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Can players mitigate the curse from a Shield of Missile Attraction by using thrown weapons?
The Shield of Missile Attraction states (emphasis mine):
This shield is cursed. Attuning to it curses you until you are targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic. Removing the shield fails ...
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If the drow shadowblade uses Shadow Sword as a ranged attack, does it throw a sword (that it then has to retrieve before using it again)?
The drow shadowblade (Monsters of the Multiverse version, p. 105) has a "Shadow Sword" action that can be a melee or ranged weapon attack.
Is this ranged attack done by throwing the sword? ...
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Is there a lower limit on range of a thrown weapon?
Specifically, as a fighter with a javelin, would I be able to throw it at a target in melee range, rather than using it as a melee weapon? I’m curious if I could get the extra damage from a Javelin of ...
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How does attacking downwards affect ranged weapon attacks?
For 5e, ranged weapon attacks are associated with a normal range and a long range distance. For a flying attacker, how does attacking downwards affect that range?
Say a flying PC with a handaxe was ...
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Does Returning rune imply Reload 0?
I was experimenting with building a Thor-like Human Fighter in Pathfinder 2e.
I'm picking a mixture of feats that fit well for both melee and ranged, because Thor likes to throw his hammer, Mjolnir. I ...
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What happens to a thrown weapon after it hits or misses?
Patty the Chatty Monk throws her handaxe at a growling wolf. It hits! So... what happens?
This question is asked for the intent of further understanding the Object Interaction rule and also to add ...
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At what distance can I throw daggers?
What are the penalties for each range section? Where are those rules?
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Is the attack roll to splash holy water or oil on a target within 5 feet of you made with disadvantage?
The description of holy water (flask) states:
As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask onto a
creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it
on impact. In ...
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Missing with a splash weapon II - Target against a wall / water / pit
(This is kind of a follow-up to Missing with a splash weapon)
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There is an alchemist (or other splash weapon user) "T", throwing her splash weapon at a target "X" that is within T's weapon'...
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Does thunderous throw permit iterative attacks with two-handed thrown weapons?
The Player's Handbook on Thrown Weapons says, "Throwing a light or one-handed weapon is a standard action, while throwing a two-handed weapon is a full-round action" (113). The prestige class ...
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Can a giant that takes Quick Draw make iterative attacks with thrown rocks?
Giants typically have the extraordinary ability rock throwing:
A giant of at least Large size can hurl rocks weighing 40 to 50 pounds each (Small objects) up to five range increments. The size of ...
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Using Ammo with Throwing Daggers
How does using Throwing Daggers interact with the Ammo system?
The throwing dagger does not have the "ammo" tag. However, it is still thrown using Volley, which has a risk of expending additional ...
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Can thrown weapons be used for the Hunter ranger's Volley feature?
Can thrown weapons be used for the Hunter ranger's Volley feature?
Two people who DM for me say that the Hunter ranger's Volley feature, gained at 11th level, can't be used with thrown weapons, since ...
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Are all weapons with the "Thrown" property considered a "Ranged Weapon" for the purpose of sharpshooter?
For example a Dagger is listed in the "Melee" section of the weapons list, but has the "light", "Finesse" and "Thrown" properties.
If I throw the dagger (assume ...
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Can You Two-Weapon Fight With Thrown Ranged Weapons?
A spin-off question from an earlier post, can you two-weapon fight with a dart or other thrown ranged weapons?
Two-Weapon Fighting
When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee ...
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