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Expert proficiency with Advanced weapons
I can become trained with any Advanced weapon through the Weapon Proficiency feat, if I take it enough times. How can I become an expert with it?
Taking the various Weapon Familiarity feats (like ...
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What are the rules, if any, regarding equipping a dragon with weapons in 5e?
The question has been asked as to whether or not a dragon can wield weapons in 5e, and for the first time in a long time, I am stumped about how to answer.
I first searched the stack exchange, finding ...
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Is proficiency needed to Trip with a weapon?
Can a Wizard use a Guisarme to Trip an enemy in a non-adjacent square?
Weapons only list the proficiency for attacks (CRB p278):
Melee attack modifier = Strength modifier (or optionally Dexterity for ...
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Can monks use a Sun Blade as monk weapon?
Rules as written, can monks use a Sun Blade as a monk weapon?
Sun Blade
Weapon (longsword), rare (requires attunement)
Properties: Versatile, Finesse
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Is a weapon proficiency also a skill proficiency, or are the two things completely distinct from each other?
A simple question to answer, I thought, but so far I've been unable to find a reference that really clarifies it. The context for it is the Skill Expert feat in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. Part of ...
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If I'm proficient with a bastard sword, does that qualify as being proficient with a martial weapon?
My character is a Kensai, which means he is only proficient with simple weapons, and one martial or exotic weapon of his choice. He has chosen proficiency with the bastard sword.
A bastard sword is ...
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Are Shadow Assassins proficient with Sawtooth Sabre?
Are Shadow Assassins proficient with Sawtooth Sabre?
In RAW, how proficient is the shadow assassin with the sawtooth sabre?
Weapon and Armor Proficiency
A shadow assassin is proficient in all simple ...
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Does the Great Weapon Master feat grant wizards proficiency with heavy weapons?
Does the feat Great Weapon Master (PHB, p. 167) grant wizards proficiency with heavy weapons?
The feat says:
Before you make a melee attack with a heavy weapon that you are proficient with, [...]
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Does hurling a thrown weapon change the weapon's category for determining proficiency?
On Weapon Categories says, "A melee weapon with the heavy thrown or the light thrown property counts as a ranged weapon when thrown" (Player's Handbook 215). (Similar text is absent from the Rules ...
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Do you add your proficiency bonus when attacking with the Sun Blade if you're proficient with shortswords only?
The Sun Blade mentions proficiency twice in its description on D&D Beyond.
The first one is about being proficient with shortswords or longswords:
If you are proficient with shortswords or ...
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If a Pact of the Blade warlock transforms an existing magic weapon into their pact weapon, are they proficient with it?
The Pact of the Blade feature of the Warlock reads (emphasis mine):
You can use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. [...] You are proficient with it while you wield it. [...]
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How does weapon proficiency work?
This is my 2nd session of AD&D 1e as a magic-user, and I'm a bit confused I checked in the player handbook and I'm supposed to be proficient in 1 weapon at level 1 and I read somewhere else about ...
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Is a Pact of the Blade Warlock proficient with all weapons of the same kind as their wielded pact weapon?
According to the Warlock class, the Pact of the Blade Pact Boon feature allows a Warlock to
use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can
choose the form that this melee ...
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Can I wield a Saw-tooth Sabre with my tail as a Ratfolk using the Versatile Design weapon modification while being a Red Mantis Assassin?
I started playing a Rogue Ratfolk and have brought myself to the RMA prestige class. I used to wield a ratfolk Tailblade to maximise sneak potential, but it didn't work out because the attacks kept ...
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How can a Human Druid achieve expert proficiency with a weapon?
How can a Human Druid achieve expert proficiency with a weapon?
It would be nice to have a feat for that, but I could not find any.
I would prefer a procedure that works for any weapon, but more ...
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