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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With Blind Fighting style from Tasha's Cauldron Of Everything, can you cast spells that require a target you can see?
Blind Fighting, as phrased in Tasha's Cauldron Of Everything, contains additional wording beyond the description of mere Blindsight. The entry for Blind Fighting reads:
You have blindsight with a ...
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How can I optimize my dual wield fighter for damage?
Ok so I'll be concise with this but tl;dr I'm starting a new campaign at level 5 as a fighter, would like to duel wield and want to optimize myself so I deal damage and don't fall off late game. Also ...
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Is the grappling strike maneuver a part of an attack or used after the hit?
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Maneuvers. You learn three maneuvers of your choice, which are listed under "Maneuvers" below. Many maneuvers enhance an attack in some way. You can use only one maneuver ...
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Can a rune knight give runes to allies?
It doesn't disallow the rune knight from putting runes on ally's equipment, or giving inscribed equipment to allies, but there's also the difference of language from Artificer infusions, with ...
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Does either ability of the thrown weapon fighting style affect boomerangs?
The thrown weapon fighting style says:
You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as part of the attack you make with the weapon.
In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown ...
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Does Brace trigger when an enemy enters my echo's reach?
The subclass feature Manifest Echo explicitly covers attacking from the Echo's location when taking the Attack action or when taking a specific reaction:
When you take the Attack action on your turn, ...
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Fighter - Two Weapon Fighting/Hex/Booming Blade
So I’m in a campaign and the DM is helping out one of our players. He helped them build their character and at lvl 5 he has him doing something insane. Now I’m relatively new myself so I can’t ...
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Can an Eldritch Knight Attack Twice With Green Flame Blade and War Magic? [duplicate]
An 8th-level Eldritch Knight has a sword.
The War Magic class ability says:
When you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action
And the cantrip Green Flame ...
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When I'm mounted, can I use the Bait and Switch maneuver exchanging the mount and my ally's position?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything added one of my favourite maneuvers Bait and Switch. In my game as a player I used it while mounted and the DM was like "Nice, like in chess [The king and rook ...
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Does turning around count as moving for triggering Brace?
My fighter took Superior Technique as Fighting Style. This gives me the the Combat Maneuver Brace, which says (emphasis mine):
When a creature you can see moves into the reach you have with the melee ...
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Is the Echo of a Echo Knight actually a creature?
I've always been certain that the echo created by an Echo Knight fighter using their 3rd-level feature Manifest Echo is not defined in game terms as a creature, since the description of the echo never ...
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Do both superiority dice from Superior Technique and Martial Adept only increase die size when a character reaches 10th level Battlemaster? [duplicate]
Also, does that mean that dice gained from either of these features never become d8's?
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Can an Echo Knight fighter's echo ever fail a saving throw?
In an unsurprising turn of events, the wording of the Echo Knight's features continues to cause confusion.
The description of the Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo feature states, in part (EGtW, p. ...
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Does the Psi Warrior Telekinetic movement let you move an item you're standing on?
as title, the telekinetic movement option says "One loose object that is Large or smaller or one willing creature other than yourself", does that mean that if say, i placed my shield on the ...
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Does the Psi Warrior Fighter's Telekinetic Movement feature allow you to move a grappled or restrained willing creature?
Telekinetic Movement. You can move an object or a creature with your mind. As an action, you target one loose object that is Large or smaller or one willing creature, other than yourself. If you can ...
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