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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How does cover 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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Arcane Archer - Piercing Arrow Half Damage
For Arcane Archer, when a creature is hit by piercing arrow but passes their save do they take arrow damage (1d8,1d10,etc) + half of 1d6 + modifiers or does it take half of arrow damage + 1d6 + ...
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How does a Ranger/Fighter multiclass having Extra Attack (2) interact with their Beastmaster companion?
At levels 5, 11, and 20, the Fighter Class gains extra attacks. Can I dedicate a number of attacks to my companion(s) if I had them use one of my attacks?
Example: At level 11 Fighter and Level 5 ...
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Do the levels at which Battle Master fighters gain more maneuvers refer to class level, or character level?
The Battle Master subclass for fighters says that you can get more maneuvers at different levels:
You learn two additional maneuvers of your choice at 7th, 10th, and 15th level. Each time you learn ...
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When was the Action Surge feature description changed to remove mention of "a possible bonus action"?
The fighter's Action Surge originally stated:
Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action on top of your ...
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Do I have to attack to use Extra Attack?
Do I have to attack to use Extra Attack? Or can I do something different with my action on my turn and use this feature to attack?
So for example, say I use Dash, Disengage, or Cast a Spell; can I ...
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Can an Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo move through another creature's space?
I would like to know if an Echo, created by the Manifest Echo ability of an Echo Knight, can move through the space of another creatures (hostile or not)?
I know characters cannot normally move ...
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Can a Rune Knight fighter use the Giant's Might feature to become Large in a 5-foot-wide passage (by "squeezing" as soon as they become Large)?
Rune Knight fighters can grow in size using the Giant's Might feature, whose description states (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p. 45; emphasis mine):
If you are smaller than Large, you become Large,...
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Can a Battle Master Fighter use a shield to parry?
A Battle Master Fighter was disarmed of their weapon and had only a shield. On the next attack they wanted to use a superiority dice to parry:
Parry: When another creature damages you with a melee ...
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Would these changes to the Arcane Archer be imbalanced?
The Arcane Archer seems to be pretty underwhelming, mostly because of its limited uses of the Arcane Shot feature. Would it be imbalanced to increase its number of uses per rest to match the number of ...
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Where can you find Swords Secret online?
I was reading the Lore Warden (PRG:AG) archetype (careful, there is another Lore Warden archetype for fighter) and one of its features is the swords secret, but I cant find any of them online.
Swords ...
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How exactly Power Attack and critical hit works together for 2-hand fighter?
I tried to follow the rules and check FAQs but now I need a help:
I got a 13° liv THF (two-hand fighter) and 6° liv Aegis (BAB=19) and 5° Mithic tier, with Power Attack and Mithic Power Attack (but ...
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Can the Rune Knight's runes only be placed on materials that can be carved?
TCoE's Rune Knight fighter subclass gains proficiency in smith's tools (i.e. metalworking), and its first major feature is called Rune Carver, which says:
...you can touch a number of objects equal ...
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Greater Power Attack
I'm using a 14th liv two-hand fighter with 5 Mythic tiers that allow him to add the Mythic Feat: Power Attack (Mythic) to Power Attack.
When a two-handed fighter makes a full-attack with a two-handed ...
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In D&D 5e, does the superiority dice from the new superior technique fighting style become a d8 if you are a battlemaster? [duplicate]
I was just wondering if it functions the same as the martial adept feat's dice, which do become d8s as confirmed by Jeremy Crawford.
https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/1250815333331382274?lang=...
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