.
Can the superiority die from Superior Technique ...
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How does the Battle Master fighter's Sweeping Attack maneuver interact with additional damage dealt on a "hit"?
How does the Battle Master fighter's Sweeping Attack maneuver work with extra damage, both rolled and static?
The description of the Battle Master fighter's Sweeping Attack maneuver states (PHB, p. 74;...
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Does the Brace maneuver work with Unarmed Strikes
The brace maneuver from Tasha's reads:
When a creature you can see moves into the reach
you have with the melee weapon you're wielding,
you can use your reaction to expend one superiority
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Does Know Your Enemy provide all class levels or just fighter levels?
I have a battle master fighter in my group who would like to use this ability while spending time at a party where a lot of my NPCs are attending. He would like to know the class levels of each one. ...
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Do the attacks from Polearm Master and the Brace Maneuver stack?
Polearm Master allows a PC to make an opportunity attack when an enemy enters within reach.
With the Brace manoeuvre, you can use a reaction to make an attack, expending a superiority die.
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Fighter with Aggressive Block & Flinging Shove & Powerful Shove
I would like to use these three feats, but I'm not sure how they work together.
Aggressive Block
You push back as you block the attack, knocking your foe away or off balance. You use your shield to ...
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If an Echo Knight fighter turns invisible, do their echoes also turn invisible?
My question is inspired by this question: How can I make an Echo (or any Object) invisible?
I was about to answer it by saying that the invisibility spell would work. However, on second thought, it's ...
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How can I make an Echo (or any Object) invisible? [duplicate]
An Echo knight's echo is an object, which makes it hard to turn invisible, as invisibility and greater invisibility only affect creatures. What options, from any non-homebrew source, allow you to ...
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If an Echo Knight fighter makes an attack from their echo's space and hits a paralyzed enemy, is it automatically a critical hit?
The Manifest Echo feature lets the Echo Knight fighter create an echo, and attack from the echo's space (EGtW, p. 183):
When you take the Attack action on your turn, any attack you make with that ...
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What counts as damage by an ammunition when using Arcane Shot in regards to poison?
I am currently building DnD-5e Arcane Archer (from Xanathar's Guide to Everything) character and considering how beneficial it is to take the Poisoner feat (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything ).
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Understanding the Rune Knight Fighter's 15th level feature
In the description for this feature, it says
Master of Runes:
You can invoke each rune you know from your Rune Carver feature twice, rather than once, and you regain all expended uses when you finish ...
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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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